Cindy Downes

Sep. 7, 2005 - World Landmark Books

Review of World Landmark Books by Karen J. Thiessen

Unfortunately for me, I discovered Landmark Books after my children graduated. This is a wonderful series of books written in 1950-1970, that can be used as family read-alouds or assigned reading for children in 4th grade and up. According to Karen, there are 63 books in the World Landmark series (world history) and 122 books in the Landmark series (American history). They include biographies of famous people as well as historical events.

World Landmark Books is a guide to the 63 books in the World Landmark series. Karen not only gives a brief overview of each book, but she provides information about the author, how to use the books in your homeschool, and ideas for how to locate them (many of these are hard to find). She includes a list of the books organized by title, author, publication date, chronological date, and by subject category. There is also information on the rarity of each book is so you can know what to expect in price.

Her evaluations are based on her Christian worldview which his a big help to me. There were several books on her list that I had not heard of which I quickly added to my "To-Buy" list. Others, although the titles sounded like books I would want to own (ie. Jesus of Nazareth, Martin Luther) were not added to my list because of her explanation of the author's worldview. A big money saver!

Karen has written a subsequent book entitled: Landmark Books, A Homeschooler's Guide which covers the 122 books in the American History series.

For those of you who use "real" books in your homeschool and want a Christian world view, this is a must-have addition to your library. I highly recommend it. You can purchase her book at: http://www.purejoypublications.com/

Sep. 7, 2005 - I love these books

Posted by spunkyhomeschool

And have been collecting them for years. I think I have around 20 now.

Spunky

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Sep. 7, 2005 - Thanks!

Posted by ClassicalEducation4Me

Purejoy Publications is going to be a Sponsor of the Week in October and she will be giving away 2 copies of World Landmark Books, A Homeschoolers' Guide. I think that will be a great surprise for 2 lucky blog winners!
Kris

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Sep. 7, 2005 - World Landmark Books, A Homeschoolers' Guide

Posted by LandmarkGeek

Thanks for the review Cindy. I do want to make a correction however. The book about the Landmark titles (American History) is not yet published. I know that the WLB guide states it will be printed in the spring of 2005, but for many reasons there have been delays and I am hoping to publish by the end of the year.

I appreciate you taking the time to write such a nice review!
God bless all your efforts,

Karen Thiessen

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