Our Fifty States by Ron Wheeler

100+ reproducible pages
For each state, Mr. Wheeler has dedicated one page of information and then on the back of that page, he has designed an activity page focusing on that state.
The state pages are organized in alphabetical order.  In the back are worksheets about the geography of the U.S. and capital and state motto activities.  There is an answer key in the back.
-Borrowed from the library.

The Homeschool Experiment by Charity Hawkins

I saw this book on my friend's bookshelf and asked to borrow it.
It is a novel of a mom homeschooling a first grader, a preschooler and a baby.   The reader learns about her challenges and victories throughout the entire school year.  The book is divided into months, beginning and ending with May.
Although this book was labeled "fiction", a "novel", to me it seemed more autobiographical and didactic.
I liked the resources she shared in the back (books, websites etc.).  There are also discussion questions included.
Homeschooling moms will be able to connect to the main character's feelings and thoughts.  Any person trying homeschooling for the first time will find relief and a friend within the pages.

One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four 165 Chants for Children compiled by Mary Lou Colgin

The title pretty much describes it.  A wide variety of chants divided into these categories-creatures, numbers and ABCs, food, nursery rhymes, people plus, holiday and seasons, response chants.  A good resource for librarians, preschool teachers and for story time teachers.