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Today, I am sharing the best reference books for your homeschool.

The Best Reference Books for Your Homeschool

The best reference books for you homeschool

Here are some of our family’s tried-and-true favorites. When you’re done reading, leave a comment with your family’s current favorites. We can fill our library totes together!

Some of our favorite publishers include:

Here are some of our family’s favorite reference books:

Children’s Encyclopedia of American History

Natural History: The Ultimate Visual Guide to Everything on Earth (Smithsonian)

The History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

History!: The Past as You’ve Never Seen it Before (Knowledge Encyclopedias)

History: From the Dawn of Civilization to the Present Day

Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Big Fat Notebooks)

Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything

Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe

Reactions: An Illustrated Exploration of Elements, Molecules, and Change in the Universe

How Things Work: The Inner Life of Everyday Machines

The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 fact-filled maps!

Where on Earth?: The Ultimate Atlas of What’s Where in the World

National Geographic Student World Atlas, 5th Edition

Didn’t find exactly what you were looking for above? Well, you’re in luck!

I have been working hard on my Amazon Storefront and I have oodles of reference books over there! I add to my storefront regularly. You can check it out here:

The Best Reference Books for Your Homeschool | MLP Amazon Storefront

Other creative homeschool resources

Take your homeschool read-alouds to the next level:

I offer a free 5-day Coffee and Books email series. This simple homeschool tradition was unplanned and it’s oh-so-simple. Sometimes, the best ideas are the simplest ones!

Read more about Coffee and Books here:

The Coffee and Books Quick Start Guide

Join Coffee and Books here:

Coffee and Books 5-Day Email Series

Tips for making your read-alouds even better:

I have a vibrant group of readers on Facebook!

Join the Virtual Family Book Club at My Little Poppies:

My Little Poppies Family Book Club

Now it’s your turn. Tell me: What is your family’s favorite reference book in your homeschool? Share here!

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Raising Poppies, a community for parents of gifted and twice-exceptional children. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram
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