No! This is an incredibly affordable curriculum and quite a bit cheaper than most homeschooling curriculum. The Good and the Beautiful's goal is to strengthen children and families, which is why they keep their profit-margin low. You can purchase the PDF for a small cost or purchase the curriculum printed and bound. Because the curriculum is very affordable, I have unfortunately found that the spiral binding on the books isn't the best quality. Almost every one of our course books this past year has lost quite a few pages because of weak spiral binding. My suggestion would be that you open to the daily lesson for each child so that you can ensure that the book stays bound.