Simple Living -
- Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin
- Choosing Simplicity by Linda Breen Pierce
- Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne and Lisa M. Ross
- Living Simply with Children by Marie Sherlock
Finances -
- Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
Farming/Homesteading/Gardening Inspiration and Information
- Made From Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life by Jenna Woginrich
- The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love by Kristin Kimball
- The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan
- The Homesteading Handbook by Abigail Gehring
- Grit and Mother Earth News Magazines + M.E. News Wiser Living Series
Better Food -
- Animal, Vegetable, Mineral by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan
- In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Cooking -
- How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
- Homemade: A Surprisingly Easy Guide to Making Hundreds of Items You Would Otherwise Buy by Reader's Digest
- The Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving
Crafting -
- The Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing - I suggest an older edition
- The Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework - Again I suggest an older edition
- Scarf Style by Pam Allen
- Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick and Ericka McConnell
- The Big Book of Knitting by Katharina Buss
- Interweave Knits Magazine
Parenting & Early Childhood Education-
- How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin
- Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Preschool Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock
- Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne and Lisa M. Ross
- Living Simply with Children by Marie Sherlock
I LOVE simplicity parenting, it really helped me see a different way of raising children. It was everything I was trying to do - but after reading it I had reasons! loved it.
ReplyDeleteIf I could afford to hand out free copies on the street I would! Actually once I get done with RCIA I really want to see about starting a SP group at my parish. =D
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