Staff Favorites & Reviews

No staff is entirely static, staying exactly the same for years with no additions or subtractions. We realize that, but we're also pretty proud of our current personnel, and the many ways they've helped shape Exodus Books and point it in some unforeseen and wonderful directions. So, in 2011 we started asking each individual to share their favorite books, curricula, games, etc., and these pages are the result.

Because sharing favorites is fairly personal, we thought you should get to know each of these peculiar persons and asked them all to write a main bio, as well as section-specific bios. These are partly to show why they selected the titles and products in their lists, and partly just to show you that Exodus Books is inhabited by real people who do real things.

One of our biggest in-store services is making recommendations and helping people find what works best for them. These lists aren't as customer-specific, but they serve the same purpose—we're not just trying to parade our excellent taste or prove that we're literate, we're trying to help you discover things you may never have found otherwise, and maybe to rediscover some old favorites.

It's probably a fact universally true of book-lovers: given the chance, they'll talk your ear off about the books they love, the books they hate, and all the books you'll never read but that are really much better than the well-known books you will read. This isn't pretension. It's simply what happens to those who love words and want to share them. We've tried to cut the talk down here, though we'll gladly answer any pertinent questions.

With that, we present Staff Favorites. You'll find some overlap (lots of people seem to like The Chronicles of Narnia), but rarely if ever will you find complete consensus on a single title, product, or curriculum line. That's why we let everyone make their own lists: you know the official Exodus stance by reading our reviews, but the individuality that makes our store unique and awesome is what's on display here. Enjoy, and don't judge too harshly.

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And I Mean It, Stanley
by Crosby Bonsall
1st edition from HarperCrest
for Preschool-1st grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Arthur's Christmas Cookies
I Can Read! Level 2
by Lilian Hoban
from HarperCrest
for Preschool-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Arthur's Halloween Costume
by Lillian Hoban
from HarperCrest
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
At the Back of the North Wind
Everyman's Library Children's Classics
by George MacDonald, illustrated by Arthur Hughes
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Fairy Tale for 4th-Adult
$20.00
Biggest Bear
by Lynd Ward
from Houghton Mifflin
Realistic Animal Stories for Preschool-1st grade
1953 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Building Our Lives
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 4th grade
in Pathway Readers (Location: REA-PATH)
$11.00
By Right of Conquest
by G. A. Henty
from Preston Speed
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN)
Case of the Hungry Stranger
An I Can Read Book Level 2
by Crosby Bonsall
from Harper & Row
Children's Mystery for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Chester
by Syd Hoff
from HarperCollins
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
Church Mouse
by Graham Oakley
from Kane Miller
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Climbing Higher
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 2nd grade
in Pathway Readers (Location: REA-PATH)
$9.50
Come and Have Fun
by Edith Thacher Hurd, illustrated by Clement Hurd
from HarperCrest
for Kindergarten-1st grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Danny and the Dinosaur
An I Can Read Book Level 1
by Syd Hoff
from HarperCollins
for Preschool-1st grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
David and the Giant
I Can Read books
by Mike McClintock; illustrated by Fritz Siebel
from HarperCrest
for Kindergarten-1st grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
Dr. Seuss's ABC
by Dr. Seuss
Book Club from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Nursery-1st grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Dracula
Everyman's Library
by Bram Stoker
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Drinking Gourd
An I Can Read Book Level 3
by F. N. Monjo
from HarperCrest
Historical Fiction for 2nd-4th grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
First Steps
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 1st grade
in Pathway Readers (Location: REA-PATH)
$8.00
Fourth of July Story
by Alice Dalgliesh, illustrated by Marie Nonnast
from Charles Scribner's Sons
Historical Non-fiction for 2nd-4th grade
in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV)
Fun with Our Friends
The New Basic Readers Primer
by Helen M. Robinson, Marion Monroe, A. Sterl Artley, and Charlotte Huck, illustrated by Bob Childress & Jack White
from Scott, Foresman & Co.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Go West, Amelia Bedelia!
by Herman Parish, illustrated by Lynn Sweat
from Greenwillow Books
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
Go, Train, Go!
by Elizabeth Terrill, Rev. W. Awdry
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
Grasshopper on the Road
An I Can Read Book Level 2
by Arnold Lobel
from Harper & Row
for Preschool-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble
by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Sucie Stevenson
from Bradbury Press
Realistic Animal Stories for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Ready-to-Read (Location: EAR-R2R)
Homework Caper
by Joan M. Lexau, illustrated by Syd Hoff
from Harper & Row
for Preschool-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Hurry Hurry
by Edith Thacher Hurd, Illustrated by Clement Hurd
from Harper & Row
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$20.00 (2 in stock)
I Should Have Stayed in Bed
by Joan M. Lexau, illustrated by Syd Hoff
from Harper & Row
for Kindergarten-1st grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
In Search of a Homeland
by Penelope Lively & Ian Andrew
from Frances Lincoln
Picture Book/Mythology for 4th-8th grade
Johnny Lion's Bad Day
by Edith Thacher Hurd, illustrated by Clement Hurd
from Harper & Row
for Preschool-1st grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Kick, Pass, and Run
by Leonard Kessler
from HarperCrest
for Preschool-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Lands of Pleasure
by Albert J. Harris and Mae Knight Clark (senior authors)
from Macmillan
for 1st-2nd grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
Little Chief
by Syd Hoff
from HarperCrest
for Preschool-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Little Runner of the Longhouse
An I Can Read Book Level 2
by Betty Baker, illustrated by Arnold Lobel
from Harper & Row
for 1st-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Living Together
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 5th grade
in Pathway Readers (Location: REA-PATH)
$11.00
Magic Beans
A Follett JUST Beginning-to-Read Book
by Margaret Hillert, illustrated by Mel Pekarsky
from Follett Publishing Co.
for Kindergarten-1st grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Mei Li
by Thomas Handforth
Reissue from Doubleday & Company
1939 Caldecott Medal winner
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$19.00 (1 in stock)
Mice at Bat
An I Can Read Book
by Kelly Oechsli
from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Minstrel in the Tower
by Gloria Skurzynski
from Random House
Historical Fiction for 1st-4th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
Mooch the Messy
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
from Harper & Row
for Preschool-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
More Busy Times
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 2nd grade
in Pathway Readers (Location: REA-PATH)
$9.50
More Fun with Our Friends
from Scott, Foresman & Co.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
More Fun with Our Friends
The New Basic Readers Book 1
by Helen M. Robinson, Marion Monroe, A. Sterl Artley, illustrated by Richard H. Wiley, Jack White, and Rod Ruth
from Scott, Foresman & Co.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
More Fun with Our Friends - Teacher's Edition
The New Basic Readers
from Scott, Foresman & Co.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
More New Friends
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 3rd grade
in Pathway Readers (Location: REA-PATH)
$9.50
Morning and Evening
by Charles H. Spurgeon & Alistair Begg
2nd edition from Crossway Books
Devotional Material for 9th-Adult
in Devotionals (Location: XCL-DEV)
$29.99
Mr. Pig and Sonny Too
by Lillian Hoban
from Harper & Row
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
New Friends
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 3rd grade
in Pathway Readers (Location: REA-PATH)
$9.50
No Funny Business
by Edith Thacher Hurd, illustrated by Clement Hurd
from HarperCrest
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Pegasus
by Marianna Mayer & K. Y. Craft
1st ed from Morrow Eagle
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan
from John L. Dagg Publishing
for 10th-adult
in 17th Century Literature (Location: LIT4-17)
$28.95
Six Silver Spoons
from Harper & Row
for 2nd-4th grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Soft Skull Sam
a LET ME READ book
by Syd Hoff
1st edition from Harcourt Brace Jovanich
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
Step by Step
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 6th grade
in Pathway Readers (Location: REA-PATH)
$11.00
Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck
An I Can Read Mystery
by Nathaniel Benchley, illustrated by Arnold Lobel
from Harper & Row
for Preschool-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Tale of Two Cities
Everyman's Library
by Charles Dickens
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Victorian Novel for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$20.00
Terry and the Caterpillars
A Science I Can Read Book
by Millicent E. Selsam, illustrated by Arnold Lobel
from HarperCrest
for 1st-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
This is a Town
A Follett Beginning-to-Read Level 3 book
by Polly Curren, illustrated by Robert J. Lee
from Follett Publishing Co.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
True Book of Pets
by Illa Podendorf, illustrated by Bill Armstrong
from Children's Press
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Usborne Medieval World
Usborne Internet-Linked
from Usborne
History Reference for 4th-8th grade
in Middle Ages (Location: HISW-MID)
Walpole
by Syd Hoff
from HarperCollins
for 1st-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
Who Will Be My Friends?
by Syd Hoff
from HarperCrest
for Kindergarten-1st grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Who's a Pest?
by Crosby Bonsall
from HarperCrest
for Preschool-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Will You Cross Me?
by Marilyn Kaye
from Harper & Row
for Preschool-1st grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Winston, Newton, Elton, and Ed
by James Stevenson
from Greenwillow Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
You Will Go to the Moon
by Mae and Ira Freeman, illustrated by Lee Ames
Revised from Random House
for 1st-3rd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$4.00 (1 in stock)