- THE
BABY'S FIRST TWO YEARS,
by
Richard M. Smith, M.D., a facsimile copy of a 1915 babybook
written by a pediatrician with strong, occasionally bizarre, views
on infants, infancy, and the maternal role - at least by our 21st
century ideas - AND some surprising bursts of remarkably good
information and common sense. $12.95 plus shipping. $10.95 +
s&h.
- THE
BEEJUM BOOK,
by Alice O. Howell. This book lists for $24.95. This is a
glorious, delightful book with great value for both children and
adults by a woman who has learned life's greatest lesson -
happiness! We sell it for $17.95 plus $3 shipping!
- THE
BIRD OF IMAGINING
Drawings by Children from New York City Public Schools, by Richard
Lewis. $10.95
- CHILDREN'S
PAST LIVES:
How Past Life Memories Affect Your
Child
by
Carol Bowman; Bantam Books, 1998 356 pp.
$12.95,
reviewed
by Ellen Becker.
- JESSICA
DRAGONETTE'S FIERY BREATH,
by Mary Leue - Jessica's adoration of her grand fire-breathing
father gets her in big trouble! $9.95
- LIVING
BY WONDER,
The Imaginative Life of Childhood, by Richard Lewis, $18.95 $3
shipping.
- MOPSA
THE FAIRY,
by Jean Ingelow. A story of pure magic. This classic tale in a
paperback near-facsimile of the original Lippincott edition is not
only for children. It will take you away into its world, and when
you return, you will be changed. Nine beautiful illustrations in
full color by Maria L. Kirk, one of the best of the early 20th
century children's illustrators. $21.95
-
- Education
-
- (Click
on the images for excerpts from the text,
- or
the titles below for brief reviews or
praise)
-
.
.
.
-
- ALTERNATIVE
SCHOOLS,
the reissued, updated version of Jonathan Kozol's original
book,Free Schools (see Free Schools below to read a
chapter on the teaching of reading).
- CHALLENGING
THE GIANT;
The
Best of SKOLE,
the Journal of Alternative Education, volumes I-IV $14.95
each, plus shipping $2.00 (pb, 500+ pages each volume), or $50.00
for all four plus shipping and handling $5.00). Click
here
for additional reviews of volumes 1 & 2 by Claudia Berman,
and Vols. 3 & 4 by Emanuel Pariser.
- CHANGING
LIVES,
by Jane Day: Interviews with graduates of the Community School in
Camden, Maine. $18.95, reviewed by Mary Leue
- CHILDREN'S
RIGHTS AND POWER,
Charging Up for a New Century, by Mary John, Professor Emerita
and former Deputy Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of
Education at the University of Exeter, UK.
- DESCHOOLING
OUR LIVES,
edited by Matt Hern, foreword by Ivan llich;
$16.
- (Click
on the images for excerpts from the text,
- or
the titles below for brief reviews or
praise)
.
.
.
-
FIELD
DAY,
Getting Society out of School, by Matt Hern; $16.
- A
FREE RANGE CHILDHOOD,
Self-Regulation at Summerhill School , by Matthew Appleton
$18.95 plus postage.
- FREE
SCHOOLS,
by Jonathan Kozol - the definitive work on assessing both
the early free schools and the later alternative schools
$15.95
- FREE
SCHOOLS, FREE PEOPLE,
by Ron Miller, president of the Foundation for Educational Renewal
and editor of Educational Freedom for a Democratic Society: A
Critique of National Standards, Goals and
Curriculum.
- GROWING
UP DEMOCRATIC,
accounts
of Jerry Mintz's important work in democratizing schools by giving
students an authentic voice in governance and curriculum, a new
anthology. $10.95
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- (Click
on the images for excerpts from the text,
- or
the titles below for brief reviews or
praise)
.
.
,
\\-
- HOW
LIKE AN ANGEL CAME I DOWN,
Conversations with Children on the Gospels, by A. Bronson
Alcott, edited by Alice Howell. $19.95, reviewed by Mary
Leue.
- A
LIFE IN SCHOOL,
What the Teacher Learned, by Jane Tompkins, professor of
literature at Duke University and a leader in the field of
academic research into the art of teaching; paperback, $9.95,
reviewed by Mary Leue
- THE
LIVES OF CHILDREN,
the Story of the First Street School, by George Dennison
- "A classic! " - A.S. Neill .$12.95 plus $3
shipping.
- LIVING
BY WONDER,
the
Imaginative Life of Childhood, by Richard Lewis, director of
the Touchstone Center in New York City.
- MAKING
IT UP AS WE GO ALONG,
The Story of the Albany Free
School,
by
Chris Mercogliano, $18.00 plus $3.00 shipping. Foreword by Joseph
Chilton Pearce. Reviewed by Herb Kohl, Joseph Chilton Pearce and
David Ruentzel, Teacher magazine.
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- MAY
YOU NEVER STOP DANCING,
A Professor's Letters to his Daughter, by John D. Lawry, St.
Mary's Press Christian Brothers Pub., Winona, MN,
$13.95
plus
$3 shipping, reviewed by Mary Leue
- METAPHYSICAL
FOUNDATIONS FOR A THEORY OF VALUE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ALFRED
NORTH WHITEHEAD,
by
William Hendrichs Leue, PhD.
$19.95
- MY
LIFE AS A TRAVELING
HOMESCHOOLER,
by Jenifer Goldman, a clear-eyed account by an almost
eleven-year-old who travceled with her uncle Jerry Mintz
throughout the US - and even into Canada, visiting schools.
$12.95.
- NO
HOMEWORK AND RECESS ALL
DAY,
Freedom and Democracy in Education, by Jerry Mintz,
paperback attending conferences, enjoying life as she learned.
Well worth reading. $12.95.
- NO
MASTER HIGH OR LOW
- Libertarian Education and Schooling 1890-1990, by John
Shotton, Libertarian Education (LibEd), UK, publisher, 1997,
paperback, $17.00 plus $3 shipping, reviewed by Robin
Martin.
- (Click
on the images for excerpts from the text,
- or
the titles below for brief reviews or
praise)
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,
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.
.
.
.
PROCESS
AND ESSENCE,
by
William H. Leue, PhD. Note: this book is our first online
publication, and may be purchased for $8.00 by writing Mary Leue
or by contacting her by e-mail (see the bottom of the page for
details).
-
- This is a
further exploration into the issue of Alfred North
Whitehead's metaphysical philosophy, rounding out the highly
complex, interwoven nature of life by analyzing and expanding on
the essential functions and relationships of Whitehead's
metaphysical principles of actual occasions and eternal
objects.
- REAL
EDUCATION,
Varieties of Freedom, by David Gribble, Libertarian Education, UK,
publisher, 1998, paperback, $17.00 plus $3 shipping, reviewed by
Robin Martin.
- REAL
SCHOOLS - IN THEIR OWN W0RDS
-
edited by Mary M. Leue. This is an account of 27 different
schools, 24 of them in the US.with accompanying essays by members
of each of them - or, in a couple of cases, parents of children in
them - taken from SKOLE, The Journal of Alternative
Education. Valuable for parents looking at educational
alternatives or student teachers, struggling to learn about what
is possible in the field. $16.95 plus
shipping.
$16.95
- REAL TEACHERS;
REAL TEACHING - IN THEIR OWN WORDS -
edited by Mary M. Leue.
Compendium
volume to Real Schools.
Contents,
articles by 38 different teachers, organized as: teaching as a
celebration of life, 8 examples; defining the problems with
schools, 12; proposed solutions 6; teaching young children 5;
teaching elementary-school age children. 8; teaching high
school-age students. 5. teaching college-age students. 4; teaching
and learning at home. An absolute must for someone struggling to
provide good education for their child(ren) - or for someone
equally determined to decide for himself what constitutes really
good teaching - and how to find it! This volume offers a wide
variety of teaching styles and criteria by which to understand, to
choose. $16.95 plus shipping. $16.95
- RECOLLECTIONS
FROM THE MODERN SCHOOL FERRER
COLONY,
by
Victor Sacharoff and others, Jon Thoreau Scott, editor. $23.95,
plus shipping.
- THE
SCHOOL AROUND US
-
Twenty-five Years, by Claudia Berman. The story of the
Kennebunk, Maine school of that name. $18.95 plus $2 shipping. See
also Claudia's
review
of volumes I and II of Challenging the Giant.
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- ,
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.
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- SCHOOL
DROPOUTS
- The Tragedy of America's Under-Educated Youth, by Carlos
Bonilla and Jana L. Brazda. $29.95
- SCHOOLING
FOR HUMANITY
-
When Big Brother Isn't Watching, by David O. Solmitz.
Introduction by Kathleen Kesson, Goddard College Director of
Teacher Education, $29.95
- SHINE
IN YOUR OWN WAY,
Inspiration for Parents of Failing Kids,
by
Nancy Gill - essays reflecting over two decades of this
brilliant, inspired teacher's work with kids of all ages. $18.95
plus $3 shipping.
- SKOLE,
THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE
EDUCATION,
Mary
M. Leue, editor. Past issues available, $4 each, plus $3 shipping,
reviewed by John Potter. Down-to-Earth Books has been
operating, both as a publishing house and a bookstore, since the
mid-seventies. Our particular emphasis has always been on the
implications of various models of education, social customs and
attitudes upon family and community - and especially on children.
Click here
for John Potter's review.
- SUMMERHILL
SCHOOL
- A New View of Childhood, by A.S. Neill, a new edition by
Albert Lamb, $12.95, reviewed by Chris Mercogliano (Note: this
cover is from the English edition - the copy I sell is actually
the US edition - but this one is prettier, so I'm using it).
.
- TEACHING
THE RESTLESS
- One School's Remarkable No-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children
Learn and Succeed, by Chris Mercogliano, $25.
- TURNING
THE TITANIC
- FORTY YEARS IN SCHOOL AND
COMMUNITY;
Essays for Tikkun Olam (Healing the World), edited by Mary
Leue
- UNDERGROUND
HISTORY OF EDUCATION,
by John Taylor Gatto. Oversize paperback, 412 pages, lavishly
illustrated. $30 plus $3 shipping - and worth every nickel!
Reviewed by Mary Leue
WHAT
ARE SCHOOLS FOR?
- Holistic Education in American Culture, by Ron Miller.
$18.95
-
- Environment
- (Click
on the images for excerpts from the text, or the titles below for
brief reviews or praise)
.
.
.
.
-
- A
YEAR AT BROOK HOLLOW FARM,
Where Geese Become Swans, by Julia Ryan Meservy. A book
of moving, insightful essays written by a loving woman who has
chosen to become part of a farming family - detailing a year of
her and their life on a working western Massachusetts farm and her
magical experiences there. Originally published as separate
stories in the Ashfield News. $12.00
- FROM
THE FRYER TO THE FUEL
TANK,
by Joshua Tickell $29.95, plus $3 shipping
- THE
HERMIT'S HANDBOOK,
by Jack Barry, a sensitive and very moving journal of an
adventurous year spent by the author completing and living in a
beautifully crafted house he had built in the treetops overlooking
a beaver pond in the hills of western Massachusetts. $14.95 plus
$3 shipping.
- YELLOW
BRAND BIODIESEL
(video)- produced by Jory Hearst and Lauren Jorgensen
and narrated by Tom Leue,this video tape includes the origins of
biodiesel fuel, the history of Tom's production of biodiesel, a
guided tour of the plant and an explanation of how the fuel is
made. Click on the tape image (above left) if you wish to view the
factory online. $25 plus shipping $3.
- WHO'S
COUNTING?
(video)
Marilyn Waring on Sex. Lies and Global Economics - Bullfrog
Films - A great video with both humor and truth from
Marilyn, who became a pioneering MP in Australia in order to have
an impact on what needs to happen on our troubled earth! - $10
plus $3 shipping.
-
-
- Personal
Expressions in Prose
- (Click
on the images below for excerpts from the text.
Also on
the titles below for reviews, etc.)
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- THE
FLYING BIRD BRINGS THE
MESSAGE,
Lessons from Life, by Mary Leue. $12.95 plue $2 shipping.
- HUNGER OF
MEMORY,
the Education of Richard Rodriguez, by Richard Rodriguez.
Allow two weeks for delivery.
- INDIA
JOURNAL,
a Pilgrimage toward the Self, $14.95 plus $3 shipping.
- LOOKING
FOR ONE'S SHADOW AT NOON.
Volume 1 - Looking for the Self in Family and
Society, $8.95 plus $3 shipping. Both volumes $15 plue
$3 shipping.
- LOOKING
FOR ONE'S SHADOW AT NOON,
Volume 2, Finding the Self in School and Community $8.95
plus $3 shipping. Both volumes $15 plue $3 shipping.
- RUSHING
TO EVA,
a Pilgrimage in Search of the Great Mother, by Mary Leue.
$14.95 plus $3 shipping, reviewed by Ann Mossop.
- TRYING
TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME,
Confessions of a Survivor of a Large Family, by Mary M. Leue -
a fascinating glimpse of a world that is no more, in three
volumes: volume I, $10.95 (when published, all three will sell for
$30 plus shipping). All 3 volumes $25 plus
shipping.
- TRYING
TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME,
Confessions of a Survivor of a Large Family, by Mary M. Leue,
volume II, $10.95. All 3 volumes $25 plus
shipping.
- TRYING
TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME,
Confessions of a Survivor of a Large Family, by Mary M. Leue,
volume III, $10.95. All 3 volumes $25 plus
shipping.
- ...
and Poetry
- (Click
on the images for excerpts from the text, or the titles in red
below for brief reviews or praise)
-
.
......- ALL
NITE RAIN,
by
Jack Barry, $12.95. A new volume of haiku by award-winning poet
Jack Barry.
- MEMORIES,
a
collection of poems
by
Judith Zottoli, celebrating the poet's childhood recollections of
growing up on a tidewater farm on Maine's Casco Bay. $10.95 plus
shipping.
- OLD
THOUGHTS,
by
Angela Cross, a collection of poems celebrating, reflecting on and
enduring life's multifarious joys, puzzles and adventures as they
occur , from year to year.
- SONGS
OF AN EARTH FAMILY:
Peems of the Free School Community, volume
two. $10.95 plus $3 shipping. Read the introduction.
- A
SPIRAL NOTEBOOK OF ANNOTATED POEMS
1965-2002,
by Mary Leue, $10.95 plus shipping.
- SWAMP
CANDLES,
by Jack Barry, $10.95. A book of haikus by the author
of A
Hermit's Handbook, chronicling
Jack's year in his tree house on his turtle island in his bear
swamp.
Click
on the title to read a few or on the image to read Jack's
Introduction.
- THE
WORLD'S GOIN' TO END AT
LOONCHTIME:
Poems of the Free School Community, volume one. $10.95 plus
shipping.
-
- Books
of the Spirit
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on the images for excerpts from the text,
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the titles below for brief reviews or
praise)
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.......
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.
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- CHILDREN'S
PAST LIVES:
How Past Life Memories Affect Your
Child
by
Carol Bowman; Bantam Books, 1998 356 pp.
$12.95,
reviewed
by Ellen Becker.
- THE
DAISY SUTRA,
Conversations with my Dog, by Helen Weaver - an
unforgettable love story about the timelessness of the
relationship between a woman and her dog. $18.95, reviewed by Mary
Leue. See also Helen's website, http://www.daisysutra.com
- THE
FIFTH GOSPEL,
by Professor Fida Hassnain and Rabbi Dahan Levi - the first
version of Search (below) - has many sources and quotations
not found in the more recent study of the life of Jesus after the
crucifixion. $16.95 - $3 shipping and handling.
- METAPHYSICAL
FOUNDATIONS FOR A THEORY OF VALUE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ALFRED
NORTH WHITEHEAD,
by
William Hendrichs Leue, PhD.
$19.95
- PAST
LIVES THERAPY,
by
Morris Netherton, Ph.D. and Nancy
Shiffrin:
A
renowned psychologist shows how your present problems and
anxieties are the result of what has happened to you in your past
incarnations, stretching back centuries.
- SAVING
THE SAVIOR,
by Abubakr Salahuddin, Jammu Press. $14.00.
- A
SEARCH FOR THE HISTORICAL
JESUS
-
From
Apocryphal, Buddhist, Islamic and Sanskrit Sources by
Professor Fida Hassnain, $25.00 plus $2 shipping, reviewed
by Chris Mercogliano - a new edition by Down-to-Earth Books
authorized by the author - plus $2 shipping and
handling.
- THE
GODDESS WITHIN,
A Guide to the Eternal Myths that Shape Women's Lives,
Jennifer Barker Woolger and Roger Woolger, Ballantine Books,
1989, $16.95, plus $3 shipping
- OTHER
LIVES, OTHER SELVES,
A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives, by Roger
Woolger, PhD. Doubleday, 1987. pb. $18.95 plus $3 shipping.
-
- Books
For
Children
-
.
..
..- THE
BEEJUM BOOK,
by Alice O. Howell. This book lists for $24.95. This is a
glorious, delightful book with great value for both children and
adults by a woman who has learned life's greatest lesson -
happiness! We sell it for $17.95 plus $3 shipping!
- THE
BIRD OF IMAGINING
Drawings by Children from New York City Public Schools, by Richard
Lewis. $10.95
- JESSICA
DRAGONETTE'S FIERY BREATH,
by Mary Leue - Jessica's adoration of her grand fire-breathing
father gets her in big trouble! $9.95
- MOPSA
THE FAIRY,
by Jean Ingelow. A story of pure magic. This classic tale in a
paperback near-facsimile of the original Lippincott edition is not
only for children. It will take you away into its world, and when
you return, you will be changed. Nine beautiful illustrations in
full color by Maria L. Kirk, one of the best of the early 20th
century children's illustrators. $21.95
-
- Videos,
CDs and DVDs
- (Click
on the images for excerpts from the text,
- or
the titles below for brief reviews or praise)
-
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.
..
- .Tom
Leue describing his biodiesel process (from the
video)..............
-
- SLUTA SKOLAN!
(Abolish School!) A DVD of a classical interview with John
Taylor Gatto by Swedish activist-educator Lennart Mogren. Also two
interviews with Swedish homeshoolers and one with a school
reformer, all of which Lennart has promised to translate on
demand. $6.95 plus shipping.
- WALDORF
PROMISE
- a beautifully-put-together DVD essay on the most human face
of education you'll ever see! This is an account of the teachers,
children, classrooms, educators, the purpose and philosophy of the
training - but especially the actual classrooms and the sweetness
of the connections between teacher and children - this is a story
you won't easily forget, especially in hard educational times like
these for kids and families! $20.00 plus $3
shipping.
- WALDORF
PROMISE Two
- New Hope for At-risk Youth. This is the second in a new
Waldorf Educational Series by Landfall Productions, a video that
fills in the gaps not covered by the DVD. With these two media,
you have all you need to start a summer teacher training program
in your own educational system or school. But send someone to
Rudolph Steiner College first to take the hands-on training they
offer! Then she/he can train the others. $25 plus
shipping.
- WHO'S
COUNTING? Marilyn
Waring on Sex. Lies and Global Economics - Bullfrog Films
- A great video with both humor and truth from Marilyn, who
became a pioneering MP in Australia in order to have an impact on
what needs to happen on our troubled earth! - $10 plus $3
shipping.
- YELLOW
BRAND BIODIESEL
- produced by Jory Hearst and Lauren Jorgensen and narrated by
Tom Leue,this video tape includes the origins of biodiesel fuel,
the history of Tom's production of biodiesel, a guided tour of the
plant and an explanation of how the fuel is made. Click on the
tape image (above left) if you wish to view the fact ory online.
$10 plus shipping $3.
-
- Down-to-Earth
Books as Publisher
- (Click
on the images for excerpts from the text etc.
- Also
on the title below for reviews, etc. )
-
-
.
.........
.........,
.
c..
.
-
ALL
NITE RAIN,
by
Jack Barry, $12.95. A new volume of haiku by award-winning poet
Jack Barry.
- AFTER THE
ECLIPSE,
by Jack Barry, $14.95. A third volume of haiku by
award-winning poet Jack Barry. Note:
Swamp
Candles
is Jack's first.
- THE
BABY'S FIRST TWO YEARS,
by
Richard M. Smith, M.D., a facsimile copy of a 1915 babybook
written by a pediatrician with strong, occasionally bizarre, views
on infants, infancy, and the maternal role - at least by our 21st
century ideas - AND some surprising bursts of remarkably good
information and common sense. A fascinating read! $12.95 plus
shipping.
- CHALLENGING
THE GIANT;
The
Best of SKOLE,
the Journal of Alternative Education, volumes I-IV $14.95
each, plus shipping $3.00 (pb, 500+ pages each volume), or $40.00
for all four plus shipping and handling $5.00). Click
here
for additional reviews of volumes 1 & 2 by Claudia Berman,
and Vols. 3 & 4 by Emanuel Pariser.
- THE
FIFTH GOSPEL,
by Professor Fida Hassnain - the first version of
Search (below) - has many sources and quotations not found
in the more recent study of the life of Jesus after the
crucifixion. $16.50
- THE
THE FLYING BIRD BRINGS THE
MESSAGE,
Lessons from Life, by Mary Leue. $12.95 plue $3 shipping.
- THE
HERMIT'S HANDBOOK,
by Jack Barry, a sensitive and very moving journal of a year
spent by the author completing and living in a beautifully crafted
house he had built in a tree over a swamp in the hills of western
Massachusetts.$14.95.
- INDIA
JOURNAL,
a Pilgrimage toward the Self, $14.95 plus $3
shipping.
- JESSICA
DRAGONETTE'S FIERY BREATH,
by Mary Leue - Jessica's adoration of her grand fire-breathing
father gets her in big trouble! $9.95
- LOOKING
FOR ONE'S SHADOW AT NOON.
Volume 1 - Looking for the Self in Family and
Society, $8.95 plus $2 shipping. Both volumes $15 plue
$3 shipping.
- LOOKING
FOR ONE'S SHADOW AT NOON,
Volume 2, Finding the Self in School and Community $8.95
plus $2 shipping. Both volumes $15 plus $3 shipping.
- METAPHYSICAL
FOUNDATIONS FOR A THEORY OF VALUE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ALFRED
NORTH WHITEHEAD,
by
William Hendrichs Leue, PhD.
$19.95
- MEMORIES,
a
collection of poems
by
Judith Zottoli, celebrating the poet's childhood recollections of
growing up on a tidewater farm on Maine's Casco Bay. $10.95 plus
shipping.
- MOPSA
THE FAIRY,
by Jean Ingelow. A story of pure magic. This classic tale in a
paperback near-facsimile of the original Lippincott edition is not
only for children. It will take you away into its world, and when
you return, you will be changed. Nine beautiful illustrations in
full color by Maria L. Kirk, one of the best of the early 20th
century children's illustrators. $21.95
- REAL
SCHOOLS - IN THEIR OWN W0RDS
-
edited by Mary M. Leue:
Down-to-Earth
Books, Ashfield, MA. This is an account of 27 different schools,
24 of them in the US., three abroad, with accompanying essays by
members of each of them - or, in a couple of cases, parents of
children in them - taken from SKOLE, The Journal of Alternative
Education. Valuable for parents looking at educational
alternatives or student teachers, struggling to learn about what
is possible in the field. $16.95 plus shipping.
- REAL TEACHERS;
REAL TEACHING - IN THEIR OWN WORDS -
edited by Mary M. Leue.
Compendium
volume to Real Schools.
Contents,
articles by 38 different teachers, organized as: teaching as a
celebration of life, 8 examples; defining the problems with
schools; 12 proposed solutions 6; teaching young children 5;
teaching elementary-school age children. 8; teaching high
school-age students. 5. teaching college-age students. 4; teaching
and learning at home. An absolute must for someone struggling to
provide good education for their child(ren) - or for someone
equally determined to decide for himself what constitutes really
good teaching - and how to find it! This volume offers a wide
variety of teaching styles and criteria by which to understand, to
choose. $16.95 plus shipping. $16.95
- RUSHING
TO EVA,
a Pilgrimage in Search of the Great Mother, by Mary Leue.
$14.95 plus $2 shipping, reviewed by Ann Mossop.
- A
SEARCH FOR THE HISTORICAL
JESUS
-
From
Apocryphal, Buddhist, Islamic and Sanskrit Sources by
Professor Fida Hassnain, $16.50 plus $2 shipping, rreviewed
by Chris Mercogliano - a new edition by Down-to-Earth Books
authorized by the author
- SHINE
IN YOUR OWN WAY,
Inspiration for Parents of Failing Kids,
by
Nancy Gill - essays reflecting over two decades of this brilliant,
inspired teacher's work with kids of all ages. $18.95 plus
$3 shipping.
- SKOLE, THE JOURNAL
OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, Mary
M. Leue, editor. Past issues available, $4 each, plus $3 shipping,
reviewed by John Potter. Down-to-Earth Books has been
operating, both as a publishing house and a bookstore, since the
mid-seventies. Our particular emphasis has always been on the
implications of various models of education, social customs and
attitudes upon family and community - and especially on children.
Click here
for John Potter's review.
- SONGS
OF AN EARTH FAMILY,
poems of the Free School community, volume two. $10.95
plus $3 shipping. Read the introduction.
- A
SPIRAL NOTEBOOK OF ANNOTATED POEMS
1965-2002,
by Mary Leue, $10.95 plus shipping.
- SWAMP
CANDLES,
by Jack Barry. A book of Haikus by the author
of A
Hermit's Handbook (see
above under ENVIRONMENT),
chronicling
Jack's year in his tree house on his turtle island in his bear
swamp.
Click
on the title to read a few. $10.95.
- TRYING
TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME,
Confessions of a Survivor of a Large Family, by Mary M. Leue -
a fascinating glimpse of a world that is no more, in three
volumes: volume I, $10.95. All 3 volumes, $25 +
s&h.
- TRYING
TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME
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