'If you ask people in Facebook homeschool groups what books you should read if you’re just starting out, The Brave Learner is going to be a suggestion you’ll hear over and over again-but really, this isn’t even just for homeschoolers. Her eyebrow-raising candor, permission-giving practices, and smack-in-the-forehead insights will breathe fresh life into your homeschool days.' Ainsley Arment, Founder of Wild + Free Homeschool Community 'Julie Bogart is tireless in providing ingenious and creative help for homeschoolers.' Peter Elbow, Professor of English Emeritus, University of Massachusetts at Amherst If you want to raise your child to be a happy learner, whether via homeschooling or conventional schooling, read this book.' Barbara Oakley, author of Learning How to Learn and A Mind for Numbers This is the deepest, most meaningful book on parenting I have ever read. It’s a primer on how to be present in the moment, how to find the immediate joys of life in the midst of our daily labors-even in the days (or weeks, or months) when our kids may seem interested in absolutely nothing at all.' Susan Wise Bauer, author of The Well Trained Mind and Rethinking School (Julie’s were young at the same time, and the wisdom she’s distilled here is hard won.) But it’s also more than that. This is a valuable handbook on education, one I wish I’d had when my children were young.

But there is also practicality-bullet lists, how-tos, and thought experiments, all vital scaffolding for a new application of principles. 'There is big thinking here, a philosophy aimed at developing the unique, quirky, sometimes maddening, always magical people living in our houses.

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