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Susan Wise Bauer

Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the Writing With Ease, Writing With Skill, and Story of the World series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series, all from W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary.

Susan Wise Bauer

Books by Susan Wise Bauer

The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise
Fourth Edition, Hardback, 2016
A revised and updated edition of the perennial bestseller that sparked a home school movement.
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise
Fourth Edition, E Book, 2016
A revised and updated edition of the perennial bestseller that sparked a home school movement.
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise
The Essential Edition, Hardback, 2024
A guide on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education at home—from preschool through high school
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise
The Essential Edition, E Book
A guide on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education at home—from preschool through high school
The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading, Revised Edition Student Book
Jessie Wise, Sara Buffington, Raymond Thistlethwaite, Susan Wise Bauer, Mike Fretto
Second Edition, Revised, Revised Edition, Paperback, 2022
Learn to read letters, sounds, words, sentences, and full stories!
The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading, Revised Edition Student Book
Jessie Wise, Sara Buffington, Raymond Thistlethwaite, Susan Wise Bauer, Mike Fretto
Second Edition, Revised, Revised Edition, E Book
Learn to read letters, sounds, words, sentences, and full stories!
The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading, Revised Edition Bundle
Jessie Wise, Sara Buffington, Raymond Thistlethwaite, Susan Wise Bauer
Second Edition, Revised, Revised Edition, Paperback, 2022
An updated, easier-to-use edition of the program that helped a million parents teach their children to read. Bundle includes: The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading, Revised Edition...
The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople
Susan Wise Bauer
Hardback, 2013
A lively and fascinating narrative history about the birth of the modern world.
The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
Susan Wise Bauer
Hardback, 2010
A masterful narrative of the Middle Ages, when religion became a weapon for kings all over the world.
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
Susan Wise Bauer
Hardback, 2007
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own.