04 April 2013

List of Discontinued Sonlight Titles ~ 2013 Update

I've gone ahead and updated our pdf of dropped sonlight titles ... 

List of Discontinued Sonlight Titles for 2013
UPDATE: 2016 updated book list;  over on Jill's blog as a post   (thanks Jill!!)

For those that just want to browse through the most recent changes I've detailed them beneath as they are listed in the catalogue - not in alphabetic order as they are in our discontinued titles list, linked above.

Our blog post listing all the books Sonlight have dropped is here
(to make it easy for those that like to copy and paste things ☺ )

 2013 Sonlight Book Changes

Core P4/5:
101 Favorite Stories from the Bible -  switch from Core P3/4

Core D:
Dropped:
Landmark History of the American People - revised and split into two distinct volumes.
Story of the USA volumes 1 and 2 removed.

Added:
People: From Plymouth to the West, Vol. 1  (Vol. 1 of the revised Landmark book)
Children's Encyclopedia of American History


Core D+E:
Dropped:
Landmark History of the American People (revised and split into two distinct volumes)
Story of the USA  volumes 1-4 removed

Added:
People: From Plymouth to the West, Vol. 1  (Vol. 1 of the revised Landmark book)
People: From Fort Sumter to the Moon, Vol 2  (Vol. 2 of the revised Landmark book)
Children's Encyclopedia of American History


Core F:
Dropped:
101 Differences Between Cats and Dogs! ~  Bob Sjogren
Added:
Case for Christ for Kids ~ Strobel, Suggs, Elmer


Core G:
Dropped:
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths ~ Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Added:
Greek Myths ~ Olivia Coolidge

Core H:
Dropped:
George Washington's World ~ Genevieve Foster
Abraham Lincoln's World ~ Genevieve Foster
The Kidnapped Prince ~ Olaudah Equiano. Adapted by Ann Cameron.
Great Expectations ~ Charles Dickens
Added:
The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories ~ Dorothy L. Sayers
Operation Yes ~ Sara Lewis Holmes
Chu Ju's House ~ Gloria Whelan

Switched:
Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster - now 5-day only
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - now 5-day only
Homeless Bird - moved from Reader to Read-Aloud


Core W:
Dropped:
But Don't All Religions Lead to God? ~  Michael Green
Live Like a Jesus Freak: Spend Today as if it Were Your Last ~ DC Talk
How to Stay Christian in High School ~ Steve Gerali
Daring to Live on the Edge ~ Loren Cunningham
The BBC Manual: Turning Your Bedroom into a Bible College ~ Gregg Johnson
Augustus Caesar's World ~ Genevieve Foster
The World of Columbus and Sons ~ Genevieve Foster
George Washington's World ~ Genevieve Foster
Usborne History of the 20th Century
Usborne Book of World History
The Eagle of the Ninth ~ Rosemary Sutcliffe
Otto of the Silver Hand ~ Howard Pyle
The Second Mrs. Giaconda ~ E.L. Konigsburg
Anna and the King ~ Margaret Landon
The Westing Game ~ Ellen Raskin
The Endless Step~ Esther Hautzig
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths ~ Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
The Ides of April ~ Mary Ray
Leonardo da Vinci(Landmark Book) ~ Emily Hahn
The Monk Who Shook the World: The Story of Martin Luther ~ Cyril Davey
Mary, Bloody Mary ~ Carolyn Meyer
Shadow of a Bull ~ Maia Wojciechowska
The Phantom Tollbooth ~ Norton Juster
Escape from Warsaw ~ Ian Serraillier
Betty Greene: Wings to Serve ~ Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
It's a Jungle Out There! ~ Ron Snell

Added:
International Children's Bible Field Guide ~ Lawrence O. Richards
Sing the Word: Credo - I Believe (CD) ~ Harrow Family
Usborne Encyclopedia 12,000 Years of World History
The Kingfisher Atlas of World History
Beyond the Desert Gate ~ Mary Ray
Flame Over Tara ~ Madeleine Polland, Omar Davis
A Single Shard ~ Linda Sue Park
A Murder for Her Majesty ~ Beth Hilgartner
The Sherwood Ring ~ Elizabeth Marie Pope
The Singing Tree ~ Kate Seredy
King Arthur: Tales from the Round Table (Dover Children's Evergreen Classics) ~ Andrew Lang
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever ~ Barbara Robinson
Operation Yes ~ Sara Lewis Holmes
Greek Myths ~  Olivia Coolidge
Son of Charlemagne ~ Barbara Willard
Nory Ryan's Song ~ Patricia Reilly Giff
The Good Master ~ Kate Seredy
Angel on the Square ~ Gloria Whelan
Year of Impossible Goodbyes ~ Sook Nyul Choi
Chu Ju's House ~ Gloria Whelan
The Breadwinner ~ Deborah Ellis


Switched:
The Great and Terrible Quest - moved from Readers to Read-Aloud
Trojan War - now a 5-day only book
Banner in the Sky - now used in both 4- and 5-day


Core 100:
Dropped:
Ender's Game ~ Orson Scott Card
Their Eyes Were Watching God ~ Zora Neale Hurston

Added:
Bud, Not Buddy ~ Christopher Paul Curtis
The View From Saturday ~ E. L. Konigsburg
A Long Way from Chicago ~ Richard Peck
A Wrinkle in Time ~ Madeleine L’Engle
When You Reach Me ~ Rebecca Stead
Dating With Integrity ~ John Holzmann


Core 200:
Dropped:
A Separate Peace ~ John Knowles
Added:
The Hawk and the Dove Trilogy ~ Penelope Wilcock


Core 400:
Dropped:
Dating With Integrity ~ John Holzmann
Walden and Civil Disobedience ~ Henry David Thoreau
Belle Prater's Boy ~ Ruth White
Crazy Lady! ~ Jane Leslie Conly
Julie of the Wolves ~ Jean Craighead George
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book ~ Nat Hentoff
Moby Dick ~ Herman Melville
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ~ Betty Smith
The Crucible ~ Arthur Miller
The Outsiders ~ S. E. Hinton
The Giver ~ Lois Lowry
The Institutes of Biblical Law ~ Rousas John Rushdoony
Tools of Dominion ~ Gary North
Shadow of the Almighty ~ Elisabeth Elliot
Where the Broken Heart Still Beats ~ Carolyn Meyer
Lies My Teacher Told Me ~ James W. Loewen
Never Before in History ~ Gary Amos
The Jungle ~ Upton Sinclair
The Godless Constitution : The Case Against Religious Correctness ~ Isaac Kramnick, R. Laurence Moore
The Dry Divide (vol. 7) ~ Ralph Moody
Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men ~ Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
Added:
A Separate Peace ~ John Knowles
Ender's Game ~ Orson Scott Card
Their Eyes Were Watching God ~ Zora Neale Hurston
How to Read a Book ~ John Moritmer
Elements of Style ~ William Strunk, Jr.
Fidelity: Five Stories  ~ Wendell Berry
Evidence Not Seen ~ Darlen Deibler Rose
Outliers ~ Malcolm Gladwell
Brave Companions: Portraits In History ~ David McCullough
Teaching a Stone to Talk :Expeditions and Encounters ~ Annie Dillard
Death of a Salesman (Penguin Plays) ~ Arthur Miller
On Writing Well ~ William Zinsser
God and Politics : Four Views on the Reformation of Civil Government : Theonomy, Principled Pluralism, Christian America, National Confessionalism ~ Gary Scott Smith
Truth and Transformation : A Manifesto for Ailing Nations ~ Vishal Mangalwadi
The U.S. Supreme Court : A Very Short Introduction ~ Linda Greenhouse 
Are You Liberal? Conservative? Or Confused? (An Uncle Eric Book) ~ Richard J. Maybury, Jane A. Williams
Selecting a President (Fundamentals of American Government) ~ Eleanor Clift, Matthew Spieler
The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. Government & Politics ~ Franco Scardino
Congress for Dummies ~ David Silverberg, Dennis Hastert , Tom Daschel

Switched:
Eternity in Their Hearts - moved from History to Literature
Up From Slavery - moved from History to Literature

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

as asked.
appreciate you removing the reference to V & I {-:

an elusive hs mum.

Chareen said...

Wow Chelle you've done an amazing job correlating all that information. Thank you so much

reader19 said...

Thank you so much for your diligent, hard work!!! I appreciate it! I've printed it off--now to go look at my bookshelves..

Thank you!!! Blessings to you and your family!!
Tracy

Chelle said...

@ Chareen & Tracy,
the original list was a team effort, Jill, Tara, 2 other mums, & me .... and I'm just keeping it updated ☺
Gotta love a list, and I'm glad to read it's of
(book referencing ;-) )
help to others too!

Thanks for stopping by & leaving your paw print here ☺