HUNT PRESS

2008 South Bedford Street
Los Angeles, CA 90034
310.890.8617
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


LOS ANGELES, CA – September 29, 2008 - HOMESCHOOLERS CELBRATE A HAPPY ENDING IN CALIFORNIA


Homeschoolers across the state of California are preparing their paperwork for the 2008 school year. With the recent ruling on homeschooling in California confirming the legality of family-based private schools, homeschoolers will have no fear between October 1st and October 15th when they will be filing their private school affidavit to the California Department of Education.


On Sunday, October 12th, from 2pm-5pm, homeschoolers in the greater Los Angeles region are invited to come celebrate their recognized freedom and the beginning of their school year, at the launch party for the newly published book Deschooling Gently: A Step by Step Guide to Fearless Homeschooling, by Tammy Takahashi.


Diverse homeschoolers with children as young as preschool age, all the way up to high school age, from a varied religious (or not) and cultural backgrounds will join Tammy Takahashi and Hunt Press in a festival of games, food, and camaraderie.


At 3:00-3:30, Tammy Takahashi will speak on the topic of "The Real Cons of Homeschooling: Socialization and Socializing." This provocative and inspiring talk will change the way you think about how homeschoolers make friends and understand culture.


This event is free. Everyone is welcome.


October 12th

2pm-5pm

Center for Spiritual Living

4845 Dunsmore Avenue

La Crescenta, CA 91214


More about Deschooling Gently: Deshooling Gently is a much-needed and refreshingly drama-free view on how to make the transition from School with a capital S, to homeschool, including directions and information on how to get educated on the laws governing homeschooling in your state. Books will be available for purchase and signing.


Praise for Deschooling Gently by Diane Flynn Keith, Author of Carschooling, Editor of Homefires.com, Founder of UnviersalPreschool.com, and Publisher of ClickSchooling:

“If you are new to homeschooling, thinking about homeschooling, and especially if you are unhappily homeschooling—read this book. It will save you hours of time, tons of frustration, and a backpack full of money. Deschooling Gently is an intelligent, practical, frank, and fearless guide on how to take the "school" out of homeschooling in order to raise children who are happily educated, life-long learners. Tammy Takahashi gently shows you how to redefine curriculum and other schoolish concerns as a set of goals and tools with limitless possibilities that will help your children be the best they can be. Buy several copies and sprinkle them around the house as constant touchstones to maintain balance, flexibility, fun, heart, and meaningful purpose in your family's homeschool life. Deschooling Gently is one of the best homeschool books I've read and destined to become a classic for homeschoolers in the 21st century!”

Deschooling Gently is available through Amazon and other online booksellers, for $19.94. It is also available through special order at any bookstore. Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Deschooling-Gently-Tammy-Takahashi/dp/0615208770



Tammy Takahashi lives and learns with her three children and her supportive husband in sunny Southern California. She is the editor of the California HomeSchooler magazine (http://www.hsc.org), and writes an alternative education blog (http://justenough.wordpress.com). An acknowledged and leading expert on homeschooling and unschooling, she’s also been interviewed on CNN, Fox News and NPR.



She has written many articles for Home Education Magazine, Natural Learning (formerly Life Learning) Magazine, and CHNews. She has presented at the Homeschool Association of California conference for the past four years. She was a workshop presenter at the California Homeschool Network Expo for the last three years, and was the featured speaker in 2007. Tammy Takahashi is available for workshops and speaking engagements. Contact Hunt Press for more information.



For more information, please contact Angela Hunt at ahunt@huntpress.com or 310-890-8617.



ABOUT PUBLISHER

Hunt Press is a small press devoted to publishing work that support a alternative knowledge and a personal path to that knowledge, as well as outstanding genre works of fiction. In short, works that give hope.



Hunt Press was founded to help independently published authors and artists get noticed by the media. Hunt Press titles are available for purchase through http://huntpress.com, http://www.amazon.com and independent bookstores.



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MEDIA CONTACT: Angela Hunt, ahunt@huntpress.com, 310-890-8617.

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