Leslie Noelani Laurio

A historic tale by the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz in 1828 now paraphrased into modern, easy to read English prose. This story of the struggle between Lithuania and Germany struck a chord with patriotic Poles, who were involved in struggles with Russia. It is believed that Frederic Chopin based his Ballade No.1 in G minor on this poem.

Sesame and Lilies contains lectures by art critic and writer John Ruskin. These essays guide young people about what to read, why to read, how to be a discerning viewer of art, and a proper perspective of charity.

Margaret Gatty wrote these wonderful faith-building stories in the late 1800's. This paraphrased edition brings these lessons to a whole new generation of children in clear, current English that has been modernized sentence by sentence, while remaining faithful to their original tales.

Volume 1 of Charlotte Mason's Original Homeschool Series paraphrased sentence by sentence into plain English by Leslie Laurio. This is a good place for parents of very young children to begin, since Charlotte Mason details ways to prepare children up to age 9 for a CM education. If you prefer to print or read this book online for free, the complete text is also available at http://www.amblesideonline.org/CM/ModernEnglish.html

Charlotte Mason in a condensed 'Readers Digest' version.: -) Concise chapter-by-chapter summaries of all six of Charlotte Mason's volumes in one convenient book. This is a print version of the summaries that are online for free at http: //www.amblesideonline.org/CM/Summaries.htm