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A lot of education is filling in gaps. Even more is simple fact-memorization, the primary building block leading to the ability to regurgitate ideas, analyze them, and form original ones. Either way, there often isn't a better solution than stuffing names, dates, and figures in kids' heads until they can recall them at will. They hate this, generally, but it's a necessary evil.

In no way as unpleasant, but just as educational, is something most kids love to do: getting comfy with a big compendium of knowledge and turning each page, learning little tidbits about history, the world around them, how their body works, or who's been in outer space until they've had enough and go outside to hunt trolls or dig up buried treasure.

The best word to describe such books is one that every college student learns to dread: reference. If you don't get an F on your paper because you wrote it two hours before class, you definitely will because you forgot to cite your references. It's important to remember, however, that the enemy isn't reference; the enemy (for lack of a better term) is a system that places more value on following arbitrary guidelines than presenting and commenting on thoughts and information.

We're here to put the RAD back in reference. And memorization—there's nothing that says learning the times tables has to be boring. It often is, but usually only because we look at it as a chore, and not a privilege or exciting activity. This attitude often starts with parents: we didn't like math in school, so we kind of groan along with our kids whenever the ol' numbers chart comes out. If we get excited instead, our children are likely to do the same.

Below you'll find a long list of books crammed with facts. Some of them aren't important facts (usually the most fun), some of them are essential; we're not sure where the distinction should or does lie all the time, so we'll leave you to sort that out for yourselves. We would simply encourage, whether you're teaching the tens chart in math, or adding nuance to a study of the Old West by reading a short bio of female outlaw Belle Prater, that you approach "just the facts" with as much joy and anticipation as you'd like to see your children exhibit.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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America from the Beginning - Student Manual
by Joshua Franklin, Debbie Lawrence
from Answers in Genesis
for 3rd-8th grade
in U.S. History Curriculum (Location: HISCUR-US)
$29.00 (1 in stock)
Ancient Greek War and Weapons
by Haydn Middleton
from Heinemann Educational Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Astronomy
by Cheryl Evans, Stuart Atkinson
from Usborne
for 6th-12th grade
in Astronomy (Space) (Location: SCI-AST)
$1.80 (1 in stock)
Aztecs
Journey Into Civilization
by Robert Nicholson and Claire Watts
from Chelsea House Publishing
for 4th-7th grade
in Ancient America (Location: HISW-ANAM)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Behind the Blue and Gray
by Delia Ray
from Scholastic Inc.
for 5th-9th grade
in American Civil War (1860-1865) (Location: HISA-19CW)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Bible Comes Alive Volume 2
by Clifford Wilson, Barbara Wilson
from New Leaf Press
for 6th-10th grade
in Bible Reference (Location: XBI-REF)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Bible Comes Alive Volume 3
by Clifford Wilson, Barbara Wilson
from New Leaf Press
for 6th-10th grade
in Bible Reference (Location: XBI-REF)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Bible Mapbook
by Simon Jenkins
1st edition from HarperCollins
for 6th-10th grade
in Bible Geography and Surveys (Location: XBI-GEO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Castle Diary
by Richard Platt
from Candlewick Press
Historical Fiction for 5th-8th grade
in Middle Ages (Location: HISW-MID)
$7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Caught'ya!
by Jane Bell Kiester
3rd edition from Maupin House Publishing
for 7th-12th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
City
by David Macaulay
from Houghton Mifflin
for 4th-8th grade
in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER)
$14.99 $7.50 (2 in stock)
Colonial Town: Williamsburg
by Bobbie Kalman
Revised from Crabtree Publishing
for 1st-8th grade
in Colonial America (1690-1765) (Location: HISA-17COL)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
DK Eyewitness: American Revolution
by Stuart Murray
from DK Publishing
for 4th-8th grade
in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Drive Thru History America with Dave Stotts: Foundations of Character - Book Only
by David Barton
from Tyndale House
for 6th-10th grade
in Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Electricity and Magnetism
by Peter Adamczyk, Paul Francis law
from Usborne
for 4th-8th grade
in Electricity & Magnetism (Location: SCI-PHY)
$4.50 (4 in stock)
Eternal Argument
by R. Robin Finley, read by the author
from Analytical Grammar
for 6th-9th grade
in Literary Analysis & Reference (Location: LIR-LAR)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Europe Finds the World
Cambridge Introduction to World History
by Trevor Cairns
from Cambridge University
for 6th-9th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Eyewitness: Civil War
by John Stanchack
from DK Children
for 5th-8th grade
in American Civil War (1860-1865) (Location: HISA-19CW)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Faith of Our Fathers: Scenes from American Church History
by Mark Sidwell, editor
from Bob Jones University Press
Church History Reference for 7th-12th grade
in Church History (Location: XCH-HIS)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Faith Unfurled
from History Compass
for 4th-8th grade
in Pilgrims at Plymouth (Location: HISA-17PIL)
$7.95 $5.57 (1 in stock)
Glorious Age in Africa
by Daniel Chu, Elliot Skinner
from Africa World Press, Inc.
for 5th-10th grade
in Africa (Location: HISMC-AFR)
$4.00 (5 in stock)
Greek News
The History News
by Anton Powell & Philip Steele
from Candlewick Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
$4.50 (3 in stock)
Handy Science Answer Book
2nd edition from Visible Ink Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Science Reference (Location: SCIREF)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Hero Tales
by Theodore Roosevelt & Henry Cabot Lodge
from Cumberland House
Biography for 7th-10th grade
in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Historical Atlas of the World (old)
by Rand McNally
4th edition from Rand McNally
World History Reference/Atlas for 5th-8th grade
in Historical & Cultural Atlases (Location: HISRF-ATLAS)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
History News: Explorers
by Michael Johnstone
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
History of US Book 10
History of US Book 10
by Joy Hakim
3rd Revised Edition from Oxford University
American History Reference for 5th-9th grade
in History of US (Location: HISA-HAKIM)
$11.00 (1 in stock)
History of US Book 3
by Joy Hakim
3rd edition from Oxford University
for 5th-9th grade
in History of US (Location: HISA-HAKIM)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
History of US Book 6
History of US Book 6
by Joy Hakim
3rd edition from Oxford University
American History Reference for 5th-9th grade
in History of US (Location: HISA-HAKIM)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
History of US Book 9
by Joy Hakim
3rd edition from Oxford University
for 5th-7th grade
in History of US (Location: HISA-HAKIM)
$9.00 (2 in stock)
History of Western Music
HarperCollins College Outline
by Hugh M. Miller & Dale Cockrell
5th edition from HarperCollins
for 7th-12th grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
How the White House Really Works
by George Sullivan
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-7th grade
in American Presidency (Location: HISV-PRE)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
How To Study
by Edward Shewan
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 7th-9th grade
in Research & Study Skills (Location: REF-STUDY)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Illustrated Dictionary of Physics
by Chris Oxlade, Corinne Stockley, Jane Wertheim
from Usborne
for 5th-9th grade
in Physics (Location: SCI-PHY)
$6.30 (2 in stock)
Illustrated Dictionary of Science
Revised from Usborne
for 4th-8th grade
in Science Reference (Location: SCIREF)
$21.60 (1 in stock)
Interactive 3-D Maps: American History
by Donald M. Silver, Patricia J. Wynne
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Historical & Cultural Atlases (Location: HISRF-ATLAS)
$8.00 (2 in stock)
Landmark History of the American People
by Daniel & Ruth Boorstin
from Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd.
for 3rd-8th grade
in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
$12.00 (4 in stock)
Landmark History of the American People Volume I
by Daniel J. Boorstin, Ruth F. Boorstin
from Avyx, Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
$15.00 (3 in stock)
Landmark History of the American People Volume II
by Daniel J. Boorstin, Ruth F. Boorstin
from Avyx, Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
$15.00 (2 in stock)
Making of American California
by Dorothy Dimmick
from Beautiful Feet Books
for 6th-9th grade
in California State (Location: HISA-19CGR)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Mummies & Their Mysteries
by Charlotte Wilcox
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-7th grade
in Ancient History (Location: HISW-ANC)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Nelson's 3-D Bible Mapbook
by Simon Jenkins
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for All Ages
in Bible Geography and Surveys (Location: XBI-GEO)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
New Answers Book 1
by Ken Ham, Jonathan Sarfati & Carl Wieland
from Master Books
for 7th-Adult
in Faith & Science (Location: XAP-SCI)
$4.00 (2 in stock)
Pastfinder Berlin 1945-1989
by Maik Kopleck
from Ch. Links Verlag
for 7th-12th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt
by Bill Manley
from Penguin Putnam
Atlas for 2nd-7th grade
in Ancient Egypt (Location: HISW-ANEG)
$16.95 $11.00 (2 in stock)
Putting It In Writing
Scholastic Guides
by Steve Otfinoski
from Scholastic Inc.
for 7th-11th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$1.00 (1 in stock)
Romans
by Anthony Marks & Graham Tingay
from Usborne
for 5th-12th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$3.15 (1 in stock)
Saxons and the Normans
by Ladybird Books
from Ladybird Books Ltd
for 4th-8th grade
in Great Britain / England (Location: HISMC-BRIT)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms
by Marvin Terban
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-9th grade
in Dictionaries (Location: REF-DIC)
$6.50 (2 in stock)
Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States
by Judy Bock & Rachel Kranz
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States at War
by June A. English & Thomas D. Jones
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States at War
by June A. English & Thomas D. Jones
Updated from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Scholastic Encyclopedia of Women in the United States
by Sheila Keenan
Revised from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
Science and the Bible
by Donald DeYoung
from Baker Books
for 7th-12th grade
in Clearance: Science & Health (Location: ZCLE-SCI)
$2.00 (3 in stock)
Student Bible Dictionary
by Karen Dockrey, Johnnie Godwin, Phyllis Godwin
from Barbour Publishing
for 5th-12th grade
in Bible Study & Reference for Kids (Location: BIB-STU)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
Student Notebook A-Z Thesaurus
from HarperCollins
for 3rd-7th grade
in Thesauruses (Location: REF-THES)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Tales Mummies Tell
by Patricia Lauber
from Scholastic Inc.
for 5th-8th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
The Iroquois
American Indian Nations
by Mary Englar
from Capstone Press
for 5th-7th grade
in Native Americans (Location: HISA-19NAT)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Tools and Gadgets (Historic Communities)
by Bobbie Kalman
from Crabtree Publishing
for 1st-8th grade
in Colonial America (1690-1765) (Location: HISA-17COL)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Understanding People in the Past: Renaissance
Understanding People in the Past
by Mary Quigley
from Heinemann-Raintree
for 3rd-8th grade
in Renaissance & Reformation (Location: HISW-REN)
$9.49 $6.50 (1 in stock)
United States History Atlas
2nd edition from maps.com
for 3rd-7th grade
in Historical & Cultural Atlases (Location: HISRF-ATLAS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
University of Chicago Spanish-English Dictionary
6th edition
for 5th-12th grade
in Spanish Resources (Location: FL-SPARE)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Usborne World of Shakespeare
Usborne Internet-Linked
from Usborne
Shakespeare Reference for 4th-8th grade
in Renaissance & Reformation (Location: HISW-REN)
$6.30 (1 in stock)
Usborne World of Shakespeare
by Anna Claybourne, Rebecca Treays
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Renaissance & Reformation (Location: HISW-REN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Weather & the Bible
by Donald B. DeYoung
from Baker Books
for 5th-9th grade
in Meteorology (Weather & Climate) (Location: SCI-WEA)
$2.00 (2 in stock)
Wild Cats and Other Dangerous Predators
by Clare Oliver
from Parragon Publishing
for 4th-8th grade
in Cat Books (Location: SCI-MAMCAT)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Words You Should Know
by David Olsen
from Adams Media Corp.
for 6th-10th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
World History Atlas
from maps.com
for 7th-Adult
in Historical & Cultural Atlases (Location: HISRF-ATLAS)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
World History Map Activities
by Marvin Scott
Rev Upd from Walch Publishing
for 7th-10th grade
in Historical & Cultural Atlases (Location: HISRF-ATLAS)
$26.00 $15.00 (1 in stock)
Write Book for Christian Families
by Robert Allen
from Bob Jones University Press
for 1st-12th grades
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Write Source 2000
by Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper & Verne Meyer
4th edition from Houghton Mifflin
Writing Reference for 6th-8th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$26.95 $15.00 (2 in stock)
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