Showing posts with label homeschooling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homeschooling. Show all posts

Thursday, August 15, 2013

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WELCOME TO MY ON-LINE 
HOMESCHOOL BOOKSTORE!

You have found the on-line home of a true biblioholic. When I first started selling my homeschool books on Amazon, I did so well that I thought I'd try my luck looking for similar books at local book sales. I soon discovered that I LOVE searching through books, sorting and organizing them, offering them to fellow homeschoolers at great prices, and even pulling them off the shelves to pack and send off to their new owner. It may seem strange to some people, but hey, there are much worse addictions I could have.

After a while, I got a reputation as someone who loves books and sells them on-line, so friends who are no longer homeschooling began to give me their books when they either didn't have the time to deal with selling them or didn't have the computer know-how to do it.

Eventually, my list of books for sale became so long that it made a person's eyes go wonky to try and look over the entire thing. So to save the eyesight of my friends and fellow members of homeschool groups I belong to, I now post my list on-line, broken down by grade level and subject.

I hope you find the way I have broken out my humongous list of books for sale easy to navigate. And remember, you can always search for anything specific you're looking for too.


HAPPY SHOPPING!
 

Thursday, August 1, 2013

3rd - 6th SOCIAL STUDIES



VGC
1.00
$1.00 – U.S. Government Mini-Unit Study Grades 4-8 (loose leave pages in a binder; 27 pages plus a duplicate set from various books and on-line)
PB
LN
1.00
$1.00 – Children’s Clothing of the 1800’s (Historic Communities)
PB
LN
1.00
$1.00 – A Unit About Canada Grades 3-6 (Evan-Moor)
VGC
1.00
$1.00 – American History crossword puzzles (55 copied pages in a binder)
HB
VGC
 
 
1.00
 
$1.00 – Lot of 2 books about farms (somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
        Let’s Find Out About Farms (1968 HB – ex-lib; covers bow slightly);
        Who Lives on the Farm (square PB – name on cover)
HB
LN
2.00
$2.00 – Liberty’s Kids: Freedom at Any Price (name written on cover)
HB
VGC
2.00
$2.00 – Lot of 2 HB Frontiers of America books (somewhat musty from being in a storage unit) Explorers in a New World-1960; Stalwart Men of Early Texas-1970)
PB
LN
2.00
$2.00 – Following Directions Using a Multicultural Theme (Instructional Fair PB – LN)
PB
VGC
2.00
$2.00 – Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan by Jean Fritz (name on inside cover and edges of pages, small bends on cover)
PB
VGC
3.00
$3.00 – The Story of Inventions (Christian Liberty; bend on bottom corner of cover)
VGC
3.00
$3.00 - Lot of 5 career books (somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
 
            I Want to Be a Fireman (Sesame St. PB – name on cover)
 
            A Visit to the Firehouse – (Sesame St. - name on cover)
 
            I Know an Astronaut (1972 HB – ex-lib)
 
            Let’s Go to a Bakery (1956 HB – ex-lib)
 
            I Want to Be a Veterinarian (oversized – ex-lib)
PB
New
3.00
$3.00 – The War of 1812 (American History Topic
PB
LN
3.00
$3.00 – Native American Activity Book (EduPress)
PB
New
3.00
$3.00 – Usborne My Town (Lift-the-Flap Book)
PB
VGC
3.00
$3.00 – Amanda Bennett’s Thanksgiving Unit Study
PB
New
4.00
$4.00 – Spotlight on America: Elections – Grades 4-8 (TCM PB – new) 64 pg. reproducible activity book
PB
New
4.00
$4.00 – Presidents Activity Book – Grades 4-8 (Carson-Delossa PB – LN) 156 pg. reproducible activity book
PB
New
5.00
$5.00 – Simply Stated: A State-by-State List of Children’s Books (spiral bound)
PB
LN
5.00
$5.00 - Set of 2 BrainBooster books w/decoder (spiral bound – VGC)
 
BrainBoosters are educational quiz books for grade school children that create a story for each 2-pg spread and a situation for the child to solve using the decoder.
 
            Digging into the Past
 
            Outer Space Adventures
HB
VGC
15.00
$15.00 - Set of 7 HB Step-Up Books:
 
            Meet George Washington
 
            Meet Thomas Jefferson
 
            Meet Andrew Jackson
 
            Meet the Pilgrim Fathers
 
            Meet Christopher Columbus
 
            The Adventures of Lewis and Clark
 
            Meet the Men Who Sailed the Sea
PB
&
CD
LN
 
40.00
$40.00 – Trail Guide to World Geography Teacher’s Manual and CD for All Levels of Student Notebooks

3rd - 6th LANGUAGE ARTS

PB - paperback
HB - hardback

LN - like new  - lightly used; looks like it just came off a bookstore shelf
VGC - very good condition - lightly used; has a minor issue or two such as a name or stamp on it,minor wear at corners or around edges, or a few marks or smudges
GC - good condition - well used; has several issues which may have issues such as those  above and or yellowing pages, bends at one or more corner, or a slightly bowed cover
F - fair condition - very well used; has multiple issues, but still in readable condition; may have issues such as those mentioned above and or writing on multiple pages, very worn cover, large bends on cover, or a few small tears

Unless otherwise indicated, all of the pages in the books listed are in very good to excellent condition.

PB
LN
1.00
$1.00 - Spelling: A Homework Booklet - Grade 6 (Instructional Fair)
PB
New
1.00
$1.00 – Success with Vocabulary Gr. 3 (Scholastic) A 48 pg. reproducible workbook
PB
VGC
1.00
$1.00 – Improving Your Punctuation Skills 80pg workbook
PB
New
2.00
$2.00 - Using Your Newspaper Activities – Gr. 4-6 A 20 pg. reproducible workbook)
PB
GC
2.00
$2.00 - Total Reading Gr. 6 (reading comprehension section has been used- the rest is in excellent condition)
PB
VGC
2.00
$2.00 – Natural Speller by Kathryn Stout (spiral bound)
PB
VGC
2.00
$2.00 – Set of 2 Life Skills Reading Workbooks: Reading Skills that Work; Life Skills Reading
PB
New
2.00
$2.00 - Oral Language for Daily Use Gr. 4 (39pg. Instructional Fair reproducible workbook similar to Editor in Chief, where the student must find the mistakes)          
PB
VGC
2.00
$2.00 –ABeka 6 Read & Think Skill Sheets (1993 edition; first lesson completed, all other pages are clean)
PB
LN
3.00
$3.00 - Lessons from Leaders Thematic Copywork Lessons (spiral-bound )

PRE-K - 2nd GRADE -- SOCIAL STUDIES

PB - paperback
HB - hardback

LN - like new  - lightly used; looks like it just came off a bookstore shelf
VGC - very good condition - lightly used; has a minor issue or two such as a name or stamp on it,minor wear at corners or around edges, or a few marks or smudges
GC - good condition - well used; has several issues which may have issues such as those  above and or yellowing pages, bends at one or more corner, or a slightly bowed cover
F - fair condition - very well used; has multiple issues, but still in readable condition; may have issues such as those mentioned above and or writing on multiple pages, very worn cover, large bends on cover, or a few small tears

Unless otherwise indicated, all of the pages in the books listed are in very good to excellent condition.
.25 – Oxcart Man (oversized PB – good condition; name on cover; markings on inside cover; stain on top of last ¼ of pages; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
.50 – Why Don’t You Get a Horse Sam Adams? by Jean Fritz (sm PB – very good condition; name on cover; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
.50 – The Quilt Story by Tomie dePaola (PB – like new)
.50 – Colonial Times (oversized PB – very good condition; name on cover and cover page; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
.50 - Camp Fortunate (McGraw-Hill reader PB – ex-lib in very good condition; name on cover; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit) approx. 3rd-5th level
.50 – Let’s Go to a National Park – (1962 HB – ex-lib in good condition; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
.50 – Holidays Around the World (Disney PB – very good condition; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
.50 – Journey Through China (PB – name on cover; pages wavy at bottom; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
.50 – The Great Johnstown Flood (McGraw-Hill PB reader – like new; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit) approx. 3rd – 5th grades
.50 – Celebrations: Poetry about American Holidays (PB – very good condition; name on front; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
.50 – Visiting Giant Trees (McGraw-Hill Adventure Book – like new; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit) approx. 2nd – 4th readers
.50 – A River Ran Wild – (oversized PB – very good condition; name on cover; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
.50 – African Activity Book (Dover Little Book PB – like new)
.50 – Tikta' Liktak: An Inuit-Eskimo Legend (PB – very good condition; name and stamp on inside cover)
.50 – Sequoyah: Cherokee Hero (PB – very good condition; name and subject on cover and front page)
.50 - On the Mayflower (PB – very good condition; name colored over on front, name written on cover page, pages in excellent condition)
$1.00 – The Last Rail: The Building of the First Transcontinental Railroad (PB – ex-lib; has library marks but otherwise is in excellent condition)
$1.00 - Pink and Say (oversized PB – very good condition; stamp on inside cover, light wear on edges)
$1.00 - America the Beautiful (oversized Scholastic PB – very good condition; book plate on inside cover with name) Special Commemorative Edition
$1.00 - The Pledge of Allegiance (oversized Scholastic PB – very good condition; bend down front cover) Special Commemorative Edition
$1.00 – In 1492 (oversized PB – very good condition)
$1.00 – The Aztecs Activity Book oversized PB – very good condition)
$1.00 – Ladybird Explorers Castle (small PB – like new)
$1.00 – The Post Office Book (PB Gail Gibbons Book – New)
$2.00 – Olympics Mini-Unit Study Grades K-8 (loose leave pages in a binder; 2 pages of activity suggestions and 78 pages from various books and on-line)
$2.00  – The Matchlock Gun (oversized HB – very good condition; wear along edges of cover; pages are in excellent condition)
$2.00 – Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page (oversized PB – very good condition; bend on front cover)
$2.00 – Rainforest: Hands-On Experiments, Games, Art, and Writing (EduPress PB – very good condition; name written on cover) 48pg. reproducible activity book
$2.00 – Polar Regions Activity Book: Explore the Arctic and Antarctic through Art & Crafts (EduPress PB – like new) 48pg. reproducible activity book
$2.00 - Apples, Pumpkins, and Harvest Reproducible Activity Book (like new)
$2.00 - Thematic Units: Fall, Harvest, Orange & Black, plus 3 more Reproducible Activity Book (very good condition)
$2.00 – Thematic Unit: Seasons Early Childhood (TCM PB – very good condition; name sticker on front cover)
$2.00 - Make It Work North American Indians Activity Book (very good condition)
$2.00 - Theme Series North American Indians Reproducible Activity Book (very good condition)
$2.00 - The Usborne Book of Explorers (PB - very good condition; bend on cover, name on inside cover)
$2.00 - Dover Great Inventors & Inventions Coloring Book (PB - new)
3.00 – Hands-On-Heritage: Patriotic Symbols Activity Book (Edupress PB – like new) 48 pg. reproducible activity book
$3.00 – Uborne Things People Do (oversized HB – very good condition; sticker on bottom of spine, name stamped on cover page)
$3.00 – Following Directions Using a Multicultural Theme (Instructional Fair PB – like new)
$3.00 – Thematic Unit: Apples Primary (TCM PB – new)
$3.00 – Amanda Bennett’s Thanksgiving Unit Study (PB – very good condition)
$3.00 – Usborne My Town (Lift-the-Flap Book (PB – new)
$4.00 – Usborne Book of Wild Places: Mountains, Jungles  Deserts (PB – like new)
$4.00 – Wish You Were Here: Emily’s Guide to the 50 States (HB – like new)
$4.00 – Another Trip Around the World (PB – very good condition; name on cover page, some minor scratches on cover)
$4.00 – Children’s USA Encyclopedia: A clear and comprehensive introduction to our amazing country (HB – like new) 224 pg. full-color book similar to Usborne and DK
$10.00 – DK’s Geography of the World: The Essential Family Guide to Geography and Culture (HB – new)  Coordinates with DK’s Children Just Like Me. 304pg. full-color reference book
$40.00 – Trail Guide to World Geography Teacher’s Manual and CD for All Levels of Student Notebooks (like new)
$15.00 - Set of 7 HB Step-Up Books:
            Meet George Washington
            Meet Thomas Jefferson
            Meet Andrew Jackson
            Meet the Pilgrim Fathers
            Meet Christopher Columbus
            The Adventures of Lewis and Clark
            Meet the Men Who Sailed the Sea

PRE-K - 2nd GRADES -- LANGUAGE ARTS - GRAMMAR, WRITING, HANDWRITING

PB - paperback
HB - hardback
LN - like new  - lightly used; looks like it just came off a bookstore shelf
VGC - very good condition - lightly used; has a minor issue or two such as a name or stamp on it,minor wear at corners or around edges, or a few marks or smudges
GC - good condition - well used; has several issues which may have issues such as those  above and or yellowing pages, bends at one or more corner, or a slightly bowed cover
F - fair condition - very well used; has multiple issues, but still in readable condition; may have issues such as those mentioned above and or writing on multiple pages, very worn cover, large bends on cover, or a few small tears

Unless otherwise indicated, all of the pages in the books listed are in very good to excellent condition.

 .50 - Let's Start Learning Phonics (Scholastic PB – very good condition; first several pgs completed)
.50 - Blends Grades 1-3 (School Zone WB)
.50 - Phonics Homework Helper Grade 1 Book 2 (Frank Schaffer WB – like new)
.50 – Handwriting: Traditional Cursive (IF WB – very good condition)
.50 – Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book about Adjectives by Ruth Heller (PB – very good condition)
.50 – Phonics Homework Helper Workbook (half-sized PB - good condition; several pgs completed; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
.50 – Capital and Lowercase Letters Workbook (half-sized PB – good condition; tear in corner by spine; 1 pg completed in pencil; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
1.00 – In Other Words: A Beginning Thesaurus (McMillan HB – very good condition; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
1.00 - McMillan Picture Dictionary (HB – very good condition; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
1.00 – Lot of 4 HB Alphabet storybooks (all have name on cover; somewhat musty from being in a storage unit)
            Richard Scarry’s Find Your ABC (ex-lib in good condition)
            Little Monster’s Alphabet Book (very good condition)
            Alphabet School (very good condition)
$1.00 – Kindergarten Basics Workbook (School Zone PB – very good condition; cover is worn, but NO WRITING)
$1.00 – Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs (HB – ex-lib in very good condition)
$1.00 – School Zone Beginning Reading Deluxe Edition Grades 1-2 (PB – new)
$1.00 – Reproducible Little Books for Sight Words (TCM PB – very good condition; name on cover; sticker on inside cover) 176 pg. reproducible activity book
$2.00 - Handwriting Without Tears Writing Notebook (purple PB for 2-3 grades – very good condition) 40 sheets
$2.00 – Natural Speller by Kathryn Stout (spiral bound – very good condition)
$2.00 – Scott, Foresman Spelling K (PB – like new)
$2.00 – Usborne Picture Dictionary (oversized PB – very good condition)
$2.00 – Dick and Jane: Fun with Our Family (1993 HB – like new; has rumple on bottom of front and back cover)
$2.00 –Scholastic Explains Writing Homework Grades 2-3 (PB - new)
$3.00 – Abeka Handbook for Reading Phonics Textbook (PB – very good condition)
$3.00 - Bible Quotes for Phonics, Copywork, and Spelling by Joyce Herzog (spiral-bound – like new)
$3.00 – A Reason for Writing: The Words of Jesus (PB – very good condition) older edition; now called A Reason for Handwriting
$2.00 – Using Caldecotts Across the Curriculum Grades K-2 (Scholastic Professional PB – like new)
$4.00 –Reading Reflex: A Foolproof Phono-Graphix Method for Teaching Your Child to Read (PB – like new)
$10.00 - StartWrite Handwriting Software (copywrite 1998-2003; works on Windows XP, not sure about Windows 7)