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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All About Spelling Level 2 - Student Packet
by Marie Rippel
Color Edition from All About Learning Press
for 2nd-4th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$45.95
All About Spelling Level 2 - Teacher's Manual & Student Materials Packet (old)
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for 2nd-4th grade
$39.95
All About Spelling Level 2 - Teacher's Manual & Student Packet
by Marie Rippel
Color Edition from All About Learning Press
for 2nd-4th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$69.95
All About Spelling Level 3 - Teacher's Manual
by Marie Rippel
Color Edition from All About Learning Press
for 3rd-4th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$31.95
All About Spelling Level 3 - Teacher's Manual & Student Materials Packet
by Marie Rippel
Color Edition from All About Learning Press
for 3rd-4th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
All About Spelling Level 4 - Teacher's Manual
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for 3rd-5th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
All About Spelling Level 4 - Teacher's Manual & Student Materials Packet
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for 3rd-5th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$49.95
All About Spelling Level 4 - Teacher's Manual & Student Materials Packet
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for 3rd-5th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
All About Spelling Level 5 - Teacher's Manual
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for 4th-6th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
All About Spelling Level 5 - Teacher's Manual & Student Material Packet
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for 4th-6th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$49.95
Arithmetic 4 - Quizzes/Tests/Speed Drills Key
from A Beka Books
for 4th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
Around California With Children's Books - Guide
by Rea Berg
2nd edition from Beautiful Feet Books
for 4th-6th grade
in Beautiful Feet Books (Location: HISCUR-BFB)
$24.95
Book of Astronomy - Teacher Guide
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP)
$19.90 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Book of Birds - Teacher Guide
by Sarah Jo Davis & Kalee Miller
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP)
$19.45
Book of Insects - Teacher Key
by Laura Bateman
from Memoria Press
for 4th-7th grade
in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP)
$19.45 $13.00 (2 in stock)
Book of Roots - Answer Key
by Paul O'Brien
from Memoria Press
for 4th-7th grade
in Memoria Press Latina Christiana (Location: FL-LATCHR)
$6.00 $3.50 (1 in stock)
Building Our Lives - Teacher Edition
by Pathway
from Pathway Publishers
for 4th grade
in Pathway Readers (Location: REA-PATH)
$6.50 $3.50 (2 in stock)
Building Thinking Skills Book 2 - Teacher Manual (old)
by Sandra Parks & Howard Black
2nd edition from Critical Thinking Books
for 4th-7th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Old Edition Logic (Location: ZCLE-LOG)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
Christian Studies Book I - Teacher Manual
by Cheryl & Leigh Lowe
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
in Memoria Press Christian Studies (Location: BIB-MPCS)
$23.05 $14.00 (1 in stock)
Christian Studies Book II - Teacher Manual
by Cheryl & Leigh Lowe
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Memoria Press Christian Studies (Location: BIB-MPCS)
$23.05
Chronicles through Malachi and Job - Home Teacher Manual
by Emily Fischer & Ned Bustard
from Veritas Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Veritas Press Bible (Location: BIB-VP)
$39.00 $12.00 (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)
D'Aulaires' Greek Myths - Teacher Guide
by Leigh & Cheryl Lowe
2nd edition from Memoria Press
Teacher's Guide for 3rd-6th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Studies (Location: HISCUR-MP)
$19.90 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Elementary Anatomy - Teacher Guide
from Master Books
for 4th-6th grade
in Master Books Science (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$24.00 (1 in stock)
Famous Men of Greece - Teacher Guide
by Leigh Lowe & Tanya Charlton
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Studies (Location: HISCUR-MP)
$19.90
Famous Men of Rome - Teacher Guide
by Leigh & Cheryl Lowe
3rd edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Studies (Location: HISCUR-MP)
$19.90
Famous Men of Rome - Teacher Guide (old)
by Leigh & Cheryl Lowe
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Old Edition History & Geography (Location: OHIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Famous Men of the Middle Ages - Teacher Guide
by Cheryl and Leigh Lowe
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Studies (Location: HISCUR-MP)
$19.90
Famous Men of the Middle Ages - Teacher Guide (old)
by Cheryl and Leigh Lowe
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Old Edition History & Geography (Location: OHIS)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
First Form Latin Transition Course - Teacher Guide
by Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Memoria Press Form Latin Series (Location: FL-LATFORM)
$14.00 (2 in stock)
First Language Lessons Level 3 - Instructor Book
by Jessie Wise & Sara Buffington
from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 3rd-4th grade
in First Language Lessons (Location: GRA-FLL)
$29.95 $15.00 (2 in stock)
First Language Lessons Level 4 - Instructor Book
First Language Lessons
by Jessie Wise and Sara Buffington
from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 4th-5th grade
in First Language Lessons (Location: GRA-FLL)
$29.95 $15.00 (1 in stock)
Focus on Elementary Biology - Teacher's Manual
by Rebecca W. Keller
3rd edition from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
$21.00 (1 in stock)
Focus on Elementary Chemistry - Teacher's Manual
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Focus on Elementary Chemistry - Teacher's Manual (old)
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
Focus On Elementary Geology - Teacher's Manual
by Rebecca W. Keller
3rd edition from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Genesis through Joshua - Home Teacher Manual
by Emily Fischer
from Veritas Press
for 2nd-6th grade
in Veritas Press Bible (Location: BIB-VP)
$39.00 $22.00 (3 in stock)
God's Design for Chemistry & Ecology - Teacher Guide
by Debbie & Richard Lawrence
Master Books Edition from Master Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Master Books God's Design (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$34.39
God's Design for Heaven & Earth - Teacher Guide
by Debbie & Richard Lawrence
Master Books Edition from Master Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Master Books God's Design (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$34.39
God's Design for Life - Teacher Guide
by Debbie & Richard Lawrence
Master Books Edition from Master Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Master Books God's Design (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$34.39 $28.00 (2 in stock)
God's Design for the Physical World - Teacher Guide
by Debbie & Richard Lawrence
Master Books Edition from Master Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Master Books God's Design (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$34.39
God's Great Covenant NT Book 1 - Teacher's Edition
by Claire A. Larsen
from Classical Academic Press
for 2nd-5th grade
in God's Great Covenant (Location: BIB-CAP)
$34.95
God's Great Covenant NT Book 2 - Teacher's Edition
by Claire A. Larsen
from Classical Academic Press
for 2nd-5th grade
in God's Great Covenant (Location: BIB-CAP)
$34.95 $17.50 (1 in stock)
God's Great Covenant OT Book 1 - Teacher's Edition
by Claire A. Larsen
from Classical Academic Press
for 2nd-5th grade
in God's Great Covenant (Location: BIB-CAP)
$29.95
God's Great Covenant OT Book 2 - Teacher's Edition
by Claire A. Larsen
from Classical Academic Press
for 2nd-5th grade
in God's Great Covenant (Location: BIB-CAP)
$29.95 $17.50 (2 in stock)
Greek Alphabet - Teacher Guide
by Cheryl Lowe
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Elementary Greek (Location: FL-GREELE)
$11.50
Handwriting Without Tears 4th Grade Cursive - Teacher's Guide
by Jan Olsen
3rd edition from Handwriting Without Tears
for 4th grade
in Handwriting Without Tears (Location: HAN-WOT)
Heritage Studies 4 - Assessments Answer Key
4th edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 4th grade
in BJU Heritage Studies (Location: HISCUR-BJU)
$14.17
History of Our United States - Map Skills Key
5th edition from A Beka Books
for 4th grade
in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)
History of Our United States - Map Skills Key (really old)
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 4th grade
in A Beka History (Old Versions only) (Location: OABK-HIS)
$1.00 (1 in stock)
History of Our United States - Test/Quiz Key
5th edition from A Beka Books
for 4th grade
in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)
Horizons Math 4 - Boxed Set
by Lori Fowler & Cindi Mitchell
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 4th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Horizons Math (Location: MAT-HOR)
$120.00
Horizons Math 4 - Teacher Edition
by Sareta Cummins
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 4th grade
in Horizons Math (Location: MAT-HOR)
$62.50 $36.00 (1 in stock)
Introduction to Classical Studies - Teacher Guide
by Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-5th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Studies (Location: HISCUR-MP)
$20.95 $9.00 (2 in stock)
Judges through Kings - Home Teacher Manual
by Emily Fischer
from Veritas Press
for 2nd-6th grade
in Veritas Press Bible (Location: BIB-VP)
$39.00 $22.00 (1 in stock)
Judges through Kings - Teacher's Manual
by Emily Fischer
2nd edition from Veritas Press
for 3rd-7th grade
in Veritas Press Bible (Location: BIB-VP)
$39.00 $27.30 (1 in stock)
KONOS Curriculum Volume II
by Carole Thaxton & Jessica Hulcy
from KONOS
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in KONOS Unit Studies (Location: CUR-KON)
KONOS Curriculum Volume III
by Carole Thaxton & Jessica Hulcy
from KONOS
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in KONOS Unit Studies (Location: CUR-KON)
Learning Language Arts Through Literature - 4th Grade Teacher Book
by Debbie Strayer & Susan Simpson
3rd edition from Common Sense Press
for 4th grade
Lifepac: History & Geography 4 - Teacher's Guide
from Alpha Omega Publications
in AOP Lifepacs: History & Geography (Location: HISCUR-AOP)
$26.75 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Lingua Angelica I - Teacher Manual (old)
by Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th Grade
in Old Edition Foreign Language (Location: OFL-MIX)
$12.00
Ludere Latine I - Answer Key
by Paul O'Brien, Michael Simpson
4th edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in Memoria Press Latina Christiana (Location: FL-LATCHR)
$6.00 $3.50 (1 in stock)
Math 4 - Assessments Answer Key
4th edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 4th grade
in BJU Math (Location: MAT-BJU)
$14.17
Math 4 - BJU Subject Kit
4th edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 4th grade
in BJU Subject Kits (Location: WH-BJUK)
$167.30
Math Mammoth 4 - Answer Keys (b&w)
by Maria Miller
from Math Mammoth
for 4th grade
in Old Edition Math (Location: OMAT)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
Megawords 1 - Teacher's Guide and Answer Key
by Kristin Johnson & Polly Bayrd
2nd edition from Educators Publishing Service
for 4th-10th grade
in Megawords (Location: SPE-MEGA)
$25.69
Megawords 3 - Teacher's Guide and Answer Key
by Kristin Johnson & Polly Bayrd
2nd edition from Educators Publishing Service
for 4th-10th grade
in Megawords (Location: SPE-MEGA)
$25.69
Megawords 4 - Teacher's Guide and Answer Key
by Kristin Johnson & Polly Bayrd
2nd edition from Educators Publishing Service
for 4th-10th grade
in Megawords (Location: SPE-MEGA)
$25.69
Megawords 5 - Teacher's Guide and Answer Key
by Kristin Johnson & Polly Bayrd
2nd edition from Educators Publishing Service
for 4th-10th grade
in Megawords (Location: SPE-MEGA)
$25.69
Megawords 6 - Teacher's Guide and Answer Key
by Kristin Johnson & Polly Bayrd
2nd edition from Educators Publishing Service
for 4th-10th grade
in Megawords (Location: SPE-MEGA)
$25.69
Megawords 7 - Teacher's Guide and Answer Key
by Kristin Johnson & Polly Bayrd
2nd edition from Educators Publishing Service
for 4th-10th grade
in Megawords (Location: SPE-MEGA)
$25.69
Megawords 8 - Teacher's Guide and Answer Key
by Kristin Johnson & Polly Bayrd
121st edition from Educators Publishing Service
for 4th-10th grade
in Megawords (Location: SPE-MEGA)
$25.69
Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation - Home Teacher Manual
2nd edition from Veritas Press
Renaissance and Reformation History Curriculum for 4th-6th grade
in Veritas Press History (Location: HISCUR-VP)
$39.00 $24.50 (1 in stock)
Miquon Lab Sheet Annotations and Mathematics for the Primary Teacher
by Robert Hightower, Peter & Lore Rasmussen
3rd edition from Key Curriculum Press
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Miquon Math Lab Materials (Location: MAT-MIQ)
$26.95 $8.00 (2 in stock)
New Testament, Greece and Rome - Home Teacher Manual
2nd edition from Veritas Press
New Testament History Curriculum for 3rd-5th grade
in Veritas Press History (Location: HISCUR-VP)
$39.00
Old Testament and Ancient Egypt - Home Teacher Manual
3rd edition from Veritas Press
Ancient History Curriculum for 2nd-4th grade
in Veritas Press History (Location: HISCUR-VP)
$39.00
Old Testament History - Greenleaf Guide
by Robert & Cynthia Shearer
from Greenleaf Press
Ancient History Reference for 2nd-8th grade
in Ancient History (Location: HISW-ANC)
$11.95 $8.00 (3 in stock)
Our Fifty States - Answer Key & Literature Guide
from Notgrass Company
for 3rd-4th grade
in Notgrass Our Fifty States (Location: HISCUR-NOT)
$4.00 $2.50 (1 in stock)
Physics for the Grammar Stage - Set (old)
by Paige Hudson
2nd edition from Elemental Science
for 3rd-5th grade
in Old Edition Science (Location: OSCI)
$24.00 (2 in stock)
Physics for the Grammar Stage - Teacher Guide
by Paige Hudson
3rd edition from Elemental Science
for 3rd-5th grade
in Elemental Science (Location: SCICUR-ELE)
$16.50 (1 in stock)
Prima Latina - Teacher Guide
by Leigh Lowe
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Memoria Press Latina Christiana (Location: FL-LATCHR)
$17.35
Primary Mathematics - Answer Keys 4A-6B
U. S. Edition from Singapore Math
for 4th-6th grade
in Primary Mathematics (U.S. Edition) (Location: MAT-SMUS)
$8.50
Primary Mathematics - Answer Keys 4A-6B
Standards Edition from Singapore Math
for 4th-6th grade
in Primary Mathematics (Standards) (Location: MAT-SMSTD)
$11.20 $6.00 (4 in stock)
Primary Mathematics 4A - Home Instructor's Guide
by Jennifer Hoerst
from Avyx, Inc.
for 4th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Primary Mathematics (U.S. Edition) (Location: MAT-SMUS)
$20.00 $14.00 (1 in stock)
Primary Mathematics 4A - Home Instructor's Guide
by Jennifer Hoerst
Standards Edition from Singapore Math
for 4th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Primary Mathematics (Standards) (Location: MAT-SMSTD)
$23.00 $15.00 (5 in stock)
Primary Mathematics 4B - Home Instructor's Guide
by Jennifer Hoerst
from Avyx, Inc.
for 4th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Primary Mathematics (U.S. Edition) (Location: MAT-SMUS)
$14.00 (2 in stock)
Primary Mathematics 4B - Home Instructor's Guide
by Jennifer Hoerst
Standards Edition from Singapore Math
for 4th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Primary Mathematics (Standards) (Location: MAT-SMSTD)
$23.00 $15.00 (5 in stock)
Reading 4 Answer Key
from A Beka Books
for 4th grade
in A Beka Reading (Location: REA-ABK)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Rod & Staff Spelling 4 - Teacher's Edition
Spelling By Sound & Structure
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 4th grade
in Rod & Staff Spelling (Location: SPE-R&S)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
Rod & Staff Spelling Words and Sentences for Spelling 2-8
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for 2nd-8th grade
in Rod & Staff Spelling (Location: SPE-R&S)
Saxon Math 54 - Solutions Manual
3rd edition from Saxon Publishers
for 4th-5th grade
in Saxon Math (Location: MAT-SAX)
$71.15 $30.00 (2 in stock)
Science 4 - Assessments Answer Key
5th edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 4th grade
in BJU Science (Location: SCICUR-BJU)
$14.17
Science 4 - Tests Answer Key (old)
4th edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 4th grade
in BJU Science (Old Versions only) (Location: OBJU-SCI)
Science in the Ancient World - Helps & Hints
by Jay Wile
from Berean Builders
for 1st-6th grade
in Berean Builders Science (Location: SCICUR-BER)
$6.00 $3.00 (1 in stock)
Spanish for Children Primer A - Answer Key
by Julia Kraut, et al.
from Classical Academic Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Spanish for Children (Location: FL-SPA4C)
$17.95
Spanish for Children Primer B - Answer Key
by Julia Kraut, et al.
from Classical Academic Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Spanish for Children (Location: FL-SPA4C)
$18.95
Spellbound - Teacher Manual
by Elsie Rak
from Educators Publishing Service
for 3rd-8th grade
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Spelling Plus - Dictation Resource Book
by Susan C. Anthony
from Instructional Resources Company
for 1st-6th grade
in Spelling Plus (Location: SPE-PLUS)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Spelling Plus - Homophones Resource Book
by Susan C. Anthony
from Instructional Resources Company
for 1st-8th grade
in Spelling Plus (Location: SPE-PLUS)
$11.00 (1 in stock)
Spelling Power
by Beverly L. Adams-Gordon
4th edition from Castlemoyle Books
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Spelling Power (Location: SPE-POWER)
$30.00 (1 in stock)
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