Pajama School

Do you get to wear your pajamas to school? Do you have recess or snow days? What about socialization? Every homeschooler fields dozens of questions like these. Natalie goes beyond providing simple answers and shares candidly about the experiences that led her to conclude that education is about much more than academics. Whether you’ve been homeschooling since the days of the New England Primer or are just embarking on this educational adventure, you will find hope, humor, and an ample dose of reality in the pages of Pajama School.

Pajama School is a unique book in the sense that very few books chronicle a school experience beginning as early as the fourth grade. But this book is much more than the story of a schoolgirl progressing through school with all the trials, fun, and games. This book is about a family and how God blessed this family because of their simple faith that what He says He will do. It will be a tremendous encouragement for any family who wants to obey God, but will especially bless the homeschool mom or child that needs a little encouragement to get through the day, the week, or even the school year. Natalie tells the story with brutal honesty and a refreshing prose. Without appearing to make an effort to lay down principles for living, with story after story, it’s like reading one of the parables, but much easier to see the principle that is being taught. This book is for anyone that doesn’t mind laughing, crying, and every other emotion – all in one page. The bottom line is that after you finish reading, you will say: “Natalie, when are you going to write your next book? I can’t wait.”
~Mike Smith
President, HSLDA

Natalie Wickham seems like a delightful young lady, and her homeschooling experiences have clearly contributed to her growth.
~Marvin Olasky
Editor-in-chief, WORLD

Pajama School is one of those rare books which allows readers full and generous access to the thoughts and judgments of a girl becoming a woman. It’s also a comprehensive record of “Cornerstone School,” where Natalie, Nicole, Nadine, Noelle, Naomi, and Joey Wickham learned their ABC’s and much else under the direction of their parents (and one another). Homeschooling takes many forms these days in America, but while the author is an eloquent advocate of her own experience, everyone who sets his or her own particular preference aside long enough to read Pajama School with an open mind will take real value from Miss Wickham’s observations. You’ll like this book, I feel certain.
~John Taylor Gatto
Author, Dumbing Us Down and Weapons of Mass Instruction

Natalie writes convincingly and cheerfully of the “other” side of homeschooling – that of the student. I enjoyed the honest, inside look at a homeschooling family navigating through the turbulent waters of modern day life. But beyond the humor is Natalie’s heart for living for the Lord as an adult. This book will be an inspirational resource for all those “others” who, like Natalie, have finished homeschooling and are seeking God’s will. This is a welcome addition to all the books on homeschooling!
~Jan Bloom
Veteran Homeschool Mom of 3
Book Expert, Books Bloom

Pajama School is a warm-hearted, exuberant, and thoughtful story of nurtured life in a homeschooling family, and a little more life after homeschooling!
~Kevin Swanson
Founder, Generations.org