Years ago, I looked at everything Charlotte Mason said about textbooks in general for a Q&A podcast on ADE. I had to keep my answer short for that episode, but you might like to see the full scope of things I found through my research. I have organized it in a table to compare how textbooks and living books affect our children’s education and their potential interest in pursuing a subject further. I’ll leave it to you to decide if a textbook suits your family.

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