Adventures with the Vikings by Linda Bailey

from the Good Times Travel Agency series.

Starting in a Travel Agency and winding up in a Viking Village, the three siblings in our story are in for an adventure. They first learn about life in a village where women spend most of their time spinning, and sewing if they aren't cooking or caring for the little ones. The men farm, hunt, sail, and raid. Vikings are a violent and reckless seeming bunch, and our young adventurers get dragged along to a "Thing", a raid, and they even learn what it is like to be a thrall. For those who love adventure, and learning without even realizing it, this is the book for you.

What To Do About Alice by Barbara Kerley

What an adorable picture book! Alice is the daughter of Teddy Roosevelt and she is spunky and full of life. She wants to "eat up the world" and there is nothing her father can do about it. "I can be president of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both." President Roosevelt said. Alice broke all the rules. She did not behave like girls and women were expected to in her time. Alice took charge of her own education, homeschooling herself in her fathers library. She devoured a multitude of books, and would give a report to her father of all she had learned. (Sounds like a combination of unschooling and Charlotte Mason dictation) Alice is an inspiration! Her love of life and determination are a lesson to us all.