Books about children who homeschool? - Page 6

[Merriconeag]

Originally Posted by chaos_pie

We just finished From The Mixed-Up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler by E.L. Konisburg (http://www.amazon.com/Mixed-Up-Files...=UTF8&s=books).

I LOVED and was completely captivated by this book as a kid, and I was pleasantly suprised as I read it to my homeschooled kids. The main characters, brother and sister, Jamie and Claudia, run away from home to live at the Museum of Modern Art. Originally, Claudia, the mastermind and planner, hatches the plan to run away because of the sexism in her family, the unfair workload and the general monotony of her life. She invites her brother Jamie along, motivated primarily by his large sum of saved money (about $23). The tale ensues about their survival and then becoming interested by the mystery of a recent museum acquisition of an angel sculpture and whether Michalengelo was the sculptor.

What was impressive to me were the ideas of the kids learning on their own (following school groups, choosing different areas of the museum to learn about) but also going to the public library to research Michelangelo. I also loved how the brother and sister negotiated and worked together.

I would say this is about a 7-12 year old book, but I am sure all ages would love it.

Absolutely one of my favourite books of all times!!!

[Merriconeag]

My daughter loves The Noisy Village series of books "Children of Noisy Village."I don't recall any mention of school.

For older kids, Cheaper bythe Dozen. AMAZING book! True story and though the kids go to school, the father teaches them increadible things at home and they always end up skipping grades at school because of it. One of my favourite books of all time!

[smeisnotapirate]

I <3 the Boxcar Children! They were my favourite series as a child!

[Papooses]

Pippi does attend school -- I think only for part of 1 day & it's a total fiasco of course

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS THREAD: we should be set with library trips for a while now

[MaWhit]

The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman

[MaWhit]

Shouldn't You Be In School? by Angelina Hart

Dancing with Dragonflies by Jack Francis Gorfien


Tonia of Trelawney: A Buccaneer Girl by Jacqueline C Grant

[mama2maznjaz]

there's a sweet one from Oak Meadow called Ben & Meg:
https://www.oakmeadow.com/store/orderitem.cfm?rec_no=43

[swiftminderhoud]

Originally Posted by rsps

The first book might qualify, but once they move in with their Grandfather they go to school -- the books are just set during their vacations.

We LOVE the box car children... AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS LIST!!!

My 6 yr girl (don't have a clue about abbreviations yet...) recently told me she'd like to just run away and stay gone for a long time... I patiently asked the leading questions (while quietly asking myself - is this a too much at home thing with her.) like, where would you go, what would you bring... It turns out, she loves these children who go on adventures so much that she was wanting to be like them....

I let her "go away" in our back yard forrest area by herself to see what would happen (I told her she could go as far as a bridge 100M away while I prayed and watched her from the deck.) She went about 30 M, decided she'd gone far enough and came back...!

We then talked about how Benny is her age and how he does all this adventure stuff with his older siblings.... ANYWAY, it was an interesting experience. They want to grow up, but really are just still little...

[emmsmama]

I don't know how I missed this thread before. Awesome list! Dd had just started reading Pippi independently and I have checked out Island of the Blue Dolphins to read with her.

[Schrody]

Firefly and the Quest of the Black Squirrel (one of the Fairy Chronicles series by JH Sweet) has a heroine who is homeschooled.

[kimmyjling]

I am loving this thread! I came back to MDC after a short break in search of this exact thing...BOOKS!!! Thank you so much for this list!!

[SereneBabe]

Oops! Didn't see this and I started a similar thread in the main messages. It's turning into a "I ought to write a book," though. But I'm so so so glad to find this thread! Thanks!

--Heather

[keeksmom]

What To Do About Alice by Barbara Kerley, illus. by Edwin Fotheringham

A picture book bio of Alice Roosevelt. My 10 year old dd enjoyed this book, it makes Alice sound like one of the original unschoolers, teaching herself from her father's library!

[aran]

A picture book:

My Dear Noel: The Story of a Letter from Beatrice Potter
by Jane Johnson

[IncompetentHousewife]

Here are a couple Listmania lists on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Fiction-nbsp-a...res_rpli_alt_1

and

http://www.amazon.com/Books-nbsp-wit...res_rpli_alt_2

[transformed]

Originally Posted by SereneBabe

Oops! Didn't see this and I started a similar thread in the main messages. It's turning into a "I ought to write a book," though. But I'm so so so glad to find this thread! Thanks!

--Heather

Me too. Oops.


So I am seeing lots of choices for older kids...and a few for my age children.

Here is what I saw for a 5 yr old on this list, to sum it up...

-Shouldn't you be in school by A. Hart
-Heidi (maybe, he might still be too young for the actual version)
-Eloise
-Calvin and Hobbs (for some contrast )
-Kandoo Kangaroo


I get that many of you are looking for books about kids with no mention of school, but since school is a real life part of our world, I am looking for something that illustrates different people making different choices in terms of education, kwim?

I was just thinking, maybe I need to get creative and tell a story. . Like in the olden days. :

[LilyGrace]

Originally Posted by Suebot

Me too. Oops.


So I am seeing lots of choices for older kids...and a few for my age children.

Here is what I saw for a 5 yr old on this list, to sum it up...

-Shouldn't you be in school by A. Hart
-Heidi (maybe, he might still be too young for the actual version)
-Eloise
-Calvin and Hobbs (for some contrast )
-Kandoo Kangaroo


I get that many of you are looking for books about kids with no mention of school, but since school is a real life part of our world, I am looking for something that illustrates different people making different choices in terms of education, kwim?

I was just thinking, maybe I need to get creative and tell a story. . Like in the olden days. :

Suebot, I didn't realize these weren't listed here, but try Wake Up, World! and I Am A Homeschooler. They're both picture books, the first showing the days of children all over the world in all different types of schooling, and the second is a (slightly) outdated book about a girl homeschooling.

[mwherbs]

another adult series- Elizabeth Peters' -Amelia Peabody stories, set in the late 1800's England and Egypt , Amelia and Emerson have a son who is basically unschooled ,quite a little genius does digs in their compost pile when he is 4 and for bed time reading archaeological manuscrips and notes... I read them out of order and I don't remember now if he went to school in the middle years or not...

[larksongs]

The boy in The Reluctant Dragon is child led , self taught and lives in a home where his parents view him as an equal and from the first page seem AP ...I don't know if it was mentioned in this list but it is a super charming story if you haven't read it yet. A must have imo.

http://www.rainbowresource.com/produ...5372535-965344

[mariamaroo]

My daughter also really loves the Noisy Village stories, but the kids do go to school. They have to walk to the town to go to a one-room schoolhouse and have adventurous/playful walks to and fro. There are also a couple of chapters that take place in school.

I will say that there is mention of Lisa (main character) learning stuff the older kids are working on because they're all in one room. I approve of that, and my daughter picked right up on it and talks about it frequently these days.

I am also looking for books for a 4-6 year that talk about secular homeschooling and present it specifically as a normal choice, and it seems from reading this thread and browsing amazon that there's a serious lack!