Eric Sloane's Weather Book by Eric Sloane This book was included in the revised lesson plans for Level 4 (eighth grade) science at Mater...

The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World by David Robson The brain interprets visual signals based on what it believes...

The Hearthstone of My Heart  by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino - link to my post (purchased used copy) Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of ...

Lights in a Dark Town: A Story about John Henry Newman by Meriol Trevor This is a delightful novel of mid-1800s Birmingham, England, where E...

Creator and Creation by Mary O. Daly I decided to modify the biology plan of First Son for First Daughter. Creator and Creation had been rec...

For the Love of Physics by Walter Lewin First Son and I have been reading this book together over the last three years along with Sabbath M...

The Planets by Dava Sobel This is such a delightful book through the solar system. There are chapters devoted to each of the planets (and so...

Voyager's Greatest Hits: The Epic Trek to Interstellar Space by Alexandra Siy This is a fascinating book describing the Voyagers, their ...

The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life by Alan de Queiroz Alan de Queiroz gives an extensive history of...

Great Catholic Scientists: Discoveries and Lives of Faith Dr. Guy Consolmagno, SJ and Dr. Michelle Francl-Donnay This is a wonderful little ...

Mater Amabilis™ Level 3 Year 2 science is a continuation of the physics and chemistry in Year 1. The study includes two books by Paul Fle...

One of the activities in the Mater Amabilis™  Mountains and Volcanoes study in Level 1A Year 2 (third grade) is to grow a crystal. We tried...

Strangers in a Strange Land: Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World  by Charles J. Chaput - link to my post (inter-library l...

An Introduction to the Universe: The Big Ideas of Astronomy by Brother Guy Consolmagno I recognized Brother Consolmagno's name fr...

The Confessions  by Saint Augustine, translated by Maria Boulding, O.S.B. - link to my review (Kansas Dad's copy) Wild Coast: Travels...

Beauty for Truth's Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education by Stratford Caldecott This book was my meaty read for summer 2018. I ...

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World   by Mark Miodownik - link to my post . (library copy) ...

Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist by Brother Guy Consolmagno A fellow member of the Mater Amabilis™ Facebook group...

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson As I mentioned in a previous post , this year,...

The Electric Life of Michael Faraday by Alan Hirshfeld This year, in ninth grade, I decided to use Sabbath Mood Homeschool's study...