A source of free online vintage homeschool books and curricula.
Google Book Search books are printable if switched to plain text, or page by page by right clicking on image of page(HTML mode only). *Switch to HTML(bottom of main Google Books Menu page) . **Click on the download button at link(upper right on sidebar) to download entire text in PDF.
*(10/10)This has been disabled. Hopefully the HTML button will come back. Books listed here are still linked in HTML. I have been able to change the end of the web address by hand from Text to HTML.
**(12/10)Google Books removed the PDF download button on the overview "About" book pages! To access a download, click on any page of the book to find the PDF download button in the upper right corner.
Project Gutenberg books are downloadable, fully printable, and readable online in plain text and illustrated(HTML version - regular web page). See download tips.
Internet Archives indexes several free book resources, has an excellent search engine, fully printable books, and an online flip-book reader with an audio reader. Readable online as plain text or as HTML(like a regular web page).
Rosetta Project groups vintage illustrated children's books by reading level, easy to read format, and has an audio reader. Not in public domain per their format. Read only, books downloadable for small fee.
International Children's Library illustrated contemporary children's books for reading online only. Audio reader available. Not in public domain.
Christian Ethereal Classics Library downloadable Christian books, readable online in HTML(like a regular web page).
19th Century School Books A collection of 140 school books. Printing pages is allowed; however downloads of the entire book are by permission only.
Munseys Hundreds of free books released under the creative commons. Free to share by linking. Various downloads, pdf available.
Bartleby.com Classic Books Online
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You won't believe it, but we are very familiar with Elbert Hubbard. He lived in East Aurora, NY, an hour's drive from our village. It's a beautiful town. Hubbard founded an artists' colony and built the Roycroft Campus, which can be still seen today.
I'll take a look at the book, it looks very interesting.
What a coincidence. I'll have to look that up. Thanks for the background information - sounds interesting. :)
You found some information :)! The Roycroft Inn has been completely rebuilt and is a great hotel/restaurant. Hubbards sayings can be found on signs and even trash cans throughout East Aurora. You can also buy china and furniture in his style.
Yes, thank you. I had saved this book last year and just discovered it again in my Google library. I think I was confusing it with another series. After a review, I realized this is borderline art history - more a study of culture and the arts for older students. I changed the label.
The artist colony and inn sound like a worthwhile place to visit. Upstate NY is very beautiful. When I was in junior high school, I went to a two week summer ballet camp at the Saratoga NY college campus(SUNY). My parents and I had come back to the states to visit grandparents in Pennsylvania for vacation from Venezuela.
I have been to the Saratoga area once, many years ago before I was married. Now we live more west than that.
Did you keep up with ballet? Does your daughter do ballet?
I didn't keep up with ballet. We moved away from Venezuela, and I took up track and field in high school(Panama).
My daughter doesn't do ballet, but I am seriously considering it. She has a much stronger build(like her daddy) and more flexibility than I did as a child; she would probably do well.
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