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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70 Basic Phonogram Cards
by Wanda Sanseri
5th edition from Back Home Industries
for 1st-4th grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
$18.00 $12.00 (1 in stock)
70 Basic Phonograms - CD
by Wanda Sanseri
from Back Home Industries
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
A Beka Phonics and Language 2 - Set
from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
$60.00 (1 in stock)
Abraham Lincoln
DK Readers Level 3
by Justine & Ron Fontes
from DK Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in DK Readers (Location: EAR-DK)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Across the Meadow - Teacher Edition
A Beka Reading 2C
1st edition from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
in A Beka Reading (Location: REA-ABK)
$12.50 (1 in stock)
Addition Flashcards
from A Beka Books
for 1st-6th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$16.00 (2 in stock)
Adventures of Mr. Toad
Disney's Wonderful World of Reading
from Random House
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Walt Disney Productions Presents
from Random House
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
All About Reading - Review Box
from All About Learning Press
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in All About Reading (Location: PHO-AAR)
$15.95 $10.50 (2 in stock)
All About Reading Level 2 - Complete Kit
by Marie Rippel
Color Edition from All About Learning Press
for 2nd-3rd grade
in All About Reading (Location: PHO-AAR)
$159.95 $112.00 (1 in stock)
All About Reading Level 2 - Reader 2
by Marie Rippel
Color Edition from All About Learning Press
for 2nd-3rd grade
in All About Reading (Location: PHO-AAR)
$22.95 $15.00 (1 in stock)
All About Spelling - Divider Cards
from All About Learning Press
for 1st-7th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$5.95 $3.50 (1 in stock)
All About Spelling Level 1 - Teacher's Manual & Student Materials Packet (old)
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for 1st-2nd grade
$32.95 $25.00 (2 in stock)
All Kinds of Animals
A Beka Reading 2I
4th edition from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
in A Beka Reading (Location: REA-ABK)
$12.00 (7 in stock)
All Kinds of Animals - Teacher Edition
A Beka Reading 2i
4th edition from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
in A Beka Reading (Location: REA-ABK)
$12.50 (1 in stock)
Alphabet Quest
by Ned Bustard
from Veritas Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Clearance: Readers (Location: ZCLE-READ)
$1.50 (1 in stock)
Always Room for One More
by Sorche Nic Leodhas
from Henry Holt and Company
for Preschool-3rd grade
1966 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$10.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Ancient Egypt- Greenleaf Guide
by Cynthia Shearer
from Greenleaf Press
Ancient Egypt History Curriculum for 2nd-7th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Ancient Egypt (Location: HISW-ANEG)
$7.50 $4.50 (2 in stock)
Are You My Mother?
by P. D. Eastman
from Random House
Animal Fantasy for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$9.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Arithmetic 2 - Teacher Key
2nd edition from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$22.00 (4 in stock)
Arithmetic 2 - Tests/Speed Drills Key
2nd edition from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$11.00 (4 in stock)
Arithmetic 2 - Worktext (old)
from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Arthur and the Super Chimp Contest
An I Can Read Book
by Lillian Hoban
from Harper & Row
for 1st-3rd 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 Christmas Cookies
I Can Read! Level 2
by Lilian Hoban
from Harper & Row
for Preschool-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$3.50 (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)
Arthur's Pen Pal
An I Can Read Book Level 2
by Lillian Hoban
from Harper & Row
for Preschool-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Atoms (Simply Science series)
by Melissa Stewart
1st edition from Compass Point Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Chemistry (Location: SCI-CHEM)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Aunt Eater's Mystery Vacation
by Doug Cushman
from HarperCollins
for 2nd-4th grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Bad Puppy
by Margo Lundell
from Scholastic Inc.
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Scholastic / Hello Reader! (Location: EAR-SCH)
$1.50 (1 in stock)
Basic Phonics Sounds CD
4th edition from A Beka Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in A Beka Phonics (Location: PHO-ABK)
$10.50 (1 in stock)
Bats
by Lily Wood
from Scholastic Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Bats: Creatures of the Night
by Joyce Milton, illustrated by Joyce Moffatt
from Penguin Young Readers
for 1st-3rd grade
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Bear Cub
All Aboard Reading - Station Stop 2
by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso, illustrated by Neecy Twinem
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 1st-2nd grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Beast Academy 2A - Guide
by Jason Batterson, Kyle Guillet, and Chris Page. Illustrated by Erich Owen
from Art of Problem Solving
for 2nd-4th grade
in Beast Academy (Location: MAT-BEAST)
$16.00 $11.00 (2 in stock)
Beast Academy 2B - Guide
by By Jason Batterson, Kyle Guillet, and Chris Page. Illustrated by Erich Owen.
from Art of Problem Solving
for 2nd-4th grade
in Beast Academy (Location: MAT-BEAST)
$16.00 $11.00 (1 in stock)
Beast Academy 2C - Guide
by By Jason Batterson, Kyle Guillet, and Chris Page. Illustrated by Erich Owen.
from Art of Problem Solving
for 2nd-4th grade
in Beast Academy (Location: MAT-BEAST)
$16.00 $11.00 (1 in stock)
Beast Academy 2D - Guide
from Art of Problem Solving
for 2nd grade
in Beast Academy (Location: MAT-BEAST)
$16.00 $11.00 (1 in stock)
Beautiful Stories for Children
by Michael McHugh
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 2nd grade
in CLP Phonics & Reading (Location: REA-CLP)
$14.50 $7.00 (1 in stock)
Bedtime for Frances
by Russell Hoban
from HarperCollins
Animal Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Bermuda Triangle
DK Eyewitness Readers Level 3
by Andrew Donkin
from DK Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in DK Readers (Location: EAR-DK)
$4.99 $3.00 (2 in stock)
Best Mistake Ever! and Other Stories
A Step into Reading Book Level 3
by Richard Scarry
from Random House
for 1st-3rd grade
in Step into Reading (Location: EAR-STEP)
$4.99 $2.50 (1 in stock)
Big Balloon Race
An I Can Read Book Level 3
by Eleanor Coerr
from HarperCollins
Historical Fiction for 1st-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.99 $3.00 (3 in stock)
Biology Pre-Level I Student Text (old)
by Dr. Rebecca W. Keller
2nd edition from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (old editions) (Location: OSCI-RS4K)
$12.00 (2 in stock)
Black and White
by David Macaulay
from Houghton Mifflin
for Preschool-3rd grade
1991 Caldecott Medal winner
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Black and White
by David Macaulay
from Houghton Mifflin
for Preschool-3rd grade
1991 Caldecott Medal winner
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Blend Practice Cards A
from A Beka Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in A Beka Phonics (Location: PHO-ABK)
$14.00 (4 in stock)
Blend Practice Cards B
from A Beka Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in A Beka Phonics (Location: PHO-ABK)
$16.00 (1 in stock)
Bob Books Collection 2
by Bobby Lynn Maslen, illustrated by John R. Maslen
from Scholastic Inc.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Bob Books (Location: EAR-BOB)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Bob Books Collection 3
by Bobby Lynn Maslen, illustrated by John R. Maslen
from Scholastic Inc.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Bob Books (Location: EAR-BOB)
$11.00 (1 in stock)
Buddy, the First Seeing Eye Dog
by Eva Moore
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Scholastic / Hello Reader! (Location: EAR-SCH)
$2.00 (2 in stock)
Building Blocks Book 2 - Laboratory Workbook
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for 2nd grade
$37.00 $25.00 (1 in stock)
Building Blocks Book 2 - Student Textbook
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for 2nd grade
$97.00 $65.00 (1 in stock)
Building Blocks Book 2 - Teacher's Manual
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for 2nd grade
$37.00 $25.00 (2 in stock)
Building Spelling Skills Book 2 - Answer Key
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 2nd grade
in CLP Building Spelling Skills (Location: SPE-CLP)
$6.45 $3.00 (1 in stock)
Buster the Very Shy Dog in the Great Bone Game
Green Light Readers Level 3
by Lisze Bechtold
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
for 1st-3rd grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Busy Times
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 2nd grade
in Pathway Readers (Location: REA-PATH)
$9.50 $5.50 (1 in stock)
Busy Times and More Busy Times - Teacher Edition
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 2nd grade
in Pathway Readers (Location: REA-PATH)
$6.50 $3.50 (2 in stock)
Call it Courage
by Armstrong Sperry
from Aladdin Paperbacks
Realistic Fiction for 2nd-6th grade
1941 Newbery Medal winner
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$4.99 $3.00 (2 in stock)
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)
Casey at the Bat
by Ernest L. Thayer & Patricia Polacco
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House
for 1st-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$9.99 $3.50 (2 in stock)
Cat in the Hat Comes Back
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$9.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Catch a Whale by the Tail
Science I Can Read Books
by Edward R. Ricciuti, illustrated by Geoffrey Moss
from Harper & Row
for 1st-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Caterpillars and Butterflies
Usborne Beginners
by Stephanie Turnbull
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA)
$2.70 (1 in stock)
Cats
Usborne Beginners
by Anna Milbourne
from Usborne
for 1st-2nd grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA)
$2.70 (1 in stock)
Chang's Paper Pony
An I Can Read Book Level 3
by Eleanor Coerr
from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.99 $2.50 (1 in stock)
Chemistry for the Grammar Stage - Student Workbook and Teacher Guide
by Paige Hudson
Updated from Elemental Science
for 2nd-5th grade
in Miscellaneous Science Curriculum (Location: SCICUR-MISC)
$24.00 (1 in stock)
Chemistry Pre-Level I - Student Text (old)
by Rebecca W. Keller
Student from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (old editions) (Location: OSCI-RS4K)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Chemistry Pre-Level I - Teacher's Manual (old)
by Dr. Rebecca W. Keller
Tch from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (old editions) (Location: OSCI-RS4K)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Tasha Tudor
from Simon and Schuster
Poetry for 1st-5th grade
in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL)
$19.99 $14.50 (1 in stock)
Child's Geography Volume IV (old)
by Terry Johnson
from Knowledge Quest
for 1st-8th grade
in Old Edition History & Geography (Location: OHIS)
$16.00 (1 in stock)
Child's Geography Volume V
by Terry Johnson
from Knowledge Quest
for 1st-8th grade
in Geography Curriculum (Location: GEO-CUR)
$36.99 $26.00 (1 in stock)
Children's Illustrated Bible
by Selina Hastings
from DK Publishing
for 1st-6th grade
in Bible Stories for Kids (Location: BIBR-STO)
$12.00 (2 in stock)
Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 2 (old)
by Julia Wright
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 2nd grade
in Old Edition Reading (Location: OREAD)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Cinderella
by Marcia Brown (translator)
from Aladdin Paperbacks
Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for Kindergarten-3rd grade
1955 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Clara and the Bookwagon
An I Can Read Book Level 3
by Nancy Smiler Levinson
from HarperCollins
for 2nd-4th grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.99 $2.50 (2 in stock)
Clara and the Bookwagon
by Nancy Smiler Levinson
from HarperCollins
for 2nd-4th grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Clara and the Bookwagon
by Nancy Smiler Levinson, illustrated by Carolyn Croll
from HarperCollins
for 2nd-4th grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Classic Curriculum Arithmetic Series 1, Book 3
by Betty Moore, Rudolph Moore
from Mott Media
for 1st-4th grade
in Ray's New Arithmetic (Location: MAT-RAY)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
Classic Curriculum Arithmetic Series 1, Book 4
by Betty Moore, Rudolph Moore
from Mott Media
for 1st-4th grade
in Ray's New Arithmetic (Location: MAT-RAY)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Classic Curriculum Reading Grade 2, Book 1
from Mott Media
for 2nd grade
in McGuffey's Readers & Workbooks (Location: REA-MCG)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Classic Curriculum Reading Grade 2, Book 2
from Mott Media
for 2nd grade
in McGuffey's Readers & Workbooks (Location: REA-MCG)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Classic Konos Character Curriculum - Obedience
by Jessica Hulcy and Carole Thaxton
from KONOS
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in KONOS Unit Studies (Location: CUR-KON)
$45.00 (1 in stock)
Classic Konos Character Curriculum - Orderliness
by Jessica Hulcy and Carole Thaxton
from KONOS
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in KONOS Unit Studies (Location: CUR-KON)
$40.00 (1 in stock)
Classroom Coins set
from A Beka Books
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$5.00 (3 in stock)
Climbing Higher - Teacher Edition (old)
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 2nd grade
in Old Edition Reading (Location: OREAD)
$3.50 $2.00 (2 in stock)
Clouds
by Marion Dane Bauer, Illustrated by John Wallace
from Simon and Schuster
for 1st-2nd grade
in Ready-to-Read (Location: EAR-R2R)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Clue Word Cards
from A Beka Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in A Beka Phonics (Location: PHO-ABK)
$15.00 (4 in stock)
Combination Dot Cards - K5 - 2
from A Beka Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$18.00 (2 in stock)
Combination Dot Cards - K5 - 2 Homeschool
from A Beka Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Coming to America
by Betsy Maestro
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Immigration & Emigration (Location: HISA-20IM)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Composition and Sketchbook II
from Memoria Press
for 1st-3rd grade
in Memoria Press Penmanship & Copybooks (Location: HAN-MPPEN)
$9.45 $5.00 (2 in stock)
Copybook II: Manuscript & Cursive
by Leigh & Cheryl Lowe
3rd edition from Memoria Press
for 1st-2nd grade
in Memoria Press Penmanship & Copybooks (Location: HAN-MPPEN)
$16.30 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Crime Busters
Dorling Kindersley Readers - Level 4 Proficient Readers
by Andrew Donkin
from DK Publishing
for 2nd-4th grade
in DK Readers (Location: EAR-DK)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Crucifixion and Resurrection Flash-a-Card (old)
4th edition from A Beka Books
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in A Beka Bible Flash-a-Cards (Location: BIB-ABK)
$22.00 (1 in stock)
Daddy is Home!
by David Blomquist, illustrated by Aliki, music by Larry Grossman
from Holt, Rinehart and Winston
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Daily Math Practice Grade 2
by Jo Ellen Moore
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 2nd grade
in Evan-Moor Math (Location: ZCLE-EM)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Dangerous Animals
Usborne Beginners
by Rebecca Gilpin
from Usborne
for 1st-2nd grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA)
$2.70 (1 in stock)
Dinosaur Days
Step Into Reading 3
by Joyce Milton, Franco Tempesta
Revised from Random House Books for Young Readers
for 1st-3rd grade
in Step into Reading (Location: EAR-STEP)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
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