Stories of Color is a free, lovingly curated book catalog and resource for homeschooling families and educators on the pursuit to bring more diverse ideas and representative perspectives to life for their students.

We exist to encourage, equip, and entrust homeschoolers to spread a more diverse feast.

“Living books” is a phrase that was originally coined by Charlotte Mason, an educational philosopher who lived until the early 1900s. It remains a term that those who follow her principles of education continue using to this day.

In describing living books, Ms. Mason wrote: “We do not mean by a book any printed matter in a binding, but a work possessing certain literary qualities able to bring that sensible delight to the reader which belongs to a literary word fitly spoken.” She firmly believed that children “must grow up upon the best… There is never a time when they are unequal to worthy thoughts, well put; inspiring tales, well told.”

May we all seek to give our children the gift of growing up on the best.

Yes, definitely. In fact, based on our most recent user research and feedback survey, roughly 10% of our members are teachers, 2% are librarians, and another 10% include just your good old fashioned non-homeschooling parents and grandparents. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background, welcome.

When you sign up, you gain free, forever access to all our features, including our living book lists and homeschooling resources. Oh, and give yourself a hug—you get one of those from us, too.

Yes. We could charge—and many people say we should—but we choose not to. Instead, we make it possible for people to donate to our cause if they have means and interest to do so.

However Stories of Color may evolve, we will never charge for access to the growing number of living book lists which remain our core focus. Seriously—those will be free forever. We promise.

That’s a great question for which we don’t have a fitting answer. Sign up now. 👇🏾