28 Places to Check for Homeschool Books and Save Money

You've spent weeks making sure your homeschool curriculum for the coming year is just perfect, and now you just need to find the books to make it all come together.

But where to find the books if you can't spend a fortune on every shiny, brand-new resource you would like to have or need for your homeschool journey? It can feel like a treasure hunt, for sure.

I've compiled a list of 28 budget-friendly options for sleuthing out your homeschool curriculum. 

Happy hunting!

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Here are 28 places where you can check for books you need, as well as some hidden gems! 

*Some of these include affiliate links so, for instance, if you purchase something on BooksRun, I get some points that go toward purchasing my own homeschool books. So thank you!

1. AbeBooks
2. Alibris
3. Amazon (click the used)
4. Best Bookstores by State (blog post)
5. Better World Books
6. Biblio.com
7. Book Bundler
8. Bookfinder 
9. BookScouter 
10. BooksRun — Just to the right of this post, you can type in the name of a book you're looking for in the BooksRun box and find out how much it would be to purchase it. You can also find out how much you could get for the book if you would like to sell it!
11. Chegg 
12. eBay 
13. Etsy
14. Facebook (groups, personal, Marketplace, used curriculum sale events)
15. Friends and fellow homeschoolers who have older kids who may have taken the course, so they might have the book you need. I'm always more willing to part with books on my bookshelf if someone is offering me money for them!
16. Garage sales — True, this is more for when you are planning WAY ahead or in pure perusal mode, but you never know what you might find!
17. Half Price Books 
18. Homeschooling in Kansas City — These are books from my personal homeschool bookshelf, so I can meet locally or ship for a fee. Photos will be added, and offerings taken down immediately once payment has been made.
19. HomeWorks for Books — This is a local Kansas City area homeschooling foster family with a HUGE consignment business. We have consigned some of our coop books and I've consigned my personal books and we've done very well going through her!
20. Library (yours) 
21. Library (friend's or family member's) 
22. Little Neighborhood Library (you never know what you'll find in there ... a paperback copy of To Kill a Mockingbird, maybe a copy of 1984)
23. Pango
24. Powell's Books
25. Second Sale 
26. SellBackYourBook.com
27. ThriftBooks 
28. Thrift stores — You never know what books you might find at your rinky-dink neighborhood thrift store!

Have more ideas? Let me know in the comments or at mommykerrie@yahoo.com. Thanks!

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