Friday, March 8, 2013
Share Your Favorite Homeschool Fiction Books Here
People are emailing me their favorite homeschool fiction book titles. I will add them to the comments as they come in. You are also welcome to ad a comment with your favorite homeschool fiction books.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Home School Kids Want Stories About Home Schoolers
All six of my children, going back to the early 1990's, were home schooled. Many of them were avid readers who enjoyed reading stories about children their own age, but because all contemporary children fiction books back then were set in a regular school environment, my children were not able to ready stories that had home schoolers as characters. This was understandable since home schooling was rarer back then. However, as the years went by and the number of home schoolers grew into the millions, I looked forward to finding fiction books about home schoolers. I found out it was harder to find than a Bible in a public school.
Recognizing an unmet demand, my wife and I wrote The Lost Da Vincis, a story of four home school siblings who "lose" their parents in a science experiment gone wrong. The book tells the story of how they find their lost parents.
The purpose of this blog is to help readers find fiction books about home schoolers and also to encourage more writers to write books about home schoolers. With modern publishing resources, it is incredibly easy to find an audience for books about home schoolers. I welcome writers to consider adding to the Home School Adventurers series so home schoolers have a easy way to find books about home school children.
Recognizing an unmet demand, my wife and I wrote The Lost Da Vincis, a story of four home school siblings who "lose" their parents in a science experiment gone wrong. The book tells the story of how they find their lost parents.
The purpose of this blog is to help readers find fiction books about home schoolers and also to encourage more writers to write books about home schoolers. With modern publishing resources, it is incredibly easy to find an audience for books about home schoolers. I welcome writers to consider adding to the Home School Adventurers series so home schoolers have a easy way to find books about home school children.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Vote and List Your Favorite Homeschool Fiction Books
Goodreads has a page where you can vote for and list additional fiction books about homeschoolers. Here is the link:
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/20248.Homeschool_Fiction_the_great_cliched_and_rotten_
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/20248.Homeschool_Fiction_the_great_cliched_and_rotten_
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Homeschool Literature: Books Featuring Homeschooling Protagonists
Sara McGrath, a long-time homeschooling mother of three and the author ofUnschooling: A Lifestyle of Learning, blogs about books where Homeschoolers are the main characters.
http://suite101.com/article/homeschool-literature-books-featuring-homeschooling-protagonists-a396656
It is good to see authors writing for this group of readers. If your children are like mine, there need to be many more books in the genre so they can always find new books about other homeschoolers.
http://suite101.com/article/homeschool-literature-books-featuring-homeschooling-protagonists-a396656
It is good to see authors writing for this group of readers. If your children are like mine, there need to be many more books in the genre so they can always find new books about other homeschoolers.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Literature and Stories about Homeschoolers
homeschoolliterature.com is a website dedicated to literature and stories about homeschoolers. You can find lists of books with homeschool characters, books written by homeschoolers, even a book club. There is a market for home school fiction and there is room for more books on the subject. I invite you to make your book about homeschoolers part of the Home School Adventurers series.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Fiction about Homeschooling
http://www.homeschooling-ideas.com has posted a list of fiction books about homeschooling. You can read this list at http://www.homeschooling-ideas.com/fiction-about-homeschooling.html. Are there other books about homeschooling that you would add?
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Where Are All the Fiction Books About Homeschoolers?
Where Are All the Fiction Books About Homeschoolers?
Two million home school students want to know.
by Don Milne
It goes without saying that young readers can visit any library or book store and find shelf after shelf of youth literature where they can read books about children in a public school environment. Homeschoolers make up 5-10 percent of the school age population. So, shouldn't 5-10 percent of the books for young people be about homeschoolers? It should probably be even higher than this, since homeschoolers as a group are more likely to read more than other children. But if you look at the top 100 children's books on Amazon it is unlikely you will find even one book about homeschoolers.
Why?
The main reason is the gatekeepers that decide which books get published by established publishing companies are not tuned into the home school community. Look at the background and education of most literary editors and agents and you will see a slant towards liberal and secular world views -- not the mindset of most homeschoolers.
With the rise of ebooks and self-publishing services like lulu, it is now easy to ignore the gatekeepers and bring fiction books about homeschoolers directly to homeschoolers. It is also more profitable for the authors; instead of traditional royalty rates of 6%, the new channels pay authors 70%.
In an effort to increase the availability of homeschool fiction, I would like to invite writers who want to write stories about homeschoolers to participate in the Home School Adventurers series. Each author who writes a book for the series will have 100% control over the content and profits of his or her book. The only rule is that it be a fiction book with homeschoolers as the main characters. By including many books of this type in the Home School Adventurers series, we will build a brand that readers can come to when they want to read stories about home schoolers.
The first book in the series is one that I wrote with my wife Aneladee. The name of the book is Home School Adventurers: The Lost Da Vincis. It is the story of four homeschool siblings who are faced with the disappearance of their scientist father as well as their mother and little brother. With the help of an eccentric uncle and movie star aunt they try to get their family back.
There is a lot of writing talent in the home school community. Take up the challenge and write the next Home School Adventurers book.
Two million home school students want to know.
by Don Milne
It goes without saying that young readers can visit any library or book store and find shelf after shelf of youth literature where they can read books about children in a public school environment. Homeschoolers make up 5-10 percent of the school age population. So, shouldn't 5-10 percent of the books for young people be about homeschoolers? It should probably be even higher than this, since homeschoolers as a group are more likely to read more than other children. But if you look at the top 100 children's books on Amazon it is unlikely you will find even one book about homeschoolers.
Why?
The main reason is the gatekeepers that decide which books get published by established publishing companies are not tuned into the home school community. Look at the background and education of most literary editors and agents and you will see a slant towards liberal and secular world views -- not the mindset of most homeschoolers.
With the rise of ebooks and self-publishing services like lulu, it is now easy to ignore the gatekeepers and bring fiction books about homeschoolers directly to homeschoolers. It is also more profitable for the authors; instead of traditional royalty rates of 6%, the new channels pay authors 70%.
In an effort to increase the availability of homeschool fiction, I would like to invite writers who want to write stories about homeschoolers to participate in the Home School Adventurers series. Each author who writes a book for the series will have 100% control over the content and profits of his or her book. The only rule is that it be a fiction book with homeschoolers as the main characters. By including many books of this type in the Home School Adventurers series, we will build a brand that readers can come to when they want to read stories about home schoolers.
The first book in the series is one that I wrote with my wife Aneladee. The name of the book is Home School Adventurers: The Lost Da Vincis. It is the story of four homeschool siblings who are faced with the disappearance of their scientist father as well as their mother and little brother. With the help of an eccentric uncle and movie star aunt they try to get their family back.
There is a lot of writing talent in the home school community. Take up the challenge and write the next Home School Adventurers book.
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