Sonlight Retired/Previously Used Books List
Updated July 2025 (OnceUponAHomeschooler)
**Science Books have been added only from 2021 going forward.
Table of Contents: Clicking a Link Will Take You to the Correct Page
Note/Introduction (Please Read)
Preschool~Fiction, Fairy Tales, and Fun for Little Learners
Pre-Kindergarten~Exploring God’s World
History/Bible/Literature A~Intro to the World: Cultures
History/Bible/Literature B~Intro to World History: Part 1
History/Bible/Literature C~Intro to World History: Part 2
History/Bible/Literature D~Intro to American History: Part 1
History/Bible/Literature E~Intro to American History: Part 2
History/Bible/Literature F~Eastern Hemisphere
History/Bible/Literature G~World History: Part 1
Bible/History/Literature H~World History: Part 2
History/Bible/Literature W~World History (One-Year)
History/Bible/Literature J~History of Science
History/Bible/Literature 100~American History in Depth
History/Bible/Literature 200~History of God’s Kingdom
History/Bible/ Literature 300~20th Century World History
History/Bible/Literature 400~Civics/American Government
History/Bible/Literature 500~World History and Worldview Studies
Comments, Credits, and Notices
Note:
This list does NOT include books that have been updated, but where Sonlight switched from an older version to a newer version that doesn’t line up.. I have tried to link the copy Sonlight used whenever possible, but as many of the versions are out of print, have been updated, or very difficult to find, this was not always possible, so many of the covers may look different. I can not guarantee that the linked book will always match up with the version in your guide.
Introduction
This list is not an exhaustive list of all books Sonlight has ever used. It is a mostly complete list of books that were once used, but are no longer included. Please let me know if you find any mistakes, typos, incorrect links, or information that has changed. If you would like to place this list on your own blog, please ask me for permission, and please don’t change it without permission. You can contact me at javiersfamily@yahoo.com or through Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/onceuponahomeschooler/.
Preschool~Fiction, Fairy Tales, and Fun for Little Learners
(Previously called Core P 3 /4, and Core T)
Cars and Trucks and Things that Go ~ Scarry
Child’s Treasury of Nursery Rhymes, A ~ Bleck
Eloise Wilkin Stories ~ Wilkin
First Book of Fairy Tales ~ Hoffman
Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales ~ Andersen
Harper Collins Treasury of Picture Book Classics ~ Tegen
Resources:
Robert McCloskey Collection, A (3 Stories) (swapped for Make Way for McCloskey. 8 Stories)
Usborne Flip-Flap Body Book, The ~ Smith
Wee Sing Nursery Rhymes and Lullabies ~ Wee Sing
Pre-Kindergarten~Exploring God’s World
(Previously called PreK and Pre-K and Core B and Core P4/5)
101 Favorite Children’s Songs ~ cassette
25 Stories for Little People ~ cassette
Bear Called Paddington, A ~ Bond
Children’s Choice Bible ~ Chancellor
Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit, The ~ Harris
Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit, The ~ Potter
Curious George ~ Rey
Emperor’s New Clothes ~ link not to original version
Family Treasury of Little Golden Books, A ~ (Buell)
Ken Taylor’s Favorite Bible Stories ~ Taylor (earlier edition of Family Time Bible in Pictures)
Let’s Talk about Animals ~ published by Ladybird
Mother Goose Classic ~ Volland
My 1st Spanish Word Book ~ Wilkes
My Book about Hudson ~ Miller
My First Encyclopedia ~ Watson
Noah’s Ark ~ Spier
Opposites ~ Tyler and Gee
Peter and the Wolf / R Maltby Presents the Orchestra’s Instruments ~ 2 cassettes
Real Mother Goose ~ Wright
Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy World ~ Scarry
Right Choices ~ Taylor
Shapes ~ Usborne
Tall Book of Fairy Tales, The ~ Vance
Tall Book of Nursery Tales, The ~ Rojankovsky
Treasury of Children’s Literature, A ~ Elsen
Treasury of Mother Goose Rhymes, A ~ Berrett
Ugly Duckling, The ~ Anderson
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You ~ Hoberman
History/Bible/Literature K~Exploring American History (2023 K and A switch)
Abandoned on the Wild Frontier (moved to level A) 2023
Anna Hibiscus ~ Atinuke
Civil War on Sunday (moved to level A) 2023
George vs. George (moved to level A) 2023
Granny Han’s Breakfast (moved to level A) 2023
Heroes and Happenings Vol. 1 (moved to level A) 2023
Heroes and Happenings Vol. 2 (moved to level A) 2023
How We Crossed the West (moved to level A) 2023
If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War ~ Moore
If You Lived in Colonial Times ~ McGovern
Love From Anna Hibiscus ~ Atinuke
Maps and Globes (moved to level A) 2023
One Year Bible for Children (moved to level A) 2023
Sing the Word! Teach Me Your Paths(moved to level A) 2023
The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal (moved to level A) 2023
The Missing Mummy ~ Roy
The New York Colony (moved to level A) 2023
The Very First Americans (moved to level A) 2023
Three Young Pilgrims (moved to level A) 2023
Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot ~ Branford
Your Life as a Settler in Colonial America (moved to level A) 2023
You Wouldn’t Want to be a Civil War Soldier
You Wouldn’t Want to be a Pioneer
History/Bible/Literature A~Intro to the World: Cultures
(Previously called Core A and Core K and Core C)
Adventures in Ancient Greece (Replaced with Game On in Ancient Greece, which looks to be the same book with a different color) ~ Bailey
Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland (Illustrated Condensed) ~ Carrol
Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose ~ Lobel
Beezus and Ramona ~ Cleary
Boxcar Children, The ~ Warner (Moved to HBL K, 2020)
Boy, A Dog, A Frog, A ~ Mayer
Cappyboppy ~ Peet
Chimney Sweep’s Ransom: John Wesley ~ Jackson
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs ~ Barrett
Complete Adventures of Curious George, The ~ Rey
Dolphin Adventure ~ Grover (Moved to HBL K, 2002)
Dolphin Treasure ~ Grover (Moved to HBL K, 2020)
Egermeier’s Bible Story Book (moved to level K) 2023
Five True Dog Stories ~ Davidson
Game On in Ancient Greece (moved to level K) 2023
Grain of Rice, A ~ Pittman (Moved to HBL K, 2020)
Granny Han’s Breakfast ~ Groves (Moved to HBL K, 2022)
Hero Tales ~ Jackson
I Heard Good News Today ~ Lehn
James Herriot’s Treasury for Children ~ Herriot
Johnny Appleseed (different author from current version) ~ Holland
Johnny Appleseed (different author from current version) ~ Kellogg
Kidnapped by River Rats: William and Catherine Booth ~ Jackson
Kildee House ~ Montgomery
Leading Little Ones to God ~ Schoolland
Least of All ~ Purdy
Little House in the Big Woods ~ Wilder (Moved to HBL K)
Living Long Ago (moved to level K) 2023
Llama Who Had No Pajama, The ~ Hoberman (Moved to HBL K, 2020)
My Book about Hudson: Hudson Taylor ~ Miller
My Father’s Dragon ~ Gannett (Moved to HBL K, 2020)
No Children, No Pets ~ Holland
Out of Darkness (moved to level K) 2023
Peter Pan (Condensed and Illustrated edition) ~ Barrie
Poems to Read to the Very Young ~ Frank
Return of the White Book (moved to level K) 2023
Richard Scarry’s Please and Thank You Book ~ Scarry (Moved to HBL K, 2020)
Sing the Word! From A to Z (moved to level K) 2023
Stop that Ball ~ McClintock
Story About Ping, A ~ Marjorie Flack
Story of Dr. Dolittle, The ~ Lofting
The Good News Must Go Out (moved to level K) 2023
The Usborne Internet-Linked Children’s Encyclopedia (moved to level K) 2023
Wild Places (moved to level K) 2023
Winnie the Pooh ~ Milne
Wizard of Oz ~ Baum
Science A
Caterpillars and Butterflies ~ Turnbull
Discover and Do, Level K DVD
Eggs and Chicks ~ Patchett
How Flowers Grow ~ Helbrough
Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion ~ Gianopoulos
Science Activities, Vol. 2 ~ Edom
Tadpoles and Frogs ~ Milbourne
Under the Sea ~ Patchett
Weather ~ Clarke
History/Bible/Literature B~Intro to World History: Part 1
(Previously called Core B and Core 1)
Around the World with Kate and Mack
Bandit of Ashley Downs: George Mueller ~ Jackson
Case of the Gasping Garbage ~ Torrey
Chimney Sweep’s Ransom: John Wesley ~ Jackson
Fables ~ Lobel
Favorite Poems of Childhood ~ Smith
Flight of the Fugitives: Gladys Aylward ~ Jackson
Follow My Leader ~ Garfield
From Akebu to Zapotec ~ Hathersmith
From Arapesh to Zuni ~ Lewis
Greek News ~ Powell
Half Magic ~ Eager
Heidi (condensed version) ~ Spyri
Hero Tales. Vol. II ~ Jackson
Hero Tales. Vol. III ~ Jackson
Hidden Jewel, The: Amy Carmichael ~ Jackson
It Could Always be Worse ~ Zemach
Kildee House ~ Montgomery
Leading Little Ones to God ~ Schoolland
Leah’s Song ~ Clifford
Missionary Stories with the Millers ~. Martin
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle ~ MacDonald (Moved to HBL A)
Now We are Six ~ Milne
Prince & the Pauper (abridged/illustrated ed.) ~ Twain
Queen’s Smuggler, The: William Tyndale ~ Jackson
Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest ~ McGovern
Roman Diary ~ Platt
Shoeshine Girl ~ Bulla
Stop that Ball ~ McClintock
Thieves of Tyburn Square: Elizabeth Fry ~ Jackson
Time Traveller’s Omnibus ~ Usborne
To the Top ~ Kramer
Usborne Book of Houses and Homes ~ Bower
Usborne Book of Peoples of the World ~ Trundle
Velveteen Rabbit ~ Williams
Welcome to Silver Street Farm ~ Nicola Davis
Year of Miss Agnes, The ~ Hill
Science B
Coding for Beginners Using Scratch
Discover and Do, Level 1, DVD
First Encyclopedia of the Human Body ~ Chandler
Marie Curie’s Search for Radium
Pasteur’s Fight Against Microbes ~ Birch
Science Activities, Vol 1 ~ Edom
Space ~ Stott
Usborne World of Animals ~ Davidson
What Makes You Ill ~ Woodward
Why Do People Eat ~ Needham (moved to Science A)
History/Bible/Literature C~Intro to World History: Part 2
(Previously called Core C and Core 2)
Alexander the Great ~ Green
Alexander the Great ~ Wepman
Apprentice, The ~ Llorente
Awesome Book of Bible Facts ~ Sandy Silverthorne
Castle Diary ~ Platt
Child’s Garden of Verses, A ~ Stevenson
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ~ Fleming
Cornstalks: A Bushel of Poems ~ Stevenson
Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case ~ Sobol
Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky
Explorer’s News ~ Johnstone
Ferdinand Magellan ~ Brewster
Fine Print: A Story About Johann Gutenberg ~ Burch
Flight of the Fugitive: Gladys Aylward ~ Jackson
Florence Nightingale ~ Collins
Ginger Pye ~ Estes (moved to Grade 4 reader package)
Gladys Aylward ~ Swift
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! ~ Laura Amy Schiltz
Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible~ Taylor
Hans Brinker, Condensed ~ Dodge
Hidden Tales for Eastern Europe ~ Barber
How the Bible Came to Us ~ Doney
Indian in the Cupboard ~ Banks
Joan of Arc ~ Stanley
Kildee House ~ Montgomery (was reentered in HBL B)
Little House in Rocky Ridge ~ MacBride
Little Princess, A ~ Burnett
Maps and Globes ~ Knowlton
Medicine News ~ Gates
Old Ramon ~ Schaefer
Ordinary Princess, The ~ Kaye
Philomena ~ Seredy
Pippi Longstocking ~ Lindgren
Poke in the I, A ~ Janeczko
Shadrach ~ DeJong
Swiss Family Robinson, Condensed ~ Wyss
Treasure in an Oatmeal Box ~ Gire
Trial by Poison: Mary Slessor ~ Jackson
Trojan Horse, The ~ Little
Window on the World ~ Spraggett (has been updated to the latest version of Window on the World)
You Can Change the World ~ Johnstone (updated to the new book)
Readers Removed from “Core” C~These are about a 3rd~4th grade reading level:
- Along Came a Dog (Removed from Grade 4 readers) ~ DeJong
- Diving Bell, The ~ Strasser
- Every Living Thing ~ Rylant
- Five Little Peppers and How They Grew ~ Sidney
- McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm ~ Fleishman
- Three Dollar Mule ~ Bulla
- To the Top ~ Kramer
Readers 5
Pay Attention, Carter Jones ~ Schmidt (Moved to HBL H)
Science C
Discover and Do, Level 2, DVD
Magic School Bus Inside the Earth ~ Cole
Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System (moved to Science A) ~ Cole
Marie Curie’s Search for Radium ~ Birch
Planet Earth ~ Pratt
Science Activities, Vol. 3 ~ Edom
Usborne Book of Knowledge ~ Bremner
History/Bible/Literature D~Intro to American History: Part 1
(Previously called Core 3 and Core D)
Adoniram Judson: Bound for Burma ~ Benge (since been reinstated)
American Adventures I ~ Greenberg
Ben & Me ~ Lawson
Betsy Ross ~ Weil
Bold Journey ~ Bohner
Boone, Wilderness Explorer ~ Retan
Calico Bush ~ Field
Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? ~ Fritz
Candymakers, The ~ Mass
Children’s Encyclopedia of American History ~ DK
Columbus ~ D’Aulaire
Crispus Attucks ~ Millender
Daniel Boone ~ Daugherty
Discoverer’s Bible for Early Readers (moved to HBL C)
Drinking Gourd, The ~ Monjo
Erie Canal, The ~ Stein
Every Day With God ~ Nichols
Fish do the Strangest Things ~ Hornblow
Flight of the Fugitives ~ Jackson
From Sea to Shining Sea For Young Readers ~ Marshall & Manuel
George Washington: History’s All~Stars ~ Stevenson
Giant Treasury of Brer Rabbit ~ Harris
Hannah ~ Whelan
Hopeful Trout & Other Limericks, The ~ Ciardi
If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution ~ Levy
Imprisoned in the Golden City: Adoniram & Ann Judson ~ Jackson
Incans, Aztecs, and Mayans ~ Holzmann
In God We Trust ~ Crater & Hunsicker
Insects do the Strangest Things ~ Hornblow
Landmark History of the American People {2 Volumes in 1; replaced with Vol 1: From Plymouth to the West, updated version of Landmark Book} ~ Boorstin
Lawn Boy ~ Paulsen
Light and the Glory for Young Readers, The ~ Marshall & Manuel
Martha Washington (Childhood of Famous Americans) ~ Wagoner
Matchlock Gun, The ~ Edmonds
Meet George Washington ~ Heilbroner
Meet Thomas Jefferson ~ Barrett
Molly Pitcher ~ Stevenson
Mother West Wind’s Children ~ Burgess
Mr.Revere and I ~ Robert Lawson
North American Indians ~ Gorsline
One Year Bible for Kids ~ Tyndale, NLT
Paddle~to~the~Sea ~ Holling
Pocahontas and the Strangers ~ Bulla
Poem Stew ~ Cole
Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman ~ Henry
Secret of the Andes ~ Clark
Silver ~ Whelan
Story of Eli Whitney, The ~ Latham
Story of the Lone Star Republic, The ~ Stein
Story of the USA, Book 1 ~ Escher
Story of the USA, Book 2 ~ Escher
Swift Rivers ~ Meigs
The Bill of Rights (A True Book) 2023
The Discoverer’s Bible (moved to levels B+C and C) 2023
Tree in the Trail ~ Holling
Twister of Twists, A Tangle of Tongues ~ Schwartz
Very First Americans, The ~ Cara Ashrose
War of 1812, The ~ Morris
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? ~ Jean Fritz
Winter at Valley Forge ~ James E Knight
Science D
Incredible Creatures that Defy Evolution DVD
Listening to Crickets ~ Ransom
Real Science for Kids: Biology, Level 1 ~ Keller
The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body ~ Cole
TOPS 38-Green Thumb: Radishes ~ Marson
TOPS 39-Green Thumb: Corn and Beans ~ Marson
Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans ~ Denne
Water ~ Day
Optional Items:
History/Bible/Literature E~Intro to American History: Part 2
(Previously called Core 4 or Core E):
All Sail Set ~ Sperry
American Adventures 1 ~ Greenberg
American Adventures 2 ~ Greenberg
American Tall Tales ~ Stoutenburg
American Wars: World War 1 ~ Stewart
Arkful of Animals, An ~ Cole
Behind Rebel Lines ~ Reit
Bolivar ~ Guyatt
Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt ~ Fritz
Bundle of Beasts, A ~ Hooper
California Gold Rush (Landmark) ~ McNeer
Canada ~ Sabin
Canada the Land ~ Kalman
Case for Kids ~Strobel
Cheaper By the Dozen ~ Gilbreth
Churcaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa ~ Kalnay
Day it Rained Forever, The ~ Gross
Dog Jack ~ Biros
Every Living Thing ~ Rylant
Flames Across the Susquehanna ~ Banner
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler ~ Konigsburg (now a reader)
Great Depression, The ~ Stein
Great Turkey Walk, The ~ Karr (now a reader)
Half Magic ~ Eager
He Freed Britain’s Slaves: William Wilberforce ~ Ludwig
If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake ~ Levine
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (now a Read~Aloud)
Kitchen Madonna, The ~Godden
Landmark History of the American People {2 Volumes in 1; replaced with Vol 2: From Fort Sumter to the Moon, updated version of Landmark Book} ~ Boorstin
Learning About God From A to Z ~ Erickson
Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, A ~ de Young (now a Read~Aloud)
Light Princess, The ~ MacDonald
Lights in a Dark Place ~ Davis
Lincoln: A Photobiography ~ Freedman
Moccasin Trail ~ McGraw
Monitor and the Merrimac, The ~ Stein
Mr. Blue Jeans: The Story About Levi Strauss ~ Weidt
On the Banks of Plum Creek ~ Wilder
Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children’s Poems ~ Hall
Patriotic Kid Songs ~ CD
Perilous Road, The ~ Steele
Prairie Boy’s Winter, A ~ Kurelek
Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs, The ~ Birney
Shoes for Everyone ~ Mitchell
Simon Bolivar: The Liberator ~ de Varona
Sounding Forth the Trumpet for Young Readers ~ Marshall & Manuel
South America ~ Moore
Story of the Golden Spike ~ Stein
Story of the USA Book 3 ~ Escher
Story of the USA Book 4 ~ Escher
Story of Thomas Alva Edison, The ~ Cousins
Terrible Wave, The ~ Dahlstedt
Thee, Hannah! ~ de Angeli
Unit about Canada, A ~ Coe
Where the Red Fern Grows ~ Rawls
World War I ~ Kent
Zooful of Animals, An ~ Cole
Science E
Discover & Do, Level 4 (DVD) 2023
Electricity and Magnetism 2023
The Usborne Internet-Linked Mysteries and Marvels of Science 2023
TOPS 32—Electricity 2023
TOPS 33—Magnetism 2023
Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope (Internet-Linked Version)
Usborne Internet-Linked Mysteries and Marvels of Science
Usborne Science Encyclopedia 2023
History/Bible/Literature F~Eastern Hemisphere
(Previously called Core 5 and Core F)
101 Differences Between Cats and Dogs! ~ Sjogren
Aladdin & Other Favorite Arabian Nights Stories ~ Smith
Ancient China ~ Cotterell
Arabs in the Golden Age ~ Moktefi
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions ~ Musgrove
Best-Loved Folktales of the World ~ Cole
Captain Cook ~ Humphris
Case For Kids (moved to Level E) 2023
China: History to 1949 ~ McLenighan
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun ~ Blumberg
Coral Reefs ~ Johnson
David Livingstone: Africa’s Trailblazer ~ Benge
Disease Fighters, The: Nobel Prize for Medicine ~ Aaseng
Eastern Hemisphere Explorer (Sonlight worksheets) ~ Densmer
East to the Shifting Sands ~ Poynor
Eric Liddell: Men of Faith ~ Swift
Eric Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold ~ Benge
Escape to the Jungle: Stories of Missionary Experiences ~ (Sim International)
Explorers: from Columbus to Armstrong ~ Everett (Usborne)
Exploring Planet Earth ~ Tiner
Faces: Australia Through Time ~ Faces Magazine Vol.III
Genghis Khan & The Mongol Horde ~ Lamb
Genghis Khan (World Leaders Past & Present) ~ Humphrey
Glorious Age in Africa, A ~ Chu & Skinner
Heritage Studies 6 Student Text: Eastern Hemisphere Nations ~ Creason
Hobbit, The ~ Tolkien
Gandhi: Peaceful Warrior ~ Bains
Incredible Journey, The ~ Burnford
India: The Culture ~ Kalman
India: The People ~ Kalman
Islam ~ Berry
Island of the Blue Dolphins ~ O’Dell
John Newton: The Angry Sailor ~ Strom
Louis Braille ~ Davidson
Mongols, The ~ Nicholson
Rascal ~ North
Rat Catcher’s Son, The ~ London
Remembering God’s Awesome Acts ~ Mortimer
Seabird ~ Holling
Sherlock Files: The 100~Year~Old Secret, The ~ Barrett
Ships, Sailors and the Sea ~ Usborne
Silkworms ~ Johnson
Slave Ship, The ~ Sterne
Star of Light ~ St. John
Stories from Arabian Nights ~ Lang (cannot find exact version. This one is by the same author)
Story of Africa & Her Flags to Colour, The ~ Faul
Story of Islam, The ~ Kamm
Tales of a Korean Grandmother ~ Carpenter
Throwing Shadows ~ Konigsburg
Torches of Joy ~ Dekker
Traditional Africa ~ Addison
Walkabout ~ Marshall
White Queen: The Story of Mary Slessor ~ McFarlan
With Daring Faith: A Biography of Amy Carmichael ~ Davis
Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The ~ Aiken
World Book Encyclopedia CD-ROM (they used the latest version each year)
Young Man in a Hurry ~ Clinton
Your Place in God’s Plan ~ Holtzmann (Sonlight exclusive, can not find it online)
Science F
Food and Nutrition for Every Kid
The Care and Keeping of You ~ Schaefer
Usborne Complete Book of the Human Body
Usborne Introduction to Genes and DNA
History/Bible/Literature G~World History: Part 1
(Previously called Core 6 and Core G):
Adolf Hitler ~ Wepman
Adventures of the Greek Heroes ~ Mclean & Wiseman
Air Raid: Pearl Harbor! ~ Taylor
Ancient Egypt ~ Nicholson & Watts
Ancient Greece ~ Clare
Ancient Greeks in The Land of the Gods, The ~ Deschamps-Lequime
Anne of Green Gables ~ Montgomery
Archaeology: The Usborne Young Scientist ~ Cork & Reid (moved to HBL J)
Archimedes and the Door of Science ~ Bendick
Augustus Caesar’s World ~ Foster
Between the Forest and The Hills ~ Lawrence
Big Red ~ Kjelgaard
Boy’s War, The ~ Michell (Moved to HBL 100)
Case of the Baker Street Irregulars, The ~ Newman
Children’s Homer, The ~ Colum
Cleopatra ~ Stanley
Condor of the Andes, The ~ Wagner
D’Aulaires’ Book Book of Greek Myths ~ D”Aulaire
Daddy Long Legs ~ Webster
David Livingstone: First to Cross Africa With the Gospel ~ Worcester
Eagle of the Ninth, The ~ Sutcliff
Everything You Need to Know About World History Homework ~ Zeman & Kelly
Fine Print: A Story About Johann Gutenberg ~ Burch
Freckles ~ Stratton-Porter
Girl of the Limberlost, A ~ Stratton-Porter
Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day, The ~ O’Dell
Heritage Studies 7, Student Text: World Studies (an older edition of this book)
Ink on His Fingers ~ Vernon
Isaac Newton & Gravity ~ Parker
Isobel Kuhn ~ Dick
Johannes Kepler: Giant of Faith & Science ~ Tiner
King Arthur: Tales from the Round Table ~ Lang
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, The ~ Kingfisher
Leonardo da Vinci ~ Stanley
Marie Curie ~ Birch
Martin Luther: Hero of the Faith ~ Nohl
Mary, Bloody Mary ~ Meyer
Middle Ages, The ~ Caselli
Monk Who Shook the World, The ~ Davey
Morning Star of the Reformation ~ Thomson
Napoleon ~ Carol
North To Freedom ~ Holm (this book is still included, now called “I am David”)
Nothing Daunted ~ Repp
Otto of the Silver Hand ~ Pyle
Phantom Tollbooth, The ~ Norton Juster
Scarlet Pimpernell ~ Orczy
Story of D~Day, The ~ Bliven
Story of Mankind ~ Van Loon
Story of Music, The ~ Usborne
Treasures of the Snow ~ St. John
Twenty and Ten ~ Bishop (moved to HBL A)
Vasco de Gama: Adventures in Discovery ~ Knight
Westing Game, The ~ Raskin
White Queen: The Story of Mary Slessor ~ McFarlan
White Stag, The ~ Seredy
World of Columbus and Sons, The ~ Foster
World Studies, Student Text ~ BJU Press
Science G
Evolution: The Grand Experiment
Bible/History/Literature H~World History: Part 2
(Previously called Core 7 and Core H)
Abraham Lincoln’s World ~ Foster
Broken Blade, The ~ Durbin
Captain Cook Explores the South Seas ~ Sperry
Catherine The Great ~ Scherman
Daring to Live on the Edge 2023
Dark Frigate, The ~ Hawes
Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster: The Discovery of the Smallpox Vaccine ~ Marrin
Escape from Warsaw ~ Serraillier
George Washington’s World ~ Foster
Great Expectations ~ Dickens
Heart Strangely Warmed, A ~ Vernon
How to Stay Christian in High School
I Am David ~ Anne Holm
Jar of Dreams, A ~ Uchida
Kidnapped Prince, The ~ Cameron
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, The ~ Kingfisher
Live Like a Jesus Freak: Spend Today as if it Were Your Last 2023
Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories ~ Dorothy L Sayers
Madeleine Takes Command ~ Brill
Napoleon and the Battle of Waterloo ~ Winwar
Operation Yes ~ Holmes
Out of Many Waters ~ Greene
Painless Poetry ~ Elizabeth
Stowaway ~ Hesse
Science H
Exploring Creation with General Science (textbook, workbook, supply kit, and safety goggles)
History/Bible/Literature W~World History (One-Year)
(Previously called Core W and Core 6A)
Archimedes and the Door of Science ~ Bendick
Augustus Caesar’s World ~ Foster
Betty Greene: Wings to Serve ~ Benge
Eagle of the Ninth, The ~ Sutcliff
George Washington’s World ~ Foster
I Am David ~ Anne Holm
King Arthur: Tales from the Round Table ~ Lang
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, The ~ Kingfisher
Otto of the Silver Hand ~ Pyle
World of Columbus and Sons, The ~ Foster
History/Bible/Literature J~History of Science
Finding Truth (moved to level 100) 2023
Mister Max ~ Voigt
Ring of Endless Light, A ~ L’Engle
History/Bible/Literature 100~American History in Depth
(Previously called Core 7 and Core 100)
Adventures of the Greek Heroes ~ Mclean & Wiseman
After the Dancing Days ~ Rostkowski
A History of US 2023
Archaeology: The Usborne Young Scientist ~ Cork & Reid (moved to HBL J)
Black Like Me ~ Griffin (Moved to HBL 400)
Blue Willow ~ Gates
Called to Die: The Story of American Linguist Chet Bitterman ~ Estes
Christy ~ Marshall
Constance ~ Clapp
Custer and Crazy Horse ~ Razzi
Down Ryton Water ~ Gaggin
Dragonwings ~ Yep
Early Thunder ~ Fritz
Earthquake at Dawn ~ Gregory
Evidence for Jesus: Discover the Facts that Prove the Truth of the Bible 2023
Four Million and Other Stories ~ O’Henry
Frank Delano Roosevelt ~ Freedman
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott 2023
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler ~ Konigsburg (now an HBL E Reader)
Gathering of Days, A ~ Blos
Gentle Ben ~ Morey
Gold Bug and Other Tales, The ~ Poe
Greeks ~ Usborne
Green Book, The ~ Walsh
Guns for General Washington ~ Reit
Home Ranch, The ~ Moody
Jar of Dreams, A ~ Uchida
Joni ~ Eareckson Tada
Julius Caesar: Roman Dictator
Light in the Forest, The ~ Richter
Loner, The ~ Wier
Martin Luther King Junior: A Man to Remember ~ Darby
Mrs. Mike ~ Freedman
My Side of the Mountain ~ George
Nothing to Fear ~ Koller
On to Oregon ~ Morrow
Patty Reed’s Doll ~ Laurgaard
Piercing the Darkness ~ Peretti
Pony Express, Cobblestone (1981) ~ Nankin
Red Badge of Courage, The ~ Crane
Rifles for Watie ~ Keith
Robert E. Lee ~ Roddy
Samuel F.B. Morse: Artist With A Message ~ Tiner
Sequoyah and the Cherokee Alphabet ~ Cwiklik
Smokey the Cowhorse ~ James
Sounder ~ Armstrong
Story of Henry Hudson: Master Explorer, The ~ Weiner
Stout~Hearted Seven ~ Frazier
Streams to the River, River to the Sea ~ O’Dell
The Boy’s War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War 2023
Time Enough for Drums ~ Rinaldi
Trails to Poosey ~ Cook
Tutankhamun and Friends ~ Aldred
Two Tickets to Freedom ~ Freedman
Uncle Tom’s Cabin ~ Stowe
Up a Road Slowly ~ Hunt
Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee ~ Peck
We’ll Race You Henry ~ Mitchell
World War II (An Uncle Eric Book) by Richard Maybury 2023
Youth Bible Study Notebook ~ Souter
History/Bible/Literature 200~History of God’s Kingdom
(Previously called Core 8 and Core 200)
30 Days to Understand Church History ~ Anders & Lundsford
Adventuring Through the Bible ~ Stedman & Denney
Americans’ Favorite Poems ~ Pinsky
Bartholomew Fair ~ Stolz
Beauty ~ McKinley
Becoming Orthodox ~ Gillquist
Black Beauty ~ Sewell
Bridge to Terabithia ~ Paterson
Canterbury Tale, The ~ Chaucer, retold by McCaughrean
Catholic and Christian ~ Schreck
Catholicism and Fundamentalism ~ Keating
Church of Rome at the Bar of History, The ~ Webster
Common Ground ~ Bajis
David Copperfield ~ Dickens
Don’t Check Your Brains at the Door ~ McDowell
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Weir of Hermiston ~ Stevenson
Emperor’s Winding Sheet, The ~ Walsh
Evangelical is Not Enough ~ Howard
Faith Alone ~ Sproul
Fire Upon the Earth ~ Langford
Flames of Rome, The ~ Maier
Flying to the Moon ~ Collins
For the Life of the World ~ Schmemann
Good Wives ~ Alcott
Gospel According to Rome, The ~ McCarthy
Hang Tough, Paul Mather ~ Slote
Hatchet ~ Paulsen
Hawk and the Dove, The ~ Wilcock
How to Read Church History (2 volumes)
In His Steps ~ Sheldon
Jackaroo ~ Voight
Little Men ~ Alcott
Little Women ~ Alcott
Not By Faith Alone ~ Sungenis
Not By Scripture Alone ~ Sungenis
Pride and Prejudice ~ Austen (replaced with annotated version)
Quo Vadis ~ Sienkiewicz
Roman Catholicism: Evangelical Protestants Analyze What Divides and Unites Us ~ Armstrong
Separate Peace, A ~ Knowles
Summer of the Swans, The ~ Byars
Taste of Chaucer, A ~ Malcolmson
The Ramsay Scallop
This was John Calvin ~ Van Halsema
Trumpeter of Krakow, The ~ (Kelly)
Who Moved the Stone? ~ Morrison
William Booth ~ Bennett
History/Bible/ Literature 300~20th Century World History
(Previously named Core 9 and Core 300)
Advanced Placement World History: Modern
After the War ~ Matas
Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity ~ Cwiklik
Atlas Shrugged ~ Rand
Darkness at Noon ~ Koestler
DK 20th Century Day to Day ~ Schlesinger
DK Visual Timeline of the 20th Century, The ~ Adams
Exodus ~ Uris
Fallen Angels ~ Myers
For Whom the Bell Tolls ~ Hemingway
History of the Modern World, Thenm ~ Burrows
I Had Seen Castles ~ Rylant
Know Why You Believe 2023
Labor’s Untold Story ~ Boyer
Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom ~ Jicai
Life: Our Century in Pictures for Young People ~ Stolley and Sklasky
Life During the Russian Revolution ~ Sherrow
Mammoth Book of Eye~witness History, The ~ Lewis
More to be Desired than Gold ~ Wilson
Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers’ Rights ~ Pinkerton Josephson
My Life in Advertising & Scientific Advertising ~ Hopkins
Permanent Book of the 20th Century, The ~ Lewis
Robert Frost: Selected Poems ~ Frost
Run Baby Run ~ Cruz
Spy Who Came in From the Cold ~ Le Carre
Visual History of the Modern World ~ Terry Burrows
War of the Worldviews ~ DeMar
What Everyone Should Know About the 20th Century ~ Axelrod and Philips
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit ~ Kerr
Winston Churchill: Soldier, Statesman, Artist ~ Severance
You Come Too ~ Frost
YouthWalk Vol 1 ~ Walk Through the Bible Ministries
History/Bible/Literature 400~Civics/American Government
(Previously called Core 10 and Core 400)
America’s Caesar ~ Durand
Belle Prater’s Boy ~ White
Crazy Lady ~ Conly
Crucible, The ~ Miller
Day They Came to Arrest the Book, The ~ Hentoff
Dry Divide, The ~ Ralph Moody
Giver, The ~ Lois Lowry
Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness, The ~ Kramnick & Moore
Institutes of Biblical Law, The ~ Rushdoony
Julie of the Wolves ~ George
Jungle, The ~ Sinclair
Lies My Teacher Told Me ~ Lowen
Moby Dick ~ Melville
Never Before in History ~ Amos &Gardiner
Our Right to Drugs ~ Szasz
Outsiders, The ~ Hinton
Shadow of the Almighty ~ Elliot
The Discovery of Freedom ~ Lane
Tools of Dominion ~ Gary North
Tree Grows in Brooklyn~ Betty Smith
Truth and Transformation ~ Mangalwadi
Walden and Civil Disobedience ~ Thoreau
When in the Course of Human Events ~ Adams
Where the Broken Heart Still Beats ~ Meyer
History/Bible/Literature 500~World History and Worldview Studies
(Previously called Core 500 and 530~British Literature)
No changes
Resources
(Not a complete list, as they are no longer published regularly in the catalog)
Dry Divide, The ~ Moody
Fields of Home, The ~ Moody
Home Ranch, The ~ Moody
Horse of a Different Color ~ Moody
Man of the Family ~ Moody
Mary Emma and Company ~ Moody
One Minute Answers to Skeptics’ Top Forty Questions ~ Campbell
Shaking the Nickel Bush ~ Moody
Understanding the Times ~ Myers
Understanding the Times Student Workbook Manual ~ Myers
Math
Comments, Credits, and Notices
This is not a complete list of every book Sonlight has used or sold. Some of the older catalogs (especially before 1996) were not able to be located. Also, several books were dropped and then added back into Sonlight over the years, so you might find books on this list that are still in use. Some books have been moved from one level to another, or switched from a read-aloud to a reader, or vice versa. Not all electives, math, science, or resources have been listed. There are a few links I could not find, and a few more I had to guess on.
There are Amazon affiliate links in this list. Please be aware of this. It does not cost you anything to purchase a book through Amazon from this list, although I will be given a minimal amount of money if you do. But, you are always free to not use the links or source your books from the many other websites out there. It can be very hard to find used books, so having a link to a specific photo or author’s name can be very helpful and save a ton of time. I know many times I’ve wanted to add on some books from this list, and it was a lot of work to search up several books on my own. This list will hopefully provide an easier and faster way of doing this.
This list could not have been completed without the help of the hard work and hours friends from the old Sonlight forums put into making the original list. I would like to credit the original list creators as Chelle (NZ), Tara (Sonlight Forums), and Jill (US). This new list is also partially my own work, Veronica (OnceUponAHomeschooler). Please do not copy or use this list without giving credit to these people who were happy to provide this list for use. Please do not redistribute or alter this list (and links) without permission. You may email me for a different version (.docx, .html, etc). Again, my contact information is javiersfamily@yahoo.com, or through Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/onceuponahomeschooler/.
