Convinced that a critical part of education is to foster in our children a love of the beautiful and true, teacher and writer Laura Berquist presents this wide selection of poetry for every age level from grades one to twelve. Poetry is important because it is one of the forms of the beautiful which is accessible to children. For this reason children should be exposed to the best examples of …

This beautiful St. Joseph Edition of the Book of Saints illustrates the lives of 120 saints for all ages.  Each page is illustrated, has an appropriate prayer and a short biography of the saint.  This is a good book for young readers but adults can learn a lot about the saints from it as well.

Laura Berquist Home educator Laura Berquist presents a modern curriculum based on the time-tested philosophy of the classical Trivium—grammar, logic and rhetoric. She has given homeschoolers a valuable tool for putting together a "liberal arts" curriculum that feeds the soul, as well as the intellect. Her approach, covering grades K - 12, is detailed and practical, and it is …

"These stories," the author explains, "are meant to show human and lovable people whose mysterious passion for God led them into preposterous escapades."  With an eye on the taste of a child for concrete detail and no apologies for "the embroidery of legend," each tale, in a style akin to fairy-tale, sets forth the unique qualities of a Genevieve, a Felix, a Dorothy, or Comgall--16 real …

This syllabus was produced by Laura Berquist for homeschooling families who want a pre-made daily planner for lessons. This book covers 1st grade.

Here are yet more of "those human and lovable people whose mysterious passion for God led them into preposterous escapades."  Ethel Pochocki presents a follow-up collection of wildly distinctive saints--from Hyacinth to Zita to Longinus to Kentigern.  Readers will again be charmed by the vivid immediacy of their settings.  We find out what very real people they were, these …