Here's our list of books recommended by our membership. Whether you're new to home education or a long-time homeschooler looking for renewed inspiration, check out some of these books. We've also included some Canadian authors (near the bottom).
Disclaimer
Inclusion of any business on this list does not constitute an endorsement by OFTP. We share this information to let homeschoolers know what's available, not necessarily what's recommended. Although it benefits the resource provider to be listed here, it is not an advertisement to serve the purposes of the provider, it is a listing to serve the informational needs of homeschoolers looking for assistance or learning opportunities outside of the home.
If you'd like to add to this list, contact us!
Parenting
- Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
- How To Talk So Kids Will Listen And Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- Kids Are Worth It! by Barbara Coloroso
- Knights Without Armor - A Practical Guide for Men in Quest of Masculine Soul by Aaron R. Kipnis, PhD; Jeremy P. Tarcher
- Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn
- The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
Why Homeschool
- How Children Learn by John Holt
- The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" by Alfie Kohn
- The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher's Intimate Investigation Into The Problem of Modern Schooling by John Taylor Gatto
- For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer
- No Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn
- Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense by David Guterson
- The Right Choice: the Incredible Failure of Public Education by Chris Klicka
How to Homeschool
- In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Multiple Intelligences by Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.
- Magic Glasses by Belinda and Robert Joseph
- Any Child Can Write by Harvey S. Weiner
- Unschooling to University by Judy Arnall
- School Free --The Home Schooling Handbook by Wendy Priesnitz
- Touch the Sky by Belinda and Robert Joseph
- Learning All The Time by John Holt
- Teach Your Own by John Holt
- Homeschooling on a Shoestring by Melissa Morgan and Judith Allee
- The Homeschooling Handbook by Mary Griffith
- Learning At Home: A Mother's Guide to Homeschooling by Marty Layne
- Homeschooling For Excellence by David & Micki Colfax
- The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World as Your Child's Classroom by Mary Griffith
- Dumbing Us Down: The Invisible Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Holt
- The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook: A Creative and Stress-Free Approach to Homeschooling by Raymond & Dorothy Moore
- Home Educating With Confidence by Rick & Marilyn Boyer
Teaching Special Needs Kids
- Three Dimensional Learning by Belinda and Robert Joseph
- The Power of Mindful Learning by Ellen Langer
- The Mislabeled Child by Brock Eide MD
Stories About Homeschooling
- The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education by Grace Llewellyn
- A Sense of Self: Listening to Homeschooled Girls by Susannah Sheffer
- The Exhausted School: The First National Grassroots Speakout on the Right to School Choice by John Taylor Gatto
- Adventure by Chicken Bus: An Unschooling Odyssey through Central America by Janet LoSole
- Hard Times in Paradise by David & Micki Colfax
Canadian Authors (Non-Fiction)
Scientist of the Day by Linda Pierce Picciotto
The Science Book for Girls and Other Intelligent Beings by Valerie Wyatt
ArtGram: Art of Math Education by Jeni Van Kesteren and Laura Briscoe
The Computer and the Cancelled Music Lessons: Data Science for Children by Shingai Manjengwa
Mr. Pigglesworth Financial Literacy Books by Nicole Angelica Cadwallader
The Canucks by Mickey Eves
Canadian Authors (Fiction)
Autumn Stories, written and illustrated by Marty Layne
The Zaporadia Girls, by Ayeshah Somani (Ayeshah is a home educated student in Canada)
If you would like to suggest a book to add to this list, please contact us with the title, author and link to purchase.
