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I thought it would be interesting to share our 'top picks' on homeschooling/mother culture here. I'm interested to read all your recommendations.
The longer I homeschool the harder it is for me to get excited about homeschooling books 
Bear in mind with my list why I haven't included any 'new' and Catholic books is I haven't bought any  Elizabeth's book was the last one I purchased. Maybe you'll all tell me what is a new MUST to purchase 
Real Learning - Elizabeth Foss
A Charlotte Mason Companion
Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit
I also love any books by Valerie Bendt and Ruth Beechick.
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I'll take a slightly different approach -- my Mother Culture isn't always a homeschooling book. I do love Real Learning, and also the CM Companion, but sometimes for Mother Culture what I need is to read something completely different.
Some of my favorite books are:
*Father Elijah, by Michael O'Brien (have read it many times)
*To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
*Anything by C.S. Lewis (just started rereading his space trilogy)
*Books or magazines about or for writers
As far as homeschooling books, though, I'm enjoying perusing the new "Catholic Homeschooling Companion" -- I'm a few essays into it and it's the kind of thing you can really skip around and through as you like.
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I second Fr. Elijiah. I feared it was going to be a Catholic version of that hokey Left Behind series so I avoided it until someone I really respect recommended it. I read it about 6 months ago. Its been a long time since I have been so engaged by a book I stayed up past midnight to finish it. The subject matter is rough in a few places, but it was worth it to get to the end, and I am so bummed that the story doesn't continue! I have Strangers and Sojourners on my nightstand now. I'm hoping it will be just as yummy.
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Please Don't Drink the Holy Water also fed my soul.
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Books,
Just a heads-up that Strangers and Sojourners is a very different kind of book. Some people who loved Fr. Elijah were not wild about Strangers.
But, I've loved everything I've read by Michael O'Brien. He's a very gifted writer, whatever the story.
Strangers and Sojourners is a "quieter" book -- it gives a lot of the history of some of the characters that end up in Fr. Elijah, and it follows the (quiet) conversion of a strong, independent woman. It's a beautiful story.
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Karen E. wrote:
| Just a heads-up that Strangers and Sojourners is a very different kind of book. Some people who loved Fr. Elijah were not wild about Strangers. |
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I would have to admit Karen to being one of these people. I LOVED Fr Elijah and was disappointed with Stangers and Sojourners.
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Ah, but wait til you get to "Eclipse of the Sun"...Fr. Elijah DOES continue! For me, "Eclipse" was so powerful, that I actually had to put it down for a while before I could finish it, but it's a great read. As for "Fr. Elijah" vs. that silly "Left Behind" book,you 're right, Books, NO comparison! At least two Protestants have told me that "Fr. Elijah" was so much better---so much better WRITTEN, too. Wonderful book.
Re: Mother Culture, I love "The Hidden Art of Homemaking" by Edith Schaffer, as well as "Confessions of an Organized Housewife" by Denise Schofield.
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Kelly wrote:
| .. as well as "Confessions of an Organized Housewife" by Denise Schofield. |
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This sounds interesting Kelly, what is it that you like? Any tips?
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Well, it's a slim, breezy read, with well-delineated chapters so you can pick and choose what you want to read. The author has five children (a Morman, I believe) so she knows what she's about when she's talking about organizing for children. Lots of good tips---eg, she points out that it's much more efficient, space-wise, to use square containers---duh, why didn't *I* think of that?? Anyway, a funny, informative read, not preachy.
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Here's my short-list of homeschooing/mother books:
Real Learning by Elizabeth Foss
CM's originals -- particularly "Home Education" and "Towards a Philosophy of Education"
The Religious Potential of a Child
Alice vonHildebrand's Privilege of Being a Woman
Catholic Homeschool Companion (just came out but it's great!)
High School of Your Dreams
These are books I've already read more than once, will take with me to Austria, and will re-read a few more times!
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Real Learning is my favorite homeschooling book, hands-down. I found Homeschooling: A Patchwork of Days and its follow-up Homeschool Open House interesting. The latest HS-ing book I've purchased is The Catholic Homeschool Companion and so far I like it very much! 
For Mother Culture, I return to these books regularly:
Mrs. Sharp's Traditions: Reviving Victorian Family Celebrations
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry
A Homeschooling Mother's Companion
... and anything by Jane Austen or Louisa May Alcott.
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I love all these suggestions and have most of these myself that I return to time and again, no one mentioned the Catherine Levison books, they are wonderful for putting CM's philosophies into action.
I have to 2nd Louisa May Alcott. Oh and anything French, my current readMadame Bovary by Gustav Flaubert!!
And for nature/mother-nurture: Country Diary of An Edwardian Lady
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