Beautiful literature books are my love language! I am a living book enthusiast! Using beautiful books about the world to teach history, geography, and character is a no brainer! Thanks to the passion and dedication of Rea Berg, Beautiful Feet Books was created. She is a homeschooling mama with a Masters in Children’s Literature and a desire to teach her own kiddos using living books. The mission was to create a curriculum around classic books from amazing authors and the result is spectacular.
From History to Geography and Character to Classic Music, Beautiful Feet Books brings the best of a Charlotte Mason style lesson and top quality literature selections together. It creates an easy to teach, comprehensive curriculum in a variety of subjects. For this review, we received the Geography through Literature Pack- and we couldn’t have been happier! From the amazing books to the beautiful maps to the easy to follow instruction guide, the entire curriculum exceeded our expectations.
So How Does It Work?
The Geography Through Literature Pack includes: The Instruction Guide, Geography Map Set, and four beautiful books by Holling Clancy Holling. The guide is set up so that you can complete one lesson per week to complete the curriculum in one year or 2-3 lessons per week to complete it in one semester.
For us, one lesson a week is perfect. I want to be able to take time enjoying the rich literature and completing the beautiful 18″ x 24″ art quality maps. Along the lines of the Charlotte Mason approach to teaching, narration is encouraged to aid little learners to more fully understand the information presented. Reading aloud and then allowing your student to retell the information in their own words is a great way to help them truly grasp more complex content.
In addition,
it is recommended that the notebooking approach be used so the student has a record of what they are learning. I could even see using the information to create lapbooks to further delve into the topics discussed. The books themselves are comprehensive enough to allow for multiple options in teaching. They stand alone as a solid geography curriculum or you could include some study on historical figures and events to encompass a history component.
You could also further investigate the scientific aspects of the books to include a science component, and the notebooking, narration, and vocabulary options allow for comprehensive Language Arts learning as well. With all these options, this curriculum is an amazing addition to any homeschooler’s toolbox.
Our journey into geography with this curriculum has been such a delight!
From day one, the books have been by far our favorite part of our experience. The rich stories and beautiful, full color illustrations are so enticing and the biggest struggle we have encountered so far, was not wanting to stop reading! I planned to stick to the one lesson a week schedule, but it has been SO tempting to read ahead and not stop to answer the questions or work on the maps. That’s not to say the map work hasn’t also been fun- these maps are so well drawn and my kiddos have so very much enjoyed adding to them and coloring them as we go.
One tip- invest in some good colored pencils, the maps are such high quality that we will be posting them on our walls when we complete the lessons. All in all- we’ve really enjoyed our time with this geography curriculum and I know these books will be treasured for a long time coming.
In addition to the geography curriculum,
there are so many other great offering from Beautiful Feet Books. We are very excited to add the following to our curriculum list for next year:
Around the World with Picture Books is top of the list for my youngest learner. This introduction to world cultures and geography is accompanied by the most amazing selection of picture books! It is designed as a read-aloud approach to discovering the treasures of the world and geared toward K-3rd grade learners.
Teaching Character Primary is another great option for K-3rd grade learners. Using beautiful read aloud books, discussion questions and scriptural references, this curriculum offers an alternative way to help your little learners grasp important lessons in morality. It truly takes character development to a new level.
And you can see below a chart of all the curriculum offerings from Beautiful Feet Books and the grades/ages they are suggested for:
What Did We Love?
- We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the books! They are the heart of these curriculum packs and they are amazing!
- The easy to follow instruction guides are amazing.
- There are beautiful maps and they contribute seamlessly to the curriculum.
- Geography can be so much more than memorizing states on a map!
- The discussion questions in each lesson allowed for additional learning and really put our brains to work.
- We love the multiple curriculum options that Beautiful Feet Books offers.
What Did We Not Love?
The only thing that I could say we didn’t love about this curriculum was that the maps came rolled up in a tube (to protect them in transit) and they were a bit of a struggle to get to lay flat at first. We had to put some books on for a few days to get them to lay flat enough to work with, but once they flattened out, they were great!
Important Links from the Website:
- The FAQ page has some great questions that will help you better understand the curriculum.
- There are a great selection of Sample Pages for you to try out.
- There is an Articles page that has an amazing list of great information for homeschoolers.
Pricing:
The Geography through Literature curriculum pack is offered at $67.95. This includes a 17% discount and you receive FREE shipping! Truly a great deal! The Teaching Character Primary set sells for $109.95 which is a 9% discount and also offers FREE shipping. Around the World with Picture Books Pack set sells for $184.95 which is a 10% discount and again offers FREE shipping.
Final Thoughts:
I am so happy that we were able to work with Beautiful Feet Books for this review. Although I had heard of them around the homeschool circles, I had never taken the plunge and tried any of their curriculum. It is now one of my favorites and I am excited to incorporate even more of their beautiful books into our homeschool in the coming years!
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** We received a full curriculum set from Beautiful Feet Books to assist us in this review.**
Amanda Norton says
We love beautiful feet and I’ve been wanting to do the geography unit!
Kristen A says
I’ve been looking at your site for a long time! I love your stuff.
Elizabeth Sayre says
We love beautiful feet!
erin says
I love the character unit and we are looking forward to our Christmas books. I would love to have a chance to use the geography unit. It looks amazing! thank you!
Michelle Y says
We love BF and these look excellent! Thanks for the review.
Connie says
We have many favorites, but Paddle to the Sea holds find memories for all my children!
Annie Currier says
I really loved George Washington’s World!
Trisha Robrahn says
Their books are amazing! My kids love them and so do I!!
Amanda Sharp says
Looks Amazing!!
Sarah says
Just now coming across beautiful feet and the geography set looks amazing!!
Crystal says
The Holling C Holling books are so lovely! I want to use this with my children.
Alyssa says
I have been looking at this curriculum for over a year now, imagine my surprise when my sister in law, who lives many states away, said her daughter is using this at her classical school and loving it! Now I really want to try it in our homeschool!
Kristen says
Our favorite living book is Pagoo. I have wanted to try this curriculum, but knew with a baby we wouldn’t get to as much reading as necessary. It is on my radar for next year!
Jennifer dellosso says
We have a few of their books, but I love that they have an easy to understand curriculum package and chart based on grade
Micaela says
Our favorite living book is Pilgrims stories
Cheryl Everett says
Oooo…so many living books…but if I had to choose a favorite, I’d pick Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, with The Bronze Bow, as a close second. 🙂
Allene Hellmer says
We started the Early American Primary from BF this year and are really enjoying it. I especially love how my literature world has expanded because of BF. I have been able to find so many beautiful books for my children, just from looking at their curriculum sets. I am slowly building up our personal library to use with their guides over the coming years.
Kari says
We love beautiful feet books curriculum! History, horses, and classical music are wonderful! Can’t wait for science next year.
Aliesa G says
Everything from Beautiful Feet is beautiful!
Juli says
I love the Genevieve Foster books!
Kelly Fowlkes says
These look super amazing! I’m a book fanatic. ??
Michelle Brunson says
We live beautiful feet and just finished Benjamin Franklin! I think that’s one of my favorites. I learned so much about him.
MaryAnne says
We are in the early American set and LOVE it. I keep seeing posts of the beautiful maps for geography and look forward to when it comes time to go thru that series!
Sarah H says
We love the Little House on the Prairie books.
Stevid says
We just started with their history program this year and love it! I wish we had been using them all along.
Cassie Heuer says
As a first year homeschool family I am so excited to learn about Beautiful Feet Books. Thank you for the information as these are all going on our wishlist!
Jennifer says
We love Beautiful Feet and we would love to learn geography through literature!
Christina says
I love Beautiful Feet Books! We are currently enjoying Paddle to the Sea.
Laura says
I really enjoyed Black Gold by Marguerite Henry.
Jennifer says
We love all the D’Aulaire books at my house.
Krissy McLean says
What an awesome giveaway! My favorite living books are the ones by Genevieve Foster. Love those books!
Marci says
One of our most favorite living books is The Year of the Horseless Carriage, 1801 by Genevieve Foster. With so many people included in this one book, it seems to rarely stay on the shelf for very long!
Jessica Peters says
We just now found beautiful feet and we love it! I’ve been wondering about this study. Thanks for the review! We love Archimedes and the Door of Science.
Loretta Dean says
We haven’t read one yet. This curriculum looks amazing.
Jenny says
We have never gotten a BFB. I keep meaning to, but when money is tight, we only buy used books and these are always snatched up before I can get one! I am going to have to make plans to buy some soon.
Tiffany Skaran says
My kids loved reading Squanto from the the Early America pack. Would love to try the Geography pack!
Beth Roznowski says
What a fun curriculum. I am at the beginning stages with preschoolers only. We started wth BFiAR and loved we are going on a bear hunt. We are switching to PP as my son is done with bunnies!!
Emily says
Thanks so much for this review! I’ve been considering the Geography pack for our school day and it’s so helpful to hear from folks who have used it!
Sherry says
What a great review! We are living our first set of books by Beautiful feet ans would love to add more
Kellie says
The little house series will always be my favorite! Pick me!
Alice Y says
It sounds so intriguing!
Amanda Urroz says
A recent favorite of ours is Understood Betsy. A sweet simple story of allowing a child to experience different things, make mistakes, and learn to think through situations without a micro manager. We also really enjoyed Paddle to the Sea and I can’t wait to read it with my second child. Thank you for your review and the giveaway!
Michelle Quarterman says
We love books and we really love beautiful feet books! One book we have recently finished is Miss Rumphius. My daughter really enjoyed the story.
Heather says
We loved The Courage of Sarah Noble, would love to try BFB’s curriculum!
Kim says
I’ve been eying this and would love a chance to win!!
Rebekah says
This looks wonderful!
Sarah Mason says
We love Paddle to the Sea!
Megan says
I just discovered Beautiful Feet Books this year and we are loving the early american unit, and the character unit. Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge is a newly discovered favorite for our family. It’s so nice to have a source where I can be confident in the quality of the literature!
Emily H. says
We have the character guidebook and the Early American History pack. So far, our favorite is Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin!
Brandy says
This would be an awesome resource to have for my boys!!
Sarah says
We love Beautiful Feet Guides and book choices!
Jenny says
I love this approach to rich Learning!
Sara says
We are currently working out way through the California history unit they offer. It’s fantastic!
Megan Updegraff says
We love the Little House Series!
Arshia says
I struggle with making geography fun! This sure looks promising. Haven’t tried any of these books. Would love to this library visit.
Julia says
THe Courage of Sarah Noble is a favorite. So many great books!!!
Diana Prunean says
Thank you so much for sharing all these amazing books! It will be my first time homeschooling…and it gets overwhelming. So im happy i found your site to make things easier.
Kate says
I think this a wonderful geography project, and I would enjoy having a set for my children.
Jennelle says
Great insights. Thank you for the thoughtful review.
Becky says
Beautiful feet is always amazing. Such a meaningful way for children and parents to learn!
Ashley Antkowiak says
I have Around the World with Picture Books and love it! This looks great.
Alison Blake says
This is the first year we’ve officially used BFB for our history lessons (Early American Jumbo Pack for 2nd grade) and it has already proved a wonderful and valuable investment! Mommy loves the guide which has saved me much time and over analysis by dividing up all the reading for me and offering some great questions and additional resources for going deeper, and the kids LOVE the coloring pages in the picture packet download. They love to color while I read and then paste their photos in their notebooks. I would absolutely love to add their geography course to our schooling this year!
Andrea Golding says
We have used Beautiful Feet books for California History and we love it!
llopeno says
Paddle to the Sea ♥️♥️
Shannon Alexander says
I love the Laura Ingalls Wilder set
Melodie Swope says
There are so many wonderful living books! Our favorite lately has been the Maps book!
Erin says
This is not the first time I’ve heard these books are so great. Thanks for such an awesome giveaway!
Beckie says
I’ve fallen in love with the Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire books.
Christine says
My favorite book is Carry On, Mr Bowditch, can’t wait to share it with my kids when they’re a little older.
Jennifer McDonald says
We love Leif the Lucky!!! (from the Early American History pack) These books make teaching history simple and engaging. I have loved adding Beautiful Feet books to our school this year!
Linda Wilson says
We love beautiful feet books! We would love the geography pack.
Jenn says
Have been watching this curriculum on IG and would love to try it!
Courtney says
We love Grandfather’s Journey!
Tara Bailey says
I am new to the idea of living books and this program looks wonderful!
Sarah says
Looks like fun, would love to try with my littles!
Kim Ogden says
One of our many favorites is Paddle to the Sea. Would love to use the maps along with this book!
Meredith says
Oh, I so want to try this through beautiful feet, it would be great to win it.
Dori says
We love BFB! Our homeschool could use the geography unit, we are studying American History this year.
Sarah says
This set looks so great! We could definitely use it.
Macie Sitake says
We have wanted to try beautiful feet books! Our favorite living book right now is Farmer Boy
Joanna Adams says
I just started BFB modern with my oldest this year. So far we love it and wish we would have started earlier. My favorite living book is Five Little Peppers and How they Grew.
Corissa says
This sounds amazing!
CHelsea S says
Our favorite living book this year has been pagoo! We had a blast learning about tide pools.
Jen Barbosa says
Amazing program. It would make my school year to win this! ??
OLIVIA VELAZQUEZ-BRYANT says
The more I read about BF the more I want to use it. Looking into our homeschool budget for next school year.
OLIVIA VELAZQUEZ-BRYANT says
Our favorite “living book” is The Story of Ping, although we only read it in Spanish because that what I found at the Goodwill for a $1. 🙂
Nicole stover says
Thank you for this opportunity. What a wonderful set to win.
Linda Rinaldi says
Too many to choose from! We do love the D’Aulaire books! Would LOVE to win this Geography set!
K says
Appreciate the review and excited to know more
Michelle says
We love the D’Aulaire and Holling books and I’m looking forward to starting the Genevieve Foster books soon.
Teri says
I’m not sure it was our favorite, but I have such wonderful memories of reading Swiss Family Robinson with my two oldest boys. Learning together through the language of the book and the intense detail of nature facts. I’m going to be starting BFB with the medieval history pack for middle grades and would to try this geography set with my middle kiddos.
Amy Hess says
We are using the intermediate Early American History unit… my daughter is generally eager during our homeschool but I’ve never seen her so excited for a subject until now! She doesn’t want to quit. She seems to especially enjoy creating her own notebook. It has already become a treasure. Plus I’m learning a ton! Never a boring moment. ? Hoping to start the Geography unit next as her love of maps has grown already through the note booking process. BFB makes homeschooling fun!
Amy Hess says
Oops! Forgot to post a favorite book… recently we loved reading The Thanksging Story by Alice Dalgliesh!
Aubrey says
My favorite living book is probably still Little Women!
Nicole Eisenman says
We absolutely loved the Teaching Character Through Literature and all of the d’Aulaire books we’ve gathered over the past several years.
Carmen says
We have really enjoyed reading the D’Aulaire books in the Early American pack
Amanda says
We haven’t read many yet since it’s our first year with young kids, but we are enjoying the Marguerite deangeli books we have!
Ashlee says
We love Paddle to the Sea!
Danielle Evans says
We love many living books including The Little House on the Prairie.
Kirsty says
The Little House in the Big Woods is one we are really enjoying at the moment!
Mandy Friend says
love all the living books! I’ve really wanted to try Beautiful Feet for a while now! We have a D’Aulaire book and love it.
Kathi Hoornbeek says
Recently I have been enjoying Patricia Polacco books which may not quite be living books, but they have deep topics and cover stories from her family history. Beautiful Feet Books are fairly new to me, but I would love to experience them more!
Amber Owens Thompson says
We love BFB! I cannot possibly choose favorite- we love SO many 🙂
Samantha says
Some of my favorite living books are the Little House books!
Karen says
What a lovely giveaway! I love the Holling C. Holling books, and imagine the rest of the geography pack would be just as lovely!
Alicia says
Great Review! We love the BFB! I now want to look into the character study!
Nicole England says
I’ve not hear used Bautiful Feet, but plan to use it in the new calendar year.
Anne says
Our family loves Beautiful Feet, and I’ve had my eye on this geography unit!
Heather says
I would love to receive the Geography through Literature pack. My boys have enjoyed reading Paddle-to-the-Sea, and Pagoo. We are currently reading Minn of The Mississippi.
Angelena says
I have always wanted to try BFB ?
Hilary Fiskeaux says
There are so many living books I love, but the first that comes to mind is the Anne (of Green Gables, etc.) series. Hello, fiesty redhead! 🙂
Jacquelyn K says
Thanks for the review! These look like amazing literature packs, and I love that they’re appropriate for somewhat broader age groups! Any time I find something that works for both my girls (18mo apart) at the same time, that’s a win!
Jadie says
I love Pagoo 🙂
Laura says
We really enjoyed D’Aulaire’s George Washington. About to start Path to the Pacific!
Cynthia Minton says
We love Thornton Burgess’ books. They’re all good. The D’Aulaire books are also fantastic.
Ali says
Using Early Am History this year & would love to add Geography!
Jessica Jennings says
So excited to learn more!! I love the D’Aulaire books!!
jennylasslett says
We have been using the Early American curriculum and also love it. It’s been a great intro to character and history for my first grader with special needs.
Jamie Jarecki says
I am so glad you did this review! I could definitely see us using this in our homeschool!
Barb Simeon says
How can I pick a favorite book?! Too many. This was a great series and loved the books. Did the horse series too and loved those also.
Melissa says
The Little House series is a favorite!
lynae says
I would love to win this set for my girls! I have many beautiful feet books and love them all!
Analise Miller says
I’m excited about this curriculum!
Julie Whitaker says
We have yet to read any of these books but they all look so amazing! My daughter is not quite 2 yet so we are just now getting into picture books instead of board books. I plan to purchase some of this curriculum when we get to that age though.
Elise says
We’re in our first year of homeschooling. We’ve been using the FIar curriculum which also puts emphasis on education through quality literature. I would love to add this incredible bundle to our homeschooling journey.
Crystal says
This geo unit looks AMAZING! I would love to try this out.
Brittany says
I have looked at beautiful feet several times but haven’t tried them out yet….my favorite living history book that I have read to my daughter so far has been Mary on horseback.
Jennifer says
I am not sure of what our favorite living book is, but we adore learning through reading! And we love geography!
Patti P says
I love your materials!
Courtney kebodeaux says
So much swoon! ?
Michelle says
We love BFB!
Whitney says
Just starting on the history and I’d LOVE to do geography with BFB as well!
Allison says
Love beautiful feet books!
Sara says
A favorite living book of ours is Stowaway!
Melinda says
Love beautiful feet. This looks great!
Amy says
Love Beautiful Feet books. The Genevieve Foster books are favorites.
Ana williams says
New to this style of homeschooling! Thank you for the review. It was very helpful!
Rachel R says
One of our favorites is Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs.
Jilayne Luckey says
How can I pick just one favorite living book?! 🙂 I guess I would say Squanto, because that was the most recent book we read.
Sharon S. says
I have been wanting to do Beautiful Feet with my kids for several years. I would love to win this!!
Michelle S says
We’ve been doing the character study this year…oh how I’d love to do geography, too!
Stephanie Warner says
I have not tried these books yet, but I am very excited to have stumbled upon the review!
Yarelis says
We love The Clown of God ❤
Thank you for this giveaway.
Erin says
We’ve loved all the D’Aulaires Books we’ve gotten through Beautiful Feet books. These sets look amazing and great for making these books come to life for my boys.
Alicia says
We love the Marrin books!!
Rachel says
I love When I Was Young in the Mountains.
Stacy says
We loved reading Leif the Lucky. Actually have plans to do the BFB Geography study this summer! So excited (especially if we win…lol)! Thank you for this giveaway.
Amanda says
The around the world with picture Books is on my wishlist. I’m hoping to get it next year. My favorite living book that we read recently is the golden goblet.
Kitty says
My kids are mega map lovers! This would be amazing to win!!
Jess T says
So many excellent books in those packs! My favourite to read with my kids is Miss Rumphius!
Becky A. says
So many favorites, but the D’Aulaire books are hugely popular at our house!
Rebecca says
Love everything Beautiful Feet!
Holly says
We just started BF history and are loving Amos Fortune and Benjamin Franklin right now.
Katherine H says
The D’Aulaire books are wonderful living books!
Erin Robinson says
This is on my homeschool wishlist, it looks so rich and fun! I love living books, it’s hard to pick a favorite. The D’Aulaire books as well as the Foster books are pretty high on the list!
Sarah Perry says
I love Beautiful Feet Books and would love to use more of their curriculum!
Serita says
one of our favorite living booka has been Sevsn League Boots by Richard Halliburton
Shirley says
I can’t keep enough literature in my house for my first grader. I love the idea of this geo curriculum!
Elaine McDonald says
This curriculum looks beautiful and inspiring! I’d love to try it!
Elaine McDonald says
I have a kindergartner who is 6 and a 4 year old who are doing many of the same things. I love the literature based programs because it works so well with multiple ages and learning levels!
Tiffany Erb says
We just ordered several books for my kids for Christmas, and I can’t wait to dive in. Thanks for the review!
Shauna says
Anything by the D’Aulaire’s is our favorite!
Laura Toren says
We love the D’Aulaire books, but “Paddle to the Sea” is also a family fav!
Jennie F says
These look so nice! Thanks for the chance to win!
Ashley Ulrich says
I love Beautiful Feet! Especially Early American History Primary.