
Even George Washington played a version of stickball. All presidents (as of the date of publication) had some relationship with the game. This book looks at how baseball and presidents interacted throughout U.S.

There’s nothing so all-American as baseball, except perhaps U.S. ‘The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House’ In addition to the entertaining plots, we see the interplay between culture and faith up through the 1960s, often with devastating consequences for the Church of England.īallantine Books, 1995, 434 pages History The characters, many of whom appear in several or all of the books, are vividly drawn and associated with the fictional diocese of Starbridge and its Anglican monastic order. This novel is the first of six in the “Starbridge Series,” which begins in the 1930s and tells a story of religious and cultural crises over the next four decades.

A delightful modern Western that pulls at the heart. After meeting outlaw Glendon Hale, Becket joins him on a wild journey to the West. It’s 1915 and Monte Becket, a father, husband, and writer, is looking for adventure-or at least something to write about. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at week, we feature Laura Ingalls Wilder’s most harrowing volume and a feel-good history of two American emblems: baseball and presidents. Learn more at Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Learn more at Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Julie’s (for archived Periscopes)-no longer exists WOOPS! Apparently I’ve never even explained Noodle Homeschool fully on the show so I’m going to have to do that in the next episode! SO SORRY! Check out the link for info for now. *NOTE FROM TINA: Savvy Homeschool Moms episode about Noodle Homeschool mentioned in this episode–doesn’t exist.

Savvy Homeschool Moms episode about Homeschooling with the Amazing Race *Audio player is at the bottom of this page.* Maeven the human dragon In this episode, the moms talk about what they’ve been up to since last they recorded, and share the first half of their interview with Julie Bogart, founder and owner of the language arts and writing curriculum, Brave Writer.
