Books by Wendy Priesnitz

A thoughtfully rich and personal collection of memoir-style essays about learning, mothering, daughtering and life. Wit and wisdom about the life of a reluctant rebel, a woman's enlightenment, midlife growth opportunities and children's right to grow and learn in freedom. Coming in 2010.

A compilation of essays about natural parenting, from pregnancy and birth through babyhood and early childhood. Includes healthy pregnancy, home birth, midwife- and doula-assisted birth, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, babywearing, child-led weaning, vaccination issues, organic baby food, elimination communication, cloth diapers versus disposables, play and your baby, feminist mothering, and much more. Part of the Natural Life Magazine Green Living Series. Coming in 2010.

The first in the Natural Life Magazine Green Living Series, this book will help you and your family make your home greener and healthier, and save money too. Includes tips on making your own cleaning supplies, advice about energy retrofits, how to avoid and clean up mold, sorting out the plastic controversy, avoiding dangerous household chemicals, understanding organic cotton and hemp textiles, and much more. Coming in winter 2010. Pre-order soon.

A unique collection of essays about the philosophy and the experience of living the unschoolng lifestyle. Some of the best articles from the last six years of Life Learning magazine. A great introduction to this progressive style of education, written by parents and young people who have experienced it first hand. Includes learning to read and do math without being taught, the importance of unstructured play, learning when you’re ready, what’s wrong with curriculum, trusting children to do their best naturally, a grandparent’s reaction to unstructured homeschooling, learning in the real world, parents as role models, self-reliance in life and learning, and much more. Go here for more info and to order online.

Why our assumptions about children and education aren't preparing them for life in the 21st Century. How our assumptions about many aspects of life are crippling both our individuality and our collective well-being. And what parents and policy makers can do to change the situation. This controversial book challenges readers to revolutionize the public education system, using what unschoolers have learned about how children learn.  Go here to order a newly revised edition online and read a review by John Taylor Gatto.

An updated edition of the best-selling homeschooling handbook first published in 1987 and reprinted and revised five times since. Topics covered include: legalities, guiding self-directed learning, assessment, writing and/or choosing curriculum, computers and learning, dealing with objections, socialization, the teenaged unschooler, dealing with school officials, and much more. An extremely useful, one-of-a-kind guide to home-based, independent learning. This book has received dozens of enthusiastic reviews and hundreds of unsolicited testimonials from parents. Go here for more info and to order online.

A goldmine of ideas and insight from the founder of the Home Business Network, who has worked at home for over thirty years and trained home business owners for ten years. Hundreds of tips on how to research and start a successful home business – and how to run it economically, efficiently, enjoyably and environmentally. Learn the most profitable, easiest, least stressful way to operate a business that's right for you...from your home. Go here to order online.

A small but satisfying collection of midlife poems reflecting on nurturing daughters and gardens, on women friends and the fragility of relationships. These poems are about change, travel, childhood and mothering. They wistfully and sometimes humorously examine the poet's connections with her mother and grandmother, and with her almost-grown daughters. These are poems you'll savor again and again. Go here to read some sample poems and to order this book online.

A selection of poems created during the author's transition from a lovestruck teenager to a young woman preparing to be married. Originally published in 1976 as the author's first published work, this chapbook has received positive reviews by both readers and in literary magazines, including Quill & Quire. Go here to read some sample poems and to order this book online.