Quote #35.

Last one for August: 

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. –Erasmus

Says the family that, in the past week, hit two book store sales, placed a couple online orders and journeyed to the library twice…

Yup. Love our books here and seem to always be able to justify buying more. And while it makes me a little sad sometimes that we don’t do the whole “back to school” shopping dealio since we homeschool, I very much make up for it in buying books for the year. ;) 

Just for kicks...here are some of the books on my "to buy" list for this week:

• Mathematicians are People, Too (My two math-minded boys will likely find this interesting and my non-math-minded boy will hopefully realize that math has stories, too.)
• The Fallacy Detective (After a year of Encyclopedia Brown at bedtime, hoping to move the boys up to this because they seem more than ready.)
• Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction (Because I've decided to embrace the boy-ness going on here and this is "safer" than The Practical Pyromaniac, which is the book Noah's lobbying for, lol. Incidentally, I've also found books lately about the history of weaponry and am definitely planning to incorporate that into our history studies as apparently that sticks in their heads better than "boring" facts, LOL.)

Have any book recommendations you'd like to share? I'd love to hear 'em!

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[CarrieH]

The Book Whisperer--Amazing book written by a teacher about the power of letting kids read---Loved it and will incorporate her ideas into my own homeschooling.