Arkansas Homeschool Families: Use Your EFA Funds on Award-Winning Children’s Books

Mims House is a proud approved vendor for the Arkansas Education Freedom Account (EFA) program. That means you can use your ClassWallet funds to purchase our award-winning STEM, language arts, and bilingual books for your homeschool.

What is the Arkansas EFA?

The Education Freedom Account program, part of Governor Sanders LEARNS Act, provides Arkansas families with funds to use for private school tuition, homeschool curriculum, and educational materials. For the 2025-2026 school year, eligible students receive $6,864 to spend on approved educational expenses, including books.

Funds are distributed through ClassWallet, a digital wallet that makes purchasing from approved vendors simple and seamless.

Mims House Books

Mims House publishes award-winning children’s books for ages 5-14, with a focus on science, writing skills, and bilingual education. Our books have received multiple awards for science, social studies, and English education.

Mims House Books is a Little Rock based publisher, with books from author Darcy Pattison. She homeschooled her children for 12 years and that experience was the start of her writing career. 

How to Purchase with Your EFA Funds

Purchasing from Mims House with your ClassWallet funds is simple:

Step 1: Log into your ClassWallet account.. Click through to shop on MimsHouseBooks.com

Step 2: Browse our classroom collections; or choose single titles and add your selections to your cart.

Step 3: Proceed to checkout. Enter your shipping information.

Step 4: At payment, you’ll be taken back to ClassWallet where you can choose the EFA funds to pay.

Step 4: Your books will ship directly to your home!

Book Collections

Moments in Science (10 books)

These ten picture books discuss science topics from the NextGen science standards that fit the 2-5^th grade curriculum. You’ll learn about candles (light), sound, eclipses, pollen, artificial intelligence, fevers, the Dust Bowl, magnets, the invention of aquariums, and climate maps. Choose hardcover or paperback books.

Essay and Friendly Letter Writing Collection (5 books)

Build strong writers with our language arts collection. Includes four opinion/essay writing books and a friendly letter writing picture book. Download free lesson plans and worksheets.

Bilingual Classroom Library (10 books)

Five titles in both English and Spanish perfect for dual-language homeschools, heritage Spanish speakers, or students learning Spanish as a second language. Read in one language, check comprehension in the other.

Questions?

We’re an Arkansas-based publisher and we’re here to help. If you have any questions about using your EFA funds with Mims House, please email us at SueFoster@MimsHouseBooks.com.

Ready to Build Your Classroom Library?

Not yet enrolled in the Arkansas EFA program? Visit arkansasefa.com to learn more and apply. The 2025-2026 application is now open.