Recommended Reading:

Biographies:
God’s Smuggler (Brother Andrew)
Gladys Aylward: Missionary to China (Catherine Swift)
Through Gates of Splendor (Elizabeth Elliot)
Jungle Pilot: The Gripping Life Story of Nate Saint (Russell T. Hitt)
The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)
A Chance to Die (Elisabeth Elliot)
Ten Peas in a Pod (Arnold Pent III)
The Heavenly Man (Brother Yun)
And the Word Came with Power (Joanne Shetler)
GOD Knows My Size! (Silva Tarniceriu)
Bruchko (Bruce Olson)
Trailblazer Books Series (Dave & Neta Jackson)

Sets and Series:
K-3rd:
Meet…Step Up Books (Random House)
Billy and Blaze (C.W. Anderson)
Uncle Arthur Bedtime Series (Arthur Maxwell)
3rd-
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Great Illustrated Classics Abridged Classics (Baronet Books)
The Boxcar Children (Gertrude Chandler Warner)

High School:
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)

All grades:
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
Christian Hero’s: Then and Now (YWAM)
International Adventure Series (YWAM)
The Miller Series (Mildred Martin)

Girl’s Favorites:
Elsie Dinsmore Series (Martha Finley)
Grandma’s Attic Series (Arleta Richardson and Dora Leder)
Nancy Drew Mysteries (Keene) [Look for older ©'s] (http://www.awb.com/)
Caddie Woodlawn  (Carol Brink)

Boy’s Favorites:
The Golden Goblet (Eloise Jarvis McGraw)
Master Cornhill (Eloise Jarvis McGraw)
The Bronze Bow (Elizabeth George Speare)
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
Sugar Creek Gang Series (Paul Hutchens)
The Hardy Boys Series (Franklin Dixon)
The Ladd Family Adventures Series (Lee Roddy)

Favorites:
House of Sixty Fathers (Meindert DeJong
Stories of the Pilgrims (Margaret Pumphrey) http://www.greathomeschoolbooks.com/ChristianLiberty.htm
Treasure in an Oatmeal Box (Ken Gire)
Banner in the Sky (James Ullman)
Master Puppeteer (Catherine Paterson)
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O’Dell)
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons (Barbara Cohen)
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (Elizabeth Lewis)
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Joan Aiken)
Daughter of the Mountain (Louise Rankin)
Two Tickets To Freedom (Florence Freedman)
Safely Home (Randy Alcorn)
Ishbane’s Conspiracy (Randy Alcorn)
Summer with the Moody’s (Sarah Maxwell)
Autumn with the Moody’s (Sarah Maxwell)
In His Steps (Charles Sheldon)
Pilgrim’s Progress (John Bunyan)
The Scarlet Pimpernel  (Baroness Orczy)
Amos Fortune, Free Man (Elizabeth Yates)
Severe Mercy (Sheldon Vanauken)
The Man Who was Thursday (G.K Chesterton)
The Great Divorce (C.S. Lewis)

Authors to Look For:
Marguerite Henry
Robert McCloskey
Alice Dalgliesh
Genevieve Foster
G.A. Henty
Ingri and Edgar DuAulaire
C.W. Anderson
Holling C. Holling
James Daugherty

Home Schooling:
Guide to American Christian Education (James Rose)
Home School Manual (Ted Wade)
Learning Patterns and Temperament (Golay)
For the Children’s Sake (Susan Schaefer MacCaulay)
The Heart of Home Schooling (Chris Klicka)
A Mom Just Like You (Vickie and Jayme Farris)
The Hidden Art of Homemaking (Edith Schaefer)
Child Training and the Home School (Barth)
Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Heart (Teri Maxwell)
Encouragement for the Homeschool Family (Steve and Teri Maxwell)
Home Schooling: The Right Choice (Christopher Klicka)

Parenting:
Shepherding a Child’s Heart (Tripp) Book or Video Series
Teach Them Diligently (Lou Priolo)
Hints on Child Training  (H. Clay Trumbull)
Withhold Not Correction  (Bruce A. Ray)
Child Training Tips (Reb Bradley)
What the Bible Says About Child Training (Richard Fugate)
Keeping Our Children's Hearts (Steve and Teri Maxwell)
The Case for Kids (Video Series) (Tripp)
Growing Kids God’s Way (Ezzo) Parenting Video Series
Baby Wise (Ezzo)
Age of Opportunity (Parenting Teens) (Tripp)
The Heart of Anger (Lou Priolo)
When Good Kids Make Bad Choices  (Jim Newheiser & Elyse Fitzpatrick)
Back in Control (Gregory Bodenhamer) (warning: He does not have a Christian Worldview! Read with discernment)
For Instruction in Righteousness ( Pam Forster) (www.doorposts.net)
Proverbs for Parenting (Barbara Decker)

Raising Sons:
Talks to Boys (Eleanor Hunter)
Thoughts for Young Men (J.C.Ryle)
Man in Demand (Wayne & Emily Hunter)
Young Man, Be Strong (David Burkholder) Rod & Staff
Boyhood and Beyond (Bob Schultz)
Disciplines of a Godly Man (Kent Hughes)
Preparing Sons to Provide for a Single-Income Family (Steve Maxwell)
Equipping Men (Audio/video) (Norm Wakefield)

Raising Daughters:
Beautiful Girlhood (Karen Andreola)
Polished Cornerstones (Doorposts)
So Much More (Anna and Elizabeth Botkin)
His Chosen Bride (Jennifer Lamp)
The Look (Nancy Leigh DeMoss)
Beautiful in God’s Eyes (Elizabeth George)
Emotional Purity (Heather Arnel Paulsen)

Courtship and Dating:
I Kissed Dating Goodbye (Josh Harris)
Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship (Josh Harris)
Best Friends for Life (Michael and Judy Phillips)
Passion and Purity (Elisabeth Elliot)
Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye? (Carolyn McCulley)
Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity (Lauren Winner)

Strengthening Marriage:
The Mystery of Marriage (Mike Mason)
The Complete Husband (Lou Priolo)
Created to be His Help Meet (Debi Pearl)
The Excellent Wife (Martha Peace)

Personal Growth:
The Pursuit of Holiness (Jerry Bridges)
The Practice of Godliness (Jerry Bridges)
Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands (Tripp)
Age of Opportunity (Tripp)
On the Other Side of the Mountain (Fugate)
Amusing ourselves to Death (Neil Postman)
Calm My Anxious Heart (Linda Dillow)
Managers of Their Homes (Scheduling) (Steve and Teri Maxwell)
Let Me Be A Woman (Elisabeth Elliot)
Gaining Favor with God and Man (William Thayer)
Daughters of Sarah (Genevieve White)
The Pursuit of Holiness (Jerry Bridges)
The Cross-Centered Life (C.J. Mahaney)
Surrender: The Heart God Controls (Nancy Leigh Demoss)
Equipping Men (Audio/video) (Norm Wakefield)
When Life and Beliefs Collide (Carolyn Custis James)
Please Understand Me Temperament types (David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates)
Institute in Basic Life Principles (seminar) http://iblp.org/iblp/seminars/basic/
Anger Resolution Seminar  http://iblp.org/iblp/seminars/anger/
Financial Freedom Seminar http://iblp.org/iblp/discipleship/financialfreedom/
Beth Moore video series