Unschooling Books

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How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development) How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development)
by (shelved 28 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,615 ratings — published 1967
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Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book Of Homeschooling Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book Of Homeschooling (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,740 ratings — published 1981
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The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,465 ratings — published 1998
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The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,371 ratings — published 1991
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Learning All the Time Learning All the Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,429 ratings — published 1989
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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.13 — 12,683 ratings — published 2002
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How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development) How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)
by (shelved 22 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,029 ratings — published 1964
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The Unschooling Unmanual The Unschooling Unmanual (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.94 — 377 ratings — published 2008
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Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,682 ratings — published 2014
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Free to Learn: Five Ideas for a Joyful Unschooling Life Free to Learn: Five Ideas for a Joyful Unschooling Life (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.00 — 338 ratings — published 2012
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Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.16 — 244 ratings — published 2009
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Parenting a Free Child: An Unschooled Life Parenting a Free Child: An Unschooled Life
by (shelved 12 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.22 — 94 ratings — published 2005
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Instead of Education: Ways to Help People Do Things Better Instead of Education: Ways to Help People Do Things Better (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.08 — 560 ratings — published 1977
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Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,191 ratings — published 2019
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Free to Live: Create a Thriving Unschooling Home Free to Live: Create a Thriving Unschooling Home (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.10 — 126 ratings — published 2013
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Radical Unschooling: A Revolution Has Begun Radical Unschooling: A Revolution Has Begun (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.60 — 219 ratings — published 2009
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Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.45 — 553 ratings — published
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Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,082 ratings — published 2010
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Free Range Learning How Homeschooling Changes Everything Free Range Learning How Homeschooling Changes Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.90 — 434 ratings — published 2010
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The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.31 — 11,082 ratings — published 2019
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Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,556 ratings — published 2008
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Deschooling Society Deschooling Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,565 ratings — published 1971
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Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.90 — 511 ratings — published 2001
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Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.92 — 293 ratings — published 2002
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The Unprocessed Child: Living Without School The Unprocessed Child: Living Without School (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.68 — 88 ratings — published 2003
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The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.16 — 6,681 ratings — published 2019
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What is Unschooling?: Living and Learning without School What is Unschooling?: Living and Learning without School (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.96 — 325 ratings — published
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Escape from Childhood Escape from Childhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.03 — 265 ratings — published 1974
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Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School Tell Their Own Stories Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School Tell Their Own Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.87 — 135 ratings — published 1993
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Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own learning Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own learning (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.30 — 403 ratings — published
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Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School? Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School? (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.26 — 278 ratings — published
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Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.16 — 6,073 ratings — published 2016
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Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,200 ratings — published 2005
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Deschooling Our Lives Deschooling Our Lives (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.07 — 121 ratings — published 1995
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The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.31 — 49 ratings — published
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Life through the Lens of Unschooling: A Living Joyfully Companion Life through the Lens of Unschooling: A Living Joyfully Companion (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.39 — 57 ratings — published 2014
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College Without High School: A Teenager's Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College College Without High School: A Teenager's Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.15 — 194 ratings — published 2009
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Natural Born Learners: Unschooling and Autonomy in Education. Natural Born Learners: Unschooling and Autonomy in Education. (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.75 — 107 ratings — published 2014
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Project-Based Homeschooling: Mentoring Self-Directed Learners Project-Based Homeschooling: Mentoring Self-Directed Learners (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.91 — 895 ratings — published 2012
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Everywhere All the Time: A New Deschooling Reader Everywhere All the Time: A New Deschooling Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.43 — 56 ratings — published 2008
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Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts With Worry Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts With Worry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.88 — 8,108 ratings — published 2009
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Freedom and Beyond (Innovators in Education) Freedom and Beyond (Innovators in Education)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.17 — 119 ratings — published 1972
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A Little Way of Homeschooling A Little Way of Homeschooling (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.25 — 191 ratings — published 2011
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Moving a Puddle, and Other Essays Moving a Puddle, and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.64 — 36 ratings — published 2006
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Teach Your Own: The Indispensable Guide to Living and Learning with Children at Home Teach Your Own: The Indispensable Guide to Living and Learning with Children at Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.89 — 297 ratings — published
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Sage Homeschooling: Wild and Free (Sage Family Book 4) Sage Homeschooling: Wild and Free (Sage Family Book 4)
by (shelved 3 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.11 — 138 ratings — published
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Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,317 ratings — published 1960
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Passion-Driven Education: How to Use Your Child's Interests to Ignite a Lifelong Love of Learning Passion-Driven Education: How to Use Your Child's Interests to Ignite a Lifelong Love of Learning (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.27 — 378 ratings — published 2016
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Turning Points: 35 Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Storires Turning Points: 35 Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Storires (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.09 — 22 ratings — published 2010
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Brian Huskie
“It’s good and just that you practice on teachers and school principals, because one day you are going to have to live in a world of lawmakers and tax collectors, and you should have some sense of how to use your freedom of speech to claim control over your life.”
Brian Huskie, A White Rose: A Soldier's Story of Love, War, and School

“We still need to offer more to our children than educational factories with the equivalent of terrible working conditions. We need to offer them a place to really flourish–every one of them.”
Michael G. Thompson, Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children

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