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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.

	Alexander the Great by Robert Green from Grolier Publishing Biography for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	All About Reading Level 4 - Reader 1 Heirloom Antics by Marie Rippel, Renee LaTulippe Color Edition from All About Learning Press for 4th grade in All About Reading (Location: PHO-AAR) $22.95 $15.50 (1 in stock)
	All About Reading Level 4 - Reader 2 The Voyage by Marie Rippel, Renee LaTulippe Color Edition from All About Learning Press for 4th grade in All About Reading (Location: PHO-AAR) $22.95 $15.50 (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) $2.40 (1 in stock)
	Breathtaking Respiratory System God's Wondrous Machine by Johnny Congo & Paige Hudson from Master Books for 4th-6th grade in Human Anatomy & Physiology (Location: SCI-ANA) $12.79 $11.00 (1 in stock)
	Casey at the Bat A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 by Ernest L. Thayer & Christopher Bing 1^st edition from Chronicle Books for 2nd-6th grade 2001 Caldecott Honor Book in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $19.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Cave Book Wonders of Creation Series by Emil Silvestru from Master Books for 4th-10th grade in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO) $15.19 $11.00 (1 in stock)
	Charlotte's Web by E. B. White from HarperCollins for 2nd-6th grade 1953 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $4.80 (2 in stock)
	Cheaper By the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey from HarperCollins Family Stories for 4th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $6.40 (6 in stock)
	Child's First Book of American History (hardcover) by Earl Schenck Miers, James Daugherty from Beautiful Feet Books for 3rd-6th grade in Beautiful Feet Books (Location: HISCUR-BFB) $28.00 (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) $16.99 $11.60 (1 in stock)
	Child's History of the World by Virgil M. Hillyer from Calvert School World History Reference for 2nd-6th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $16.00 (1 in stock)
	Child's History of the World by Virgil M. Hillyer from Calvert School World History Reference for 2nd-6th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Padraic Colum, illustrated by Willy Pogany from Macmillan Norse Mythology for 3rd-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $32.00 (1 in stock)
	Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg 1^st edition from Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books for 4th-8th grade in Japan (Location: HISMC-JAP) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Complex Circulatory System God's Wondrous Machine by Lainna Callentine, M.Ed., M.D. from Master Books for 3rd-7th grade in Human Anatomy & Physiology (Location: SCI-ANA) $12.79 $11.00 (2 in stock)
	Corrie Ten Boom: Shining in the Darkness Heroes for Young Readers by Renee Meloche from YWAM Publishing Biography for 2nd-4th grade in Heroes for Young Readers (Location: BIO-HERO) $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Eclectic Second Reader Original McGuffey's by William McGuffey Facsimile editions. from Mott Media for 2nd-4th grade in McGuffey's Readers & Other Primers (Location: REA-MCG) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Eclectic Third Reader Original McGuffey's by William McGuffey from Mott Media for 3rd-5th grade in McGuffey's Readers & Other Primers (Location: REA-MCG) $8.00 (2 in stock)
	Ella Enchanted - Special Read-Aloud Edition by Gail Carson Levine from HarperCollins for 3rd-7th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $7.20 (1 in stock)
	Exploration and Conquest The Americas After Columbus: 1500-1620 by Betsy & Giulio Maestro 1^st edition from Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books for 3rd-7th grade in Age of Exploration (1450-1700) (Location: HISA-16EXP) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Exploration and Conquest The Americas After Columbus: 1500-1620 by Betsy & Giulio Maestro 1^st edition from Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books for 3rd-7th grade in Age of Exploration (1450-1700) (Location: HISA-16EXP) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Exploring Creation With Astronomy Young Explorer Series by Jeannie Fulbright 2nd ed. from Apologia Educational Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: SCICUR-AEM) $41.60 $32.00 (6 in stock)
	Exploring Creation With Botany Young Explorer Series by Jeannie Fulbright 2^nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: SCICUR-AEM) $44.00 $28.00 (4 in stock)
	Exploring Creation with Earth Science (old) from Apologia Educational Ministries for Kindergarten-6th grade in Apologia Science (Old Versions only) (Location: OSCI-AEM) $39.00 $32.00 (1 in stock)
	Exploring Creation With Zoology 1 (old) Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day Young Explorer Series by Jeannie Fulbright from Apologia Educational Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Apologia Science (Old Versions only) (Location: OSCI-AEM) $18.00 $12.00 (4 in stock)
	Exploring Creation With Zoology 3 Land Animals of the Sixth Day by Jeannie Fulbright from Apologia Educational Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Apologia Science (Old Versions only) (Location: OSCI-AEM) $36.40 $28.00 (1 in stock)
	Focus on Elementary Chemistry - Student Textbook by Rebecca W. Keller 3^rd edition from Gravitas Publications, Inc. for Kindergarten-4th grade in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K) $29.00 (1 in stock)
	Fossil Book Wonders of Creation Series by Gary & Mary Parker from Master Books for 4th-10th grade in Dinosaurs & Fossils (Location: SCI-DINO) $15.19 $11.00 (1 in stock)
	From Adam to Us - Our Creative World Stories, Poems, Documents, Art, and Architecture from World History by John Notgrass from Notgrass Company for 4th-8th grade in Notgrass From Adam to Us (Location: HISCUR-NG) $25.00 $17.50 (2 in stock)
	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg 35th Anniversary Edition from Atheneum Mystery/Suspense for 4th-7th grade 1968 Newbery Medal winner in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $7.20 (1 in stock)
	Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji from Dutton Juvenile for 4th-9th grade 1928 Newbery Medal winner in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $11.20 (2 in stock)
	Geology Book Wonders of Creation Series by John D. Morris from Master Books for 4th-10th grade in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO) $15.19 $11.00 (2 in stock)
	Gilgamesh the Hero by Geraldine McCaughrean from Eerdmans for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $17.00 $9.60 (1 in stock)
	Golden Children's Bible by Golden Books from Golden Books for Preschool-4th grade in Bible Stories for Kids (Location: BIBR-STO) $22.09 $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter Book 4 by J. K. Rowling 1st American Edition from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-10th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $28.04 $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter Book 3 by J.K. Rowling 1^st edition from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-10th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $25.49 $12.00 (2 in stock)
	Harvey's Revised English Grammar Harvey's Language Course by Thos. W. Harvey from Mott Media for 4th-8th grade in McGuffey's Readers & Other Primers (Location: REA-MCG) $17.50 $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron from Atheneum for 4th-8th grade 2007 Newbery Medal Winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Holes with Bonus Material Holes Series #1 by Louis Sachar 10th Anniversary Edition from Farrar, Straus and Giroux for 4th-6th grade 1999 Newbery Medal winner in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $9.60 (1 in stock)
	How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague from Blue Sky press for 1st-5th grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	How We Crossed the West by Rosalyn Schanzer from National Geographic for 2nd-6th grade in Lewis & Clark Expedition (1801-1803) (Location: HISA-19L&C) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Intermediate Language Lessons by Emma Serl from Applewood Books for 4th-6th Grade in Emma Serl Language Lessons (Location: GRA-SERL) $14.00 (2 in stock)
	Kingdom Tales by David & Karen Mains from My Father's World for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $34.95 $21.00 (3 in stock)
	Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky from Little, Brown & Company Biography for 2nd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99 $9.60 (2 in stock)
	Life of Fred: Apples Life of Fred Elementary Series by Stanley F. Schmidt from Polka Dot Publishing for 1st-4th grade in Life of Fred Math (Location: MAT-FRED) $16.15 $12.00 (4 in stock)
	Life of Fred: Decimals and Percents (as serious as it needs to be) Life of Fred by Stanley Schmidt from Polka Dot Publishing for 4th-6th grade in Life of Fred Math (Location: MAT-FRED) $20.40 $16.00 (4 in stock)
	Life of Fred: Fractions (as serious as it needs to be) Life of Fred by Stanley Schmidt from Polka Dot Publishing for 4th-6th grade in Life of Fred Math (Location: MAT-FRED) $20.40 $16.00 (6 in stock)
	Life of Fred: Goldfish Life of Fred Elementary Series from Polka Dot Publishing for 2nd-4th grade in Life of Fred Math (Location: MAT-FRED) $16.15 $12.00 (4 in stock)
	Life of Fred: Kidneys by Stanley F. Schmidt from Polka Dot Publishing for 3rd-4th grade in Life of Fred Math (Location: MAT-FRED) $16.15 $12.00 (2 in stock)
	Life of Fred: Liver by Stanley F. Schmidt from Polka Dot Publishing for 3rd-4th grade in Life of Fred Math (Location: MAT-FRED) $16.15 $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Life of Fred: Mineshaft by Stanley F. Schmidt from Polka Dot Publishing for 3rd-4th grade in Life of Fred Math (Location: MAT-FRED) $16.15 $12.00 (2 in stock)
	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, illustrator unknown Undated from M. A. Donohue & Company Realistic Romantic Fiction for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.60 (1 in stock)
	LOE Essentials Reader Reading to accompany Logic of English Essentials 2^nd edition from Logic of English, Inc. for 2nd-6th grade in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE) $24.99 $12.50 (1 in stock)
	Math-U-See Delta - DVD Single & Multiple-Digit Division 2012 Edition from Math-U-See for 4th grade in Math-U-See (Location: MAT-MUS) $34.00 $24.00 (1 in stock)
	Math-U-See Delta - Instruction Pack Single & Multiple-Digit Division 2012 Edition from Math-U-See for 4th grade in Math-U-See (Location: MAT-MUS) $38.00 (4 in stock)
	Mcguffey's Third Eclectic Reader Revised Edition by William Holmes McGuffey Reprint from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. for 3rd-4th grade in McGuffey's Readers & Other Primers (Location: REA-MCG) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Mineral Book by David McQueen from Master Books for 4th-10th grade in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO) $15.19 $11.00 (1 in stock)
	Moccasin Trail Puffin Newbery Library by Eloise J. McGraw 9th impression from Coward McCann Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade 1953 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $28.00 (1 in stock)
	New Ocean Book Wonders of Creation Series by Frank Sherwin from Master Books for 4th-10th grade in Oceanography & Marine Biology (Location: SCI-OCEAN) $15.19 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	New Weather Book Wonders of Creation Series by Michael Oard 2^nd edition from Master Books for 4th-10th grade in Meteorology (Weather & Climate) (Location: SCI-WEA) $15.19 $11.00 (2 in stock)
	Oh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur? All About Dinosaurs by Bonnie Worth, illustrated by Steve Haefele from Random House Books for Young Readers for 2nd-4th grade in Cat in the Hat's Learning Library (Location: EAR-CAT) $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Once Upon a Mastodon All About Prehistoric Mammals by Bonnie Worth from Random House Books for Young Readers for 2nd-4th grade in Cat in the Hat's Learning Library (Location: EAR-CAT) $8.49 $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Our Great Big World - Lesson Book from Notgrass Company for 1st-4th grade in Notgrass Our Great Big World (Location: HISCUR-NG) $45.00 $31.50 (1 in stock)
	Peter the Great by Diane Stanley from William Morrow & Company Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.29 $9.60 (1 in stock)
	Pippi Goes on Board Pippi Longstocking #2 by Astrid Lindgren from Viking Press Humor for 2nd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Rod & Staff Math 4 - Pupil Progressing with Arithmetic from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc. for 4th Grade in Rod & Staff Math (Location: MAT-R&S) $12.75 (1 in stock)
	Rod & Staff Math 4 - Teacher's Manual Part 1 Progressing with Arithmetic from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc. for 4th Grade in Rod & Staff Math (Location: MAT-R&S) $10.20 (1 in stock)
	Rod & Staff Math 4 - Teacher's Manual Part 2 Progressing with Arithmetic from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc. for 4th Grade in Rod & Staff Math (Location: MAT-R&S) $10.20 (1 in stock)
	Rod & Staff Science 4 - Pupil God's Inspiring World from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc. for 4th grade in Rod & Staff Science (Location: SCICUR-R&S) $13.60 (1 in stock)
	Rod & Staff Science 4 - Teacher's Manual God's Inspiring World from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc. for 4th grade in Rod & Staff Science (Location: SCICUR-R&S) $16.50 (1 in stock)
	Rod & Staff Social Studies 4 - Pupil's Textbook Homelands Around the World from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc. for 4th grade in Rod & Staff Social Studies (Location: HISCUR-R&S) $10.20 (2 in stock)
	Rod & Staff Social Studies 4 - Teacher's Manual Homelands Around the World from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc. for 4th grade in Rod & Staff Social Studies (Location: HISCUR-R&S) $13.18 (2 in stock)
	Science in the Age of Reason by Jay Wile from Berean Builders for 3rd-6th grade in Berean Builders Science (Location: SCICUR-BER) $43.00 $29.00 (1 in stock)
	Science in the Ancient World by Jay Wile from Berean Builders for 3rd-6th grade in Berean Builders Science (Location: SCICUR-BER) $43.00 $25.00 (2 in stock)
	Science in the Beginning by Dr. Jay L. Wile from Berean Builders for 1st-6th grade in Berean Builders Science (Location: SCICUR-BER) $43.00 $25.00 (3 in stock)
	Shadow by Marcia Brown from Charles Scribner's Sons Fairy Tales & Fables for 3rd-5th 1983 Caldecott Medal winner in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Shen of the Sea Chinese Stories for Children by Arthur Bowie Chrisman, illustrated by Else Hasselriis from E.P. Dutton & Co. for 3rd-5th grade 1926 Newbery Medal in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (2 in stock)
	Small Wolf An I Can Read Book Level 3 by Nathaniel Benchley, illustrated by Joan Sandin from Harper & Row for 2nd-4th grade in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	So You Want To Be President? by Judith St. George from Philomel Books for 2nd-5th grade 2001 Caldecott Medal winner in American Presidency (Location: HISV-PRE) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Story of the World Volume 1 - Hardcover Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor by Susan Wise Bauer from Well-Trained Mind Press for 2nd-6th grade Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks in Story of the World (Location: HISCUR-SoW) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger 1971 printing from Doubleday & Company for 4th-8th grade 1925 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Teresa of Calcutta Serving the poorest of the poor Sowers Series by D. Jeanene Watson, illustrated by Robert E. Lawson from Mott Media Biography for 4th-6th grade in Sowers Biographies (Location: BIO-SOW) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Three Cups by Mark St Germain from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 1st-6th grade in Money Management for Kids (and Teens) (Location: SS-MM) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Treasury of Poetry for Young People by Anthology - Various from Sterling Publishing Co. for Preschool-6th grade in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $22.00 (1 in stock)
	True Story of Noah's Ark by Tom Dooley from Master Books for 2nd-6th grade in Worldview & Apologetics for Kids (Location: BIBWV-APK) $13.59 $11.00 (2 in stock)
	Usborne Discovery: Astronomy by Rachel Firth from Usborne for 3rd-4th grade in Astronomy (Space) (Location: SCI-AST) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Usborne Discovery: Mummies and Pyramids from Usborne for 4th-6th grade in Ancient Egypt (Location: HISW-ANEG) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Weather Book (old) Wonders of Creation Series by Michael Oard from Master Books for 4th-10th grade in Clearance: Science & Health (Location: ZCLE-SCI) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Well of Sacrifice by Chris Eboch 1^st edition from Clarion Books for 4th-8th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by James Lynch from The Folio Society Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $20.00 (1 in stock)
	Wonderful Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz Book 1 by L. Frank Baum from Disney Press for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.00 (1 in stock)

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