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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ABC Book of Bible People
by Martha Fisher, illustrated by Peter Balholm
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Bible Stories for Early Readers (Location: EAR-BIB)
Alpha-Phonics First Readers Set
by Samuel L. Blumenfeld
from Storehouse Press
for Preschool-4th grade
in Miscellaneous Phonics (Location: PHO-MISC)
$22.00
Atarax the Wolf Tells: Greek Myths
by Adam De Gree
from Classical Historian
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$7.50
Easy Start in Arithmetic
by Ruth Beechick
from Arrow Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
First Start Reading Storybook A
by Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Memoria Press First Start Reading (Location: PHO-MP)
$7.90
First Start Reading Storybook B
by Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Memoria Press First Start Reading (Location: PHO-MP)
$8.95
First Start Reading Storybook C
by Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Memoria Press First Start Reading (Location: PHO-MP)
$8.95
Home Start in Reading
by Ruth Beechick
from Arrow Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
Language and Thinking for Young Children
by Ruth Beechick
from Mott Media
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
$3.00 (3 in stock)
Learning Language Arts Through Literature - 2nd Grade Readers
from Common Sense Press
for 2nd grade
$28.00 (1 in stock)
Mike Fink
by Steven Kellogg
from HarperCollins
for 1st-6th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.99
Phonics and Language 2 - Test Key
1st edition from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
$11.00 (5 in stock)
Phonics and Language 2 - Tests
1st edition from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Play By the Sea
by Wanda Sanseri
from Back Home Industries
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
Reader's Guide
by Dr. Christopher Perrin & Leslie Rayner
from Classical Academic Press
for Kindergarten-12th
in Clearance: Home School Resources (Location: ZCLE-HSR)
$4.17
Science in the Beginning - Helps & Hints
by Jay Wile
from Berean Builders
for 1st-6th grade
in Berean Builders Science (Location: SCICUR-BER)
$6.00 $4.00 (2 in stock)
Spelling Dictionary for Beginning Writers Book 1
by Gregory Hurray
from Educators Publishing Service
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in EPS Spelling (Location: SPE-EPS)
$9.19 $4.00 (2 in stock)
Spellwell A - Student Book
by Nancy Hall
from Educators Publishing Service
for 2nd grade
in EPS Spelling (Location: SPE-EPS)
$11.99
Spellwell Aa - Student Book
by Nancy Hall
from Educators Publishing Service
for 2nd grade
in EPS Spelling (Location: SPE-EPS)
$11.99
Story of the U.S.
by D. H. Montgomery
1st edition from My Father's World
for 2nd-3rd grade
in My Father's World (Location: CUR-MFW)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Strong Start in Language
by Ruth Beechick
from Arrow Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$1.50 (1 in stock)
Teaching Ancient History with Games
by John De Gree
from Classical Historian
for Preschool-6th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$7.50
Teaching Medieval History with Games
by John De Gree
from Classical Historian
for Preschool-6th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$7.50
Teaching the Constitution with Games
by John De Gree
from Classical Historian
for Preschool-6th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$7.50
Timbertoes
from Highlights for Children
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Time at Home
Christian Liberty Phonics Reader #3
by Florence Lindstrom
from Christian Liberty Press
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in CLP Phonics & Reading (Location: REA-CLP)
$6.50
Weather
National Geographic Kids Level 2
by Kristin Baird Rattini
from National Geographic
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Words I Use When I Write
by Alana Trisler, Patrice Howe Cardiel
from Educators Publishing Service
for 1st-3rd grade
in EPS Spelling (Location: SPE-EPS)
$4.59