The Library

Here's where I'd like to share books that have been helpful in forming my ideas of a simpler life, books that keep me inspired, and books that are just plain helpful.  If you'd like to purchase these please feel free to find them through my "Library" link to the right - though I encourage borrowing, swapping and purchasing used copies!

Simple Living -

• Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin
• Choosing Simplicity by Linda Breen  Pierce
• Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne and Lisa M. Ross
• Living Simply with Children by Marie Sherlock

Finances -

• Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin

Farming/Homesteading/Gardening Inspiration and Information

• Made From Scratch:  Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life by Jenna Woginrich
• The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love by Kristin Kimball
• The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan
• The Homesteading Handbook by Abigail Gehring
• Grit and Mother Earth News Magazines + M.E. News Wiser Living Series

Better Food -

• Animal, Vegetable, Mineral by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan
• In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

Cooking -

• How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
• Homemade: A Surprisingly Easy Guide to Making Hundreds of Items You Would Otherwise Buy by Reader's Digest
• The Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving

Crafting -

• The Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing - I suggest an older edition
• The Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework - Again I suggest an older edition
• Scarf Style by Pam Allen
• Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick and Ericka McConnell
• The Big Book of Knitting by Katharina Buss
• Interweave Knits Magazine

Parenting & Early Childhood Education-

•  How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin
• Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Preschool Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock
• Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne and Lisa M. Ross
• Living Simply with Children by Marie Sherlock