Growers Book List
The book list provided on this page corresponds with the content provided in your daily lesson plans. You are welcome to add or skip any of the books based on your preference and your students needs and interests. Depending on the time and financial resources that you have available, we have provided suggestions on how to find and purchase the reading materials that you will need for the 2025-26 school year.
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Many books in the Portals curriculum are classics that can be found in your church or public library. There are a few open source texts that can be found for free on websites such as Project Gutenberg. These resources will significantly reduce the cost of materials needed to educate your children, but they may require more time and effort to find. Portals has created a downloadable book list with full detail, including ISBN #, in order to make it as easy as possible for you to access the resources you need without spending a bunch of money. These book lists are available immediately upon your subscription to Portals Home Education.
Bible
Bible
(Any version)
History
Story of the World: Early Modern Times
-Bauer
William Wilberforce
-Holzmann
Story of the World: Modern Age
-Bauer
Around the World in a Hundred Years
-Fritz
Gladys Aylward
-Benge
Literature
Anne of Green Gables
-Montgomery
Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
-Irving
Walk the World's Rim
-Baker
Helen Keller
-Davidson
Old Yeller
-Gipson
The Great Wheel
-Lawson
Wind in the Willows
-Grahame
Black Beauty
-Sewell
Swiss Family Robinson
-Wyss
A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt
-De Young
Hero Over Here
-Kudlinski
Pedro's Journal
-Conrad
The Little Riders
-Shemin
Poems for Memorization
-Pathway Readers
Light of Mine
-Brokken
The Winged Watchman
-Van Stockum
Cheaper by the Dozen
-Gilbreth
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
-Konigsburg
Plain Girl
-Sorensen
The Penderwicks
-Birdsall
Miracles on Maple Hill
-Sorensen
Treasure Island
-Stevenson
A Christmas Carol
-Dickens
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
-Peterson
The Secret Garden
-Hodgson Burnett
The Seventeenth Swap
-McGraw
Math
Math-U-See
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Universal Set of materials (includes instruction manual, instruction DVD, student workbook, integer block kit, digital pack, and test booklet
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Math-U-See placement resources can help ensure students start at the level best suited for them.
Science*
Apologia: Chemistry and Physics
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Textbook Only
OR
Apologia: Astronomy
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Textbook Only
*Materials depend on the science course that you select. Portals offers multiple course options so that you can select what Science course is best fit for you and your student(s). Please refer to the Portals Scope and Sequence for further information.