Faith-based literature-based homeschool curricula, compared

5 programs, listed alphabetically, each with its grades, method, format and cost a year as the publisher’s own site showed them on October 29, 2026. Open a card for the strengths, the watch-outs and who it fits.

What this list holds

We label a program faith-based when the publisher's own pages describe the program or the publisher in faith terms.

Literature-based programs teach through real books, often read aloud, with a schedule that tells you what to read each day and questions or narration to go with it.

At a glance

All 5 show a price on the publisher's site. For one child and one year of the main package they run from $49 to $1,129.45.
How the child works: 5 books and workbooks.
3 of the 5 have a placement test or level guide on the publisher's site, linked on each card.
Grades: 3 reach pre-K or kindergarten, all reach the elementary grades, all reach middle school and all reach high school.

Alphabetical. We never rank programs, and none pays to appear.
Program	Subjects	Grades	Method	Format	Cost a year	Faith label
Beautiful Feet BooksBeautiful Feet Books	History and geography, Science	K–12	Charlotte Mason, Literature-based	Books and workbooks	$255.95	Faith-based
Life of FredPolka Dot Publishing	Math	1–12	Literature-based	Books and workbooks	$49	Faith-based
My Father's WorldMy Father's World	All subjects	Pre-K–12	Charlotte Mason, Classical, Unit studies, Literature-based	Books and workbooks	$385.74	Faith-based
Notgrass HistoryNotgrass History	History and geography	1–12	Literature-based	Books and workbooks	$221	Faith-based
SonlightSonlight Curriculum	All subjects	Pre-K–12	Literature-based	Books and workbooks	$1,129.45	Faith-based

Each program in a line

Beautiful Feet Books: A family that wants to teach history and geography through real books read aloud together, with discussion rather than worksheets, across several grades at once.
Life of Fred: A child who loves stories and reading, in a family that wants inexpensive, self-contained books with little parent preparation.
My Father's World: A family teaching several children that wants one plan for history, science and the arts, with books, notebooking and hands-on projects.
Notgrass History: A family that wants an open-and-go history course with real novels and primary sources, used with one child or several together.
Sonlight: A family that wants to learn through real books read together, with every day of the year planned in a guide.

Before you buy

That label is the only thing these pages say about religion. If it matters to you, read the publisher's own pages.

Count the books a year needs and how many you can borrow. Check how much of the day is the parent reading aloud, and whether that suits your family.

Most publishers post samples and a placement test; each card links the placement test where the publisher has one.

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How we label

Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.

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