Education Catalog for Parents, Teachers & Children - SteinerBooks

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education resource 

catalog 

A comprehensive selection of titles on Waldorf education • child development 

• early childhood education • family and child health • activities with children 

• as well as picture books for young children • early readers • adventure stories 

for young adults • Christmas books, • special care • teaching resources • and more. 

BookS for ParentS, teacherS, and children 

PLUS • A chapter from drawing with hand, head, and heart by Van James 

• An extract from i am different from You by Peter Selg 

• How to Make a Pencil Case: a craft project from living crafts magazine 

• Recipes from the community cooks 

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Contents 

new Books 

Picture Books for the 

p. 1 

Young Child p. 12 

story Books p. 30 

Folk tales p. 31 

Verses and Poems p. 34 

Young Adult p. 35 

Gift Books p. 37 

Christmas Books p. 38 

Celebrating Festivals p. 41 

Activities with Children p. 42 

Cookbooks p. 50 

Family and Child Health p. 52 

early Childhood 

education and Child 

p. 55 

Development p. 57 

special Care p. 65 

Parenting and Family 

Foundations of Waldorf 

p. 67 

education 

Waldorf education Resources 

p. 70 

series p. 74 

teacher Resources p. 75 

Articles: 

extract – Drawing with Hand, Head, 

and Heart, By Van James p. 77 

Recipes from The Community Cooks p. 82 

Living Crafts Magazine – “How to” p. 83 

extract – I Am Different from You, 

By Peter self p. 84 

Index p. 94 

order Form p. 96 

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Dear Parents, Teachers, and Friends, 

In this 2012-2013 Education Resource Catalog you will find 

inspiring new books added to our growing list of titles to help 

parents and teachers cope with the pressures and stresses of 

life today, and with the particular challenge of guiding children 

in our increasingly complicated, hectic world. One of 

the best ways that we can interact with the world and engage 

children health-fully and wholly in the world — hands, head, 

and heart — is through the arts. Van James, writer, artist, and 

Waldorf teacher, has written Drawing with Hand, Head, and 

Heart as a thoughtful, hands-on guide for everyone to learn new ways of seeing the 

world through a natural approach to the art of drawing. Therapeutic Storytelling; 

Addictive Behavior in Children and Young Adults; Ashes to Gold; and Too Much, Too 

Soon all tackle difficult issues with wise and effective ideas. From Floris comes a 

number of titles that support and inspire parents, teachers and children in practical 

ways through healthy activities: The Wonder of Trees, Making Geometry, Geometry 

in Nature, Stargazers’ Almanac, and more. 

Our new children’s picture books include imaginative stories with delightful 

illustrations that bring adults and children closer to nature and the elementals: 

The Knottles written by Nancy Mellon and illustrated by Ruth Lieberherr, which 

encourages children to pay attention to the gentle spirits of the pine trees; Jonathan’s 

Journey, a magical journey to the Inside Land by Elizabeth Lomdardi; and 

a reprint of the beloved Fairy Worlds and Workers by Marjorie Spock and Ingrid 

Gibb, who experienced the Little People firsthand. And yet another adventure of 

Findus and Farmer Pettson by Sven Nordqvist is filled with uproarious antics and 

elemental humor. Young children will be delighted by new-found offerings of the 

popular, classic authors Elsa Beskow, The Children of Hat Cottage and Rosalind and 

the Little Deer, and Sylvie von Olfers, The Story of Little Billy Blue Socks, as well as 

My First Root Children, a boardbook version of the bestselling Story of the Root 

Children. The beloved modern interpreter of the fairy kingdom, Daniela Drescher, 

charms us again with a new book, Lily the Little Princess. Hay for My Ox, a book of 

stories and poems collected by Isabel Wyatt that has been the classic early reader 

in Waldorf schools is back at last by request in a newly edited version. Carnegie 

medal-winning author, Theresa Breslin, has collected 11 of the best-loved tales 

of Scottish tradition that have been exquisitely illustrated to make a book which 

will be cherished for years to come; and in The Coming of the Unicorn, Scottish 

Traveller tales by Duncan Williamson, “one of the world’s best-known story tellers” 

(The Times), have been faithfully written down by folklorist Linda Williamson. 

These are just some of the many wonderful titles you will find in our Education 

Resource Catalog this year. We have also added excerpts from the work of Van 

James and Peter Selg to give you a glimpse of the deep insights our authors bring to 

educating and parenting today, along with another practical and beautiful project 

from Living Crafts magazine editor Pardis Amirshahi and a sample of delicious 

recipes from The Community Cooks. 

I hope that you will find our selections of books and excerpts informative and 

interesting, and that they will infuse your family and school experiences with 

enthusiasm and new ideas. 

With very best wishes, 

Eugene Gollogly 

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the Knottles 

Nancy Mellon, Illustrated by Ruth Lieberherr 

ISBN: 9781621480037 paperBack SteINerBookS $11.95 32 pageS 

A family builds a new home at the edge of a pine forest. When the children go to sleep in their pinewood 

bedroom for the first time, they have a most surprising dream. Out of a large pinewood knot climb 

seven little knottles, who are the guardians of the pine trees. 

The knottles sing and dance and feast with the children in their dreams. 

Remember the pine trees, how they grow, 

In the summer, in the snow, 

Remember the pine trees, root in stone, 

Twig and limb, seed and cone, 

And a golden heart in every tree, 

Giving people wood for free. 

When the children wake up in the morning they are inspired to plant pine tree seedlings with 

their parents. And they promise to take good care of all their trees “for always.” 

Nancy Mellon has guided storytelling and writing groups for many years. A former 

Waldorf teacher, she has given storytelling and art therapeutic courses at many locations 

in the US and UK. Her books include Storytelling With Children and The Art of 

Imagination. 

Ruth Lieberherr has exhibited her paintings at M.I.T., Princeton University, and Northeastern 

University, as well as museums and galleries in the United States, France, and 

her native Switzerland. Her works are found in many private collections. She has also 

illustrated Winter, Awake! (see p. 22) 

A portion of the proceeds from this book supports the international charity, 

www.A Million Trees. 

Jonathan’s Journey 

Elizabeth Lombardi 

ISBN: 9781621480143 Hardcover SteINerBookS $17.95 40 pageS 

Listen, now, and be quite still. 

The stars are singing over the hill. 

One shines for you on this clear night. 

Open your heart and let in the light. 

It has been snowing all day, and now it is Christmas Eve. But 

Jonathan James is sick in bed. Just as he is closing his sleepy eyes, 

a little dwarf comes sliding down his bedroom curtain and invites him to 

the Inside Land, where he meets Father Christmas, who has a message for 

Jonathan. Father Christmas also makes a promise to Squirrel, Rabbit, Bird, and Mouse, who cannot find 

any food in the snowy woods. 

When Jonathan wakes up on Christmas morning he is all better, and he finds a shiny new sled at the foot 

of his bed. But he thinks there is something that he should do before he goes out to play in the snow. 

Then he remembers the hungry animals out in the snow and fills his new sled with nuts, seeds, carrots, 

and all sorts of good things for them to eat. Even the chickens 

have grain to spare. 

This enchanting holiday story is a special bedtime tale to read 

to young children during the Christmas season. 

Elizabeth L. Lombardi is an art teacher with many years of experience. She has taught at the 

Waldorf schools of Garden City, NY; Princeton, NJ; and Great Barrington, MA. She also has 

taught at the College of New Jersey in Trenton and Mercer County Community College, and 

has been president of the Garden State Watercolor Society and an elected member in the New 

Jersey Watercolor Society. She has won awards in available numerous state November 

and national watercolor shows. 

available iN November 

New Books

New Books 

calm Kids 

Help children relax with Mindful 

activities 

Lorraine E. Murray 

ISBN: 9780863158629 paperBack 

FlorIS BookS $18.95 176 pageS 

Stress and behavioral disorders are common in 

children, as they are increasingly bombarded by 

marketing campaigns, confronted with school 

and peer pressure, and affected by the stress of 

adults around them. 

Lorraine Murray shows parents, teachers, and 

youth workers how mindfulness and meditation 

can help children recognize and cope with 

these pressures, releasing bad feelings gently and 

giving them simple tools to deal with tension 

and stress throughout their lives. This practical 

book is suitable for complete beginners or 

those with some experience of relaxation and 

meditation techniques. 

Lorraine E. Murray is the managing director of 

the holistic health company Feel Good Therapies. 

Since 2003 she has taught meditation and relaxation 

methods to all ages and levels, and has worked with 

centers for cancer, numerous primary and secondary 

schools, commercial corporations, and individual 

families. Her passion is to help children strengthen 

their self-esteem through meditation and mindfulness, 

and to empower adults to help them. 

ashes to gold 

the alchemy of Mentoring the delinquent Boy 

Brad Fern, MA, LAMFT and Tom Lutz, MA, LP, LICSW 

ISBN: 9781590563069 paperBack laNterN BookS $12.00 128 pageS 

too much, too soon? 

early learning and the erosion of 

childhood 

Edited and introduced by 

Richard House, Ph.D. 

Foreword by Annette Brooke, MP 

Preface by Steve Biddulph 

ISBN: 9781907359026 paperBack HaWtHorN 

preSS, early yearS SerIeS $38.00 376 pageS 

Too Much, Too Soon? tackles the burning question 

of how to reverse the erosion of childhood 

by nurturing young children’s wellbeing and 

learning capacity. Children’s lives have been 

speeded up by commercialization, adultification, 

and misguided government programs 

such as No Child Left Behind. 

In 22 compelling chapters leading educators, 

researchers, policy-makers, and parents advocate 

for alternative ways for slowing childhood, 

better policy-making, and most important, the 

right learning at the right time in children’s 

growth—when they are developmentally ready. 

Richard House, Ph.D. lectures at the Research 

Centre for Therapeutic Education, University of 

Roehampton. He is a Waldorf kindergarten educator 

and founder-member of the Open EYE campaign. 

He writes extensively on childcare, education and 

psychotherapeutic issues. 

Adolescence can be a challenging period for youths, especially in today’s 

culture, where the ancient rites of passage that societies once used to help 

guide boys into manhood have disappeared. In an in-depth analysis of 

the Grimm Brothers’ fairytale “The Devil’s Sooty Brother,” therapists and 

teachers Brad Fern and Tom Lutz provide a practical and mythic outline 

for the journey from adolescence to maturity for young men. 

Brad Fern is a psychotherapist in private practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He 

has been involved in mythopoetic men’s work since 1986. He is the co-author of 

Songs of My Families. 

Tom Lutz has worked with adolescents and families for thirty-three years. He has 

been the clinical director of several Minnesota sex-offender programs and correctional 

institutions. He is in private practice in Hastings, Minnesota. 

addictive Behaviour in 

children and young adults 

the Struggle for Freedom 

Raoul Goldberg, M.D. 



Addiction is one of the most critical problems 

of our modern world, affecting children as 

much as adults. We face not only widespread 

dependency on illicit substances, but also addictions 

to food, beverages, cigarettes and alcohol, 

as well as electronic gadgetry, online social 

networks, and entertainment media within a 

culture of violence, along with excessive and 

unhealthy sexual practices. 

This important book explores the overall health 

consequences of addictive behavior in children 

and young people, as well as its underlying 

causes. Drawing on anthroposophical insights, 

the author sees the child holistically as body, 

soul and spirit on a developmental journey 

from newborn to adult. 

Dr. Raoul Goldberg has practiced Integrative Medicine 

for thirty-five years in Switzerland, Germany, 

and in his homeland, South Africa. He is the author 

of Awakening to Child Health (see p. 53) and many 

other publications on Integrative Medicine and 

Child Health. 

under the stars 

the Foundations of Steiner Waldorf 

early childhood education 

Dr. Renate Long-Breipohl, 

Foreword by Janni Nicol 


HaWtHorN preSS $36.00 240 pageS 

A profound and practical 

anthology on the principles 

and methods of 

Waldorf early-childhood 

education for early-years 

educators to deepen their 

insights into Steiner’s 

inspiring, holistic understanding 

of children. 

This book presents the 

author’s thought-provoking 

insights and principles that arise from 

lifelong work in kindergarten education. His 

ideas will free educators to transform their ways 

of observing children, their practice, and their 

self-development. 

Dr. Renate Long-Breipohl taught kindergarten for 

many years and now advises and lectures around 

the world in early-childhood education. 

Janni Nicol is editor and publisher of the biannual 

KINDLING Journal for Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood 

(Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship). 

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ead the first chapter, 

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drawing with hand, head, 

and heart 

a Natural approach to learning the 

art of drawing 

Van James 

ISBN: 9780880106443 paperBack SteINerBookS 

$30. 288 pageS 576 color & B/W IlluStratIoNS 

Van James helps us to understand visual art by 

enabling us to enter into the world of form and 

color as such, not simply as the media to depict 

representational reality . . . he guides us into 

developing new ways of seeing. 

— Hans-Joachim Mattke, International 

Waldorf school consultant, author, 

actor and stage director 

Drawing with Hand, Head, and Heart is a 

comprehensive and practical guide to the art of 

drawing and to the process of visual thinking 

that is part of our full human intelligence. More 

than 500 illustrated exercises and examples, 

collected and developed over many years of 

Waldorf classroom experience, show teachers, 

parents, and students how to learn to draw simply 

and naturally, as a child would learn to draw. 

The introduction examines 

contemporary research on 

brain development and its 

relationship to learning, showing 

how the process of picturemaking 

contributes to the development 

of visual thinking. 

An overview follows of how 

children learn to draw, and 

how their visual intelligence 

can be engaged through ageappropriate 

drawing exercises. 

Many useful examples of form 

drawing, portraiture, and geometric 

and perspective drawing 

illustrate the art and science of 

drawing for students of all ages 

and ability levels. Van James 

also provides samples of inspiring 

blackboard drawings and main lesson book 

pages for teachers and students. 

Van James is a writer, an international adult education 

instructor, and a teaching artist at the Honolulu 

Waldorf High School and at the Kula Makua Teacher 

Training Program in Hawaii. He is a freelance graphic 

designer, illustrator, photographer, and the editor 

of Pacifica Journal. As an artist, he has exhibited in 

Europe, the United States, and Asia, where his paintings 

have received awards and are found in numerous 

private collections. He is the 

author of, among other books, 

Spirit and Art: Pictures of the 

Transformation of Consciousness 

and The Secret Language 

of Form: Visual Meaning in Art 

and Nature. 

storytelling for life 

Why Stories Matter and 

Ways of telling them 

Josie Felce 

ISBN: 9780863159237 paperBack FlorIS BookS 

$26.95 144 pageS 

Children develop emotional intelligence by 

being immersed in stories that deal with the 

challenges they face in growing up. Josie Felce 

discusses the use of stories in the Waldorf school 

curriculum and the therapeutic value of stories 

throughout our adult lives. 

She considers the difference 

between telling and reading 

a story, offering practical 

advice on body language 

and presentation skills. 

Throughout the book she 

recommends suitable stories 

for different age groups and 

situations, with examples of 

how to adapt stories and tailor 

them for your listeners. 

Josie Felce began working with 

stories as a puppeteer in the 

1980s and became a professional 

storyteller in the mid 

1990s. She taught in a Waldorf 

school for eight years. 

Brothers and sisters 

the order of Birth in the Family: an expanded edition 

Karl König, Introduction by Richard Steel 

ISBN: 9780863158469 paperBack FlorIS BookS $20.00 160 pageS 

According to Karl König, just as our environment 

shapes our language, social behavior, and 

mannerisms, so our place in the family also 

determines how we encounter life. In this classic 

work, he examines the various characteristics of 

first-, second- and third-born children. 

This new edition in the Karl König Archive 

series includes an introduction by series editor 

Richard Steel, an extended introduction and 

two new essays by Karl König, some of König’s 

lecture notes and transcriptions, and an essay by 

New Books 

therapeutic storytelling 

101 Healing Stories for children 

Susan Perrow 



Working with imaginative journeys and the 

mystery and magic of metaphor, Susan Perrow 

has developed the art of therapeutic storytelling 

for children’s challenging behavior and difficult 

situations. She offers a tried and tested method 

for creating a unique story for each child. 

This treasury of 101 new healing stories address 

issues – from unruly behavior to grieving, 

anxiety, lack of confidence, bullying, teasing, 

nightmares, intolerance, inappropriate talk, 

toileting, bedwetting, and much more. 

Create your own therapeutic stories using 

exercises and methods such as the “metaphor, 

journey, and resolution” framework; find suitable 

behavior stories for children aged 3-10 years 

using different categories for easy reference; 

explore the use of healing stories for global and 

national challenging situations; and develop your 

storytelling skills using useful tips and anecdotes. 

Susan Perrow M.Ed gives therapeutic storytelling 

workshops from China to Africa, Europe to America 

and across her native Australia. She is a storyteller, 

teacher trainer, parent educator and counsellor. Her 

acclaimed first book, Healing Stories for Challenging 

Behaviour (see p. 68), has been translated into 

several languages. 

A. Limbrunner about 

the significance for today 

of König’s work on 

family order. 

Karl König (1902-66) was 

well-known as a physician, 

author, and lecturer. He began his work at the 

Institute of Embryology at the University of Vienna. 

In 1940 he founded the Camphill Movement in 

Scotland. He is the author of The First Three Years 

of the Child (p. 59.). 

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New Books 

Recently discovered classic from Sibylle von Olfers 

available for the first time in English. 

the story of little Billy BluesocKs 

Sibylle von Olfers 

ISBN: 9780863159046 Hardcover FlorIS BookS $17.95 

24 pageS 

This charming story, told in verse, shares a day in the life 

of a fun-loving little boy as he goes through the day doing 

tasks that all children will enjoy. He wakes up, plants 

a seed, feeds the rabbits, plays on the seesaw with his dog, 

picks apples, has a delicious supper and finally goes to 

bed. (Ages 2-5) 

my first root children 

Sibylle von Olfers 

ISBN: 9780863158599 Board Book FlorIS BookS $9.95 

10 pageS 

The classic, bestselling 

Story of the Root Children 

is presented for the 

first time as a boardbook 

for very young 

children. (Ages 1-3) 

board book 

See page 18 for more books by Sibylle von Olfers 

the tomtes of hilltop farm 

Brenda Tyler 


32 pageS color IlluStratIoNS 

Tomtes are small creatures who can only be seen by children. 

They live in ancient woods and like to help people 

and animals. 

At Hilltop Farm 

crops are failing, the animals are badly behaved, and Bella 

the cow is ill. But Emily and Jamie are determined to save the 

farm, so they ask their friends the Tomtes for help. 

For the first story about the helpful Tomtes of Hilltop Wood, 

see p. 24. (Ages 5-8) 

Brenda Tyler grew up in the New Forest in southern England and 

her love of trees and woodland flourished from there. 

reuBen and Barney’s day 

on the farm 

Nannie Kuiper 

Illustrated by Alex de Wolf 

ISBN: 9780863158582 Hardcover FlorIS 

BookS $17.95 28 pageS 

Reuben lives on a farm with his dog Barney. They 

wake up and rush outside to start an exciting new 

day. They feed the chickens, pigs, and rabbits, weed 

the vegetable patch, and stop the naughty goats 

from eating all the flowers. They visit the cows, 

ride Chestnut the pony, and try not to get stung by 

the buzzy bees. They play outside in the fields and 

the orchard until it’s time to go home for supper. 

Children will make friends with lovable Reuben 

and Barney as they play and do simple jobs on 

the farm. (Ages 3-6) 

Nannie Kuiper writes and translates 

books for young children. She has 

taught courses and written articles 

on the subject of child development. 

Alex de Wolf studied illustration 

at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie 

in Amsterdam. In addition to illustrating 

many books for children, 

he has created the comic strip Mop 

and Family. 


2 New classics from elsa beskow 

the children of hat cottage 

Elsa Beskow 

ISBN: 9780863158551 Hardcover 


In the middle of the lake was a small island, 

where a little woman lived in a little cottage 

with her three children. It was the shape of a 

hat! They called it Hat Cottage. The children 

loved their little cottage and their mother kept 

it clean as a king’s castle… 

However, one day, while their mother is away 

looking for yarn to make some new clothes, 

the children try to be helpful by cleaning the 

chimney. They are soon covered in soot. They 

take a bath in the lake, and then build a fire to 

heat water to wash their clothes, when suddenly 

things take a turn for the worse. 

But there is help nearby, and it all turns out well 

in the end—with three happy children eating 

honey cakes in their new home. (Ages 4 to 7) 

rosalind and the little deer 

Elsa Beskow 

Translated by Kristina Turner 



Rosalind loves to play with her little deer in the 

shade of the lime tree. One day a hunter comes 

along with his dog and frightens the deer away. 

The deer is captured by a king and put in a 

golden cage, but it is so sad that it refuses to eat. 

When Rosalind finds out what has happened 

to the little deer she tries to persuade the king 

to part with his pet and set the little deer free. 

(Ages 4-7) 

hay for my ox and other stories 

a First reading Book for Waldorf Schools 

Isabel Wyatt 

ISBN: 9780863159138 paperBack FlorIS BookS $14.95 

104 pageS color IlluStratIoNS 2Nd edItIoN 

This classic early reading book for Waldorf schools 

is available again in a newly edited edition. The 

stories and poems range in style and content from 

the fairytale elements of Class 1 (age 6-7) to the 

legends and animal fables introduced in Class 2 

Stories include The Prince Who Kept Pigs, The 

Tree of Three Cries, The Giant and the Child, The 

Fork-Tail and the Rams, and The Monkey and the 

Pea. (Ages 7-8). 

Elsa Beskow – New Books 

elsa BesKow 2013 calendar 

ISBN: 9780863158889 FlorIS BookS $13.95 

$13.95 12 x 12 INcHeS 24 pageS 

NoN-returNaBle 

This monthly calendar is beautifully illustrated 

with seasonal artwork from Elsa Beskow’s 

books. Special dates include the main U.S., 

UK, and Swedish public holidays. 

Isabel Wyatt (1901- 

1992) spent many 

years teaching young 

children and was 

then co-director of 

studies at Hawkwood College in Gloucestershire. She 

compiled many books for children, including The Seven- 

Year-Old Wonder Book, King Beetle-Tamer and The Book 

of Fairy Princes. 


New Books 

the princess and the pea 

Hans Christian Andersen; 

Illustrated by Maja Dusíková 



The prince is looking everywhere for a true 

princess to be his wife, but all the girls he meets 

are too rude, too vain, or too greedy. 

One stormy night a lovely girl knocks on the 

palace door claiming to be a princess, so the 

queen decides to put her to the test. Only a real 

princess could be sensitive enough to feel a pea 

beneath 20 mattresses and 20 quilts and prove 

herself to be a true princess. (Ages 3-6) 

The popular children’s book artist Maja Dusíková 

has illustrated over forty books for children. 

The classic 

fairy Tale 

by haNs 

chrisTiaN 

aNderseN 

findus moves out 

Sven Nordqvist 

ISBN: 9781907359187 Hardcover HaWtHorN 

preSS $22.00 28 pageS 

Every day at four o’clock in the morning, Findus 

likes to jump up and down on his bed. He wakes 

Farmer Pettson, who tells him to stop. Because 

cats really need their early morning exercise, 

Findus decides to find a house of his own where 

he can jump and bounce when he likes. But 

jumping on beds is one thing... living without 

Farmer Pettson is quite another. (Ages 5-8) 

See pp. 19 & 39 for more adventures of Findus and Farmer Pettson 

in the land of twilight 

Astrid Lindgren 

Illustrated by Marit Törnqvist 

Translated by Polly Lawson 

ISBN: 9780863158865 Book (Hardcover) FlorIS 


Goran has an injured leg and is bored spending 

so much time in bed. But when his mother turns 

out the light at night, Mr. Lilyvale knocks on the 

window and takes him to the Land of Twilight. 

It doesn’t matter that he has an injured leg in 

the Land of Twilight. They eat candy that grows 

on trees in the park, play with bear cubs, and 

meet a moose. They even visit the King and 

Queen in their royal palace. At the end of their 

journey each morning, Mr. Lilyvale always 

brings Goran home just before his mother 

comes to wake him. 

This delightful story about the power of the 

imagination is set in a magical version of 

Stockholm and painted in beautiful twilight 

tones. (Ages 5-8) 

Astrid Lindgren (1906-2002) was a well-known 

Swedish writer whose works renewed children’s 

literature in Scandinavia. Her books for children 

received many awards, including the Lewis Carroll 

Shelf Award for Pippi Longstocking in 1973; the 

Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1958; and the 

International Book Award from UNESCO in 1993. 


the coming of the unicorn 

Duncan Williamson 

Edited by Linda Williamson 


$15.95 160 pageS 

Duncan Williamson came from a family of 

Traveling People. They told stories around the 

campfire for entertainment and for teaching. As 

a child Duncan learned the ways of the world 

through those stories. “My father’s knowledge 

told us how to live in this world as natural human 

beings—not to be greedy, not to be foolish, 

not to be daft or selfish—by stories.” 

For more than sixty years, Duncan traveled 

around Scotland—on foot, then in a horse 

and cart, and later in an old van—collecting 

tales that come not only from the Traveling 

People but also from the crofters, farmers, and 

shepherds he met along the way. (Ages 8-12) 

Duncan Williamson (1928- 

2007) was the seventh of sixteen 

children in a family of Travelers 

who set up camp every winter, 

wandering the Highlands in 

summer, hawking tin and natural 

willowwares. Duncan set out on his own at fifteen, 

continuing the traditional trades of his people. In 

1980, he moved to a farm cottage in Fife with his wife, 

Linda, who transcribed some of his vast repertoire 

of songs, stories, and family history. When Duncan 

died, he left behind a worldwide legacy. 

Linda Williamson has a PhD from Edinburgh University, 

and is an American folklorist, storyteller, 

and editor. 

There’s a lesson to be learned from each tale, 

about friendship, kindness, sharing, or doing 

one’s duty… a strong respect for nature and 

for animals. Williamson believed that stories, 

unlike toys, can “last you the entire time of your 

life.” A fine collection to share, whether read 

aloud or told. — Kirkus Reviews 

Mesmerizing…one of the world's best-known 

storytellers. — The Times 

fairy worlds and worKers 

a Natural History of Fairyland 

Marjorie Spock 

Brush drawings by Ingrid Gibb 


$12.95 48 pageS 

Rudolf Steiner was a close observer of the 

“Middle Kingdom,” the Land of Life, and gave 

numerous lectures that describe the work of 

its inhabitants, the elementals. It was clear to 

him that they were of profound importance 

to the earth—charged not only with the maintenance 

of nature’s household, but with her 

evolutionary plans as well. Thus, the stories of 

this kingdom, fairy tales, are not only literature 

but accounts of subtler layers of fact, clothed in 

poetic imagery. Steiner also spoke repeatedly of 

the vital need to recognize their work, so that 

their efforts would prosper and the earth be 

carried forward in its evolution. 

In this profound, yet simple and delightful 

book, Marjorie Spock and Ingrid Gibb introduce 

us to the Middle Kingdom and the four 

races of the Little People: undines, sylphs, 

gnomes, and fire-spirits. 

Marjorie Spock became a student 

of Anthroposophy as a teenager 

in Dornach during the 1920s, 

and then a eurythmist, teacher, 

biodynamic gardener, and the 

author and translator of numerous 

books. Marjorie's older brother, Dr. 

Benjamin Spock, was the renowned 

pediatrician. 

New Books 

an illustrated treasury of 

scottish folK and fairy tales 

Theresa Breslin 

Illustrated by Kate Leiper 

ISBN: 9780863159077 Hardcover FlorIS BookS 

$24.95 160 pageS 

Slithering stoorworms, mischievious brownies, 

fierce kelpies and magical selkies—these are the 

creatures of Scottish folklore. 

Award-winning children’s author Theresa Breslin 

has collected eleven of the best-loved tales from all 

over Scotland. Retelling each in its own individual 

style, she presents amusing tales, moving stories, 

and enchanting fairy tales. Kate Leiper’s exquisite 

illustrations brim with otherworldly beauty. 

Theresa Breslin is a highly acclaimed Carnegie 

medal-winning children’s author. She worked for 

nearly twenty years as a librarian. Her books are 

used extensively in schools and are translated and 

distributed worldwide. 

Kate Leiper is an artist and illustrator based in Edinburgh, 

Scotland. Her work has been exhibited in 

galleries from London to the north of Scotland. She 

has been commissioned for projects by the Scottish 

Storytelling Centre and the Royal Lyceum Theatre. 

A genuinely beautiful collection that begs to be 

read aloud—or told—again and again. 

—Kirkus Reviews 


New Books – Picture Kelpies 

lost at the Zoo 

Gill Arbuthnott; Illustrated by 

Joanne Nethercott 


$11.95 32 pageS 

Rory the pet mouse goes on a trip to Edinburgh 

Zoo in Sam’s pocket. But when he leans out 

to get a better look, he falls into the anteater’s 

enclosure. How will Rory ever find Sam again 

in the enormous zoo? 

This charming zoo story is full of wonderful 

animal characters. (Ages 3-6) 

Gill Arbuthnott works as a biology teacher 

and has written several novels for older 

children: The Chaos Clock, The Chaos Quest 

and Winterbringers. (Floris Books) 

Joanne Nethercott is also the illustrator of 

Ginger Nut. (Floris Books) 

Bagpipes, Beasties and Bogles 

Tim Archbold 


$11.95 32 pageS 

Charlie McCandlewick 

takes care of the 

bogle creatures of the 

night: the Nippers and 

Nabbers who hide 

under your bed and 

the Croakies who flap 

about in cupboards. 

But once they’ve been 

safely captured in his 

thistle-cloth bag, what does Charlie do with all 

the beasties? 

Wonderfully told and illustrated, this story will 

captivate readers until the final surprise twist. 

(Ages 3-6) 

Tim Archbold has illustrated over fifty 

books for children. 

orange Juice peas 

Lari Don; Illustrated by Lizzie Wells 


$11.95 32 pageS 

Jessie is learning to be polite. But when she says 

please it sounds exactly like PEAS. When her 

new babysitter asks what she’d like to drink, 

Jessie replies, “Orange juice peas,” and that’s 

exactly what she gets! 

This is a hilarious 

story for 

young children, 

w i t h b r i g h t , 

expressive illustrations 

that 

perfectly capture 

Jessie’s increasing 

frustration 

at being misunderstood. (Ages 3-6) 

Lari Don is also the author of two other picture books 

for young children as well as novels for older children, 

including First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts; 

Wolf Notes and Other Musical Mishaps; and Storm 

Singing and other Tangled Tasks. (Floris Books) 

Lizzie Wells has worked in theater, as the manager 

of an art gallery, and now as a children’s illustrator. 

thistle street 

Mike Nicholson 

Illustrated by Claire Keay 


$11.95 32 pageS 

Thistle Street is a bustling wee high street in a 

Scottish seaside town, where you’ll meet lots of 

friendly folk and some fun Scots words. Join us 

for a DAUNDER down the street as people go 

through their day, having a good BLETHER 

outside the bakers and rushing indoors when 

the weather gets DREICH. 

Mike Nicholson is the 

author of Catscape and 

Grimm. He won the Kelpies 

Prize for new Scottish 

children’s fiction in 2005. 

(Floris Books) 

Claire Keay is an artist and 

illustrator based in Essex, 

England. 

hairy hettie 

Illustrated by Jo Allan 


$11.95 24 pageS 

Hettie the Highland cow has lots of hair to keep 

her warm and cozy. But other animals want to 

be cozy too. Two blackbirds stop by and build 

their nest in Hettie’s hair. 

This is the second story about loveable Hettie 

taking us through the seasons in Scotland. (See 

p. 25) (Ages 2-6) 

Jo Allan illustrated a book of the Gaelic alphabet 

that won the Best Children’s Book of the Year in the 

Gaelic Literacy Awards 2004. 

mac’s christmas star 

Margaret Forrester 

Illustrated by Sandra Klaassen 


$11.95 32 pageS 

It’s Christmas Eve in 

Mac the cat’s house. 

Catronia and her family 

are busy preparing for 

Christmas Day. When 

the family puts up an 

enormous Christmas 

tree, Mac is determined 

to climb it… 

A warm, funny, and festive story from everyone’s 

favorite Edinburgh cat. (See p. 25) (Ages 

3-6) 

Margaret Forrester is the author of My Cat Mac 

and The Cat Who Decided, a novel about Mac for 

6 to 9-year-olds. 

Sandra Klaassen has illustrated many children’s 

books, including Uan the Little Lamb, My Cat Mac 

and The Cat Who Decided. (Floris Books) 


Beecoming sophie 

by Susan West Kurz, Adapted by 

Mark Ellis 

Art and Graphics by Melissa Martin 

Ellis & Jeff Slemons 

ISBN: 9780983525219 paperBack Bee coN- 

ScIouS puBlISHINg $22.95 

152 pageS 

The bee that flies in Sophie Saffron’s window 

one evening is far more than she seems. She is 

Phoebee, the Queen of the Bees, and she carries 

all the secrets of their ancient wisdom. Phoebee 

has an urgent message for Sophie, who sets out 

with her brother and her friend to bring their 

whole community into “bee-conscious” action. 

Susan West Kurz has created this unique comics-style 

book to bring attention to the plight of 

the honeybee. This teen-friendly graphic novel 

includes fascinating facts about honeybees and 

practical suggestions for how everyone can help 

stop the disappearance of the bees and protect 

our food freedom. (Ages 12 and up) 

This magical insightful book serves as a practical 

guidebook, helping us find our way back to the 

stunning ancient gifts of the bees as they invite 

us to see again and renew our sacred connection. 

—Jennifer Buffet, The NoVo Foundation 

Susan West Kurz is co-founder of Dr. Hauschka Skin 

Care USA and author of Awakening Beauty the Dr. 

Hauschka Way. Since 1972, she has been involved 

in promoting a holistic approach to healing and to 

business, and to bringing biodynamic agriculture 

and gardening practices to the public. 

tistou 

the Boy with green thumbs 

Maurice Druon 



Eight-year-old Tistou discovers a remarkable 

gift—that he has green thumbs! Everything he 

touches sprouts beautiful plants. Now Tistou 

has lots to do. With the power of flowers, he can 

change everything—prisons, slums, hospitals... 

even war. 

This witty, charming, and wise tale of Tistou, 

the boy with green thumbs, takes place in the 

French town of Mirepoil, a distant desert, and 

beyond the clouds. It has been told for many 

years throughout the English-speaking world by 

master storyteller Ashly Ramsden, and is now 

available in print for the first time in English in 

this beautifully illustrated edition. 

French novelist Maurice Druon (1918-2009) was 

awarded the Prix Goncourt when he was thirty years 

old. He co-wrote the Chant des Partisans, the anthem 

of the French Resistance. Tistou, now a French children’s 

classic, stands out as the unexpected flower he 

cultivated just for children. 

the dragon’s gift 

Bokara Legendre 

Hardcover aNdrea youNg artS $20.00 60 pageS 

New Books 

goodBye, mr. muffin 

Ulf Nilsson 

Illustrated by Anna-Clara Tidholm 



“I’ve had it good, better than most: a very 

clever and kind wife, a little blue house with 

its own letter box, six furry little children…” 

In his youth, Mr. Muffin was a strong guinea 

pig who could carry a whole cucumber 

on his back. Now old, grey, and tired, he 

looks back on his life.. 

This endearing picture book for ages three and 

up tells the touching story about the death of a 

much-loved pet. Growing old, death rites, the 

question of the afterlife, are all handled with 

warmth and gentle humor. A beautiful book 

that children love, it is one of Sweden’s bestselling 

children’s books. It was also voted book of 

the year by a children’s poll in both the Swedish 

Book Jury Prize (2002) and the French Chronos 

Prize for Youth Literature (2008–2009). 

Anna-Clara Tidholm is winner of numerous awards, 

including the August Prize, the Elsa Beskow Prize and 

the German Youth Literature Prize. Ulf Nilsson is a 

celebrated Swedish author who has won the August 

and US Batchelder prizes. Together they won the 

August Prize, the most prestigious Swedish literary 

award, in 2002 for Goodbye, Mr. Muffin. 

A little girl named Reisha lives on 

a planet where people no longer 

believe in magic. Since there is no 

one to share her magical world, 

Reisha writes about it in her diary. 

Once upon a time, when dragons 

ruled the universe, they traveled 

through the cosmos carrying wisdom 

pearls to the planets of true seekers. 

Their hearts were made of rainbows 

and their tails of music. They often 

spoke in verse… 

Opening wide the doors of imagination and transformation, this unique and wonderous story, which 

came to the author in a vision, is for the child in everyone. 

Bokara Legendre’s paintings have been exhibited in New York City and San Francisco. She has written and 

performed four autobiographical monologues that were produced in theaters nationally and internationally, 

and she has hosted several television interview shows. Bokara lives in Mill Valley, California. 


New Books 

maKing soft toys 

Karin Neuschütz 


$19.95 112 pageS 

This fully illustrated 

craft book explains how 

to make a wide range 

of fabric soft toys, from 

dolls and their clothes, 

glove puppets, teddy 

bears and cuddly animals, 

to smaller animals 

for a farm scene or wildlife park. Each project 

includes step-by-step instructions and clear 

diagrams, as well as patterns and color photographs. 

These projects are suitable for both beginners 

and experienced crafters. They can all be sewn 

by hand rather than machine if preferred. 

Karin Neuschütz, a native of Sweden, has written 

several instruction books for making dolls and toys. 

painting and drawing in waldorf schools 

classes 1 to 8 

Thomas Wildgruber 

Painting and drawing 

are key artistic 

expressions and play 

important roles in 

children’s physical, 

emotional, and spiritual 

development. 

This comprehensive 

teachers’ guide provides 

a complete artistic 

curriculum for Waldorf school classes 1 

to 8 (ages 6 to 14). 

At each stage, the book shows the skills that 

the wonder of trees 

Nature activities for childre 

Andrea Frommherz 

Edith Biedermann 


$24.95 144 pageS 275 color IlluStratIoNS 

In this richly illustrated, practical book children 

are encouraged to use all their senses in getting 

to know thirteen common trees. Activities include 

stories, songs, games, and craft ideas, as 

well as traditional rituals associated with trees; 

simple recipes for food and the medicine cabinet; 

and fun skills to learn from different trees. 

Perfect guide for use in school and at home, 

with activities for all the family to enjoy. 

Andrea Frommherz is a teacher and environmental 

consultant who has trained with tree specialists and 

herb gardeners. 

Edith Biedermann is an arts and crafts teacher. She 

lives with her daughter in Bern, Switzerland. 

ISBN: 9780863158780 paperBack FlorIS BookS $40.00 376 pageS 800 color IlluStratIoNS 

teachers can help children to develop. Included 

are 280 practical exercises for teachers, and 

more than 800 children’s drawings 

and paintings that serve as inspiring 

the advent craft and 

activity BooK 

Stories, crafts, recipes, and poems 

for the christmas Season 

Christel Dohm 


$19.95 144 pageS 

This practical, fully illustrated book includes 

creative suggestions for each day of Advent, as 

well as Epiphany. 

Learn how to bake delicious German biscuits and 

Stollen, make your own advent calendars and 

Christmas decorations, and find out more about 

legendary figures such as St. Nicholas. 

The Advent Craft and Activity Book is a wonderful 

resource for keeping children engaged 

and involved with celebrations throughout the 

Christmas season. 

Christel Dohm is a Waldorf kindergarten teacher from 

Germany, specializing in remedial teaching and craft 

work. She regularly leads workshops and lectures at 

conferences for teachers. 

examples of artistic possibilities. The curriculum 

moves from free to guided color exercises 

and precise perspective drawing. 

Throughout, the author draws 

on art theory and shows that 

art is truly a universal language. 

Painting and Drawing in Waldorf 

Schools is also suitable for adult 

self-study. 

Thomas Wildgruber was born in Germany 

in 1946. He has been a Waldorf 

class teacher since 1979. 


the community cooKs 

Edited by Susanne Bennett 

Illustrated by Elizabeth Auer 


SteINerBookS $18.00 216 pageS 

The Community Cooks is melting pot of favorite 

recipes collected from the families of the Pine 

Hill Waldorf School and the Wilton/Temple 

Farm Community in Wilton, N.H. 

This diverse assortment of tried and true recipes 

includes a favorite salad dressing, waffles that 

surpass all others, pancakes fit for a queen, 

Aunt Pat’s chicken dish, grandma’s meatballs, 

and exotic recipes brought back from far away 

places (including a Quechuan Indian dish from 

Cuzco). The Temple/Wilton Community Farm 

Specials include inspiring dishes to use all those 

usual and unusual vegetables from your CSA 

farm share, and there is a section of “fun” recipes 

for children to make on their own. 

Susanne Bennett became passionate about the 

health-giving benefits of biodynamic vegetables 

after joining the Pine Hill Waldorf Community 

and the Temple/Wilton Farm Community in New 

Hampshire. Susanne lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. 

Elizabeth Auer teaches drawing, painting, and clay 

modeling. She has illustrated several books and is a 

freelance artist, specializing in scratchboard art and 

watercolor paintings for children. 

See p.83 for a selection of recipes 

from The Community Cooks 

available iN November 

the living Kitchen 

organic vegetarian cooking for 

Family and Friends 

Jutka Harstein Cohn 



With so many customers from her restaurant 

asking for her recipes, Jutka Harstein decided it 

was time to write a cook book. Jutka shares stories 

of food from her childhood in Hungary, popular 

recipes for healthy children’s meals, celebratory 

food to share with friends, and recipes for the 

seasons. 

Inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, Jutka 

includes advice on nutrition and on planning 

balanced meals that nourish the body, mind, 

and spirit. She provides delicious options for 

including seven grains over the seven days of 

the week. Personal anecdotes from the author’s 

life and the inspiration behind her recipes make 

this book a joy to read. 

Jutka (Judith) Harstein Cohn has studied the works 

of Rudolf Steiner and cooked for people with disabilities 

in Forest Row, England. She now manages 

the organic, vegetarian restaurant at Kibbutz Harduf 

in Israel and lectures on nutrition in Waldorf schools. 

This book is for 

music teachers 

and class teachers 

in Waldorf Schools who are searching for 

age-appropriate songs and guidelines for developing 

a music curriculum based on insight into 

child development. It also provides a treasuretrove 

of songs and insights for home-schooling 

parents. It includes: 

New Books 

food full of life 

Nourishing Body, Soul, and Spirit 

Gill Bacchus 


$19.95 144 pageS 

Is organic and biodynamic food worth the 

higher price consumers often pay? How can 

different methods of growing and cooking 

food best preserve the life energies in our food? 

Organic food is often more expensive, and tests 

by conventional scientists claim to show that 

it has no extra nutritional value. This book 

questions whether these claims have any basis. 

Gill Bacchus concludes that modern scientific 

methods simply cannot reveal or measure the 

true life processes that give quality to our food. 

Exploring ideas from organics and Rudolf 

Steiner’s biodynamics, the author offers advice 

on how we can learn to find and prepare food 

that is “full of life and light.” 

Gill Bacchus has researched and studied widely 

the topic of food nutritional quality and how it is 

measured, completing a Master of Science degree in 

2003. She coauthored (as Gillian Cole) the biodynamic 

farming book Grasp the Nettle. She now helps 

children to grow vegetables in their school gardens 

in New Zealand. 

music through the grades 

in the light of the developing child 

by Diane Ingraham Barnes 

ISBN 978-0-932776-43-3 SpIral BouNd adoNIS preSS $30.00 

195 pageS INcludeS 3 cdS 

• 213 songs for grades one through eight with 

suggested activities and notes for teachers. 

• 3 CDs with recordings of songs for first, 

second and third grades for teachers to learn 

by listening. 

• Introductions to each of the grades giving 

pedagogical insights and practical suggestions. 


New Books 

geometry in nature 

John Blackwood 


$35.00 288 pageS 500 color IlluStratIoNS 

From the simplest observations in nature to 

detailed measuring of intricate forms, we find 

geometry everywhere in the world around us. 

In this beautiful and inspirational book, John 

Blackwood explores various kinds of symmetry 

in diverse realms of nature. First he considers 

the fundamental forms of minerals, plants, 

animals, and humans, and then looks at spirals, 

vortices, buds, and other complex shapes. 

Using projective geometry as a basis, he shows 

how many forms in nature are generated by 

the same basic geometrical process, but that 

significant disparities lead to the wondrous 

variety found in our universe. 

John Blackwood worked in mechanical engineering 

design for nearly thirty years. Inspired by Lawrence 

Edwards (author of Projective Geometry) and his 

work with plant geometry, Blackwood became a 

teacher at the Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School in 

Sydney, Australia, where he designed a math course 

for classes 11 and 12. 

stargaZers’ almanac 2013 

a Monthly guide to the Stars and planets 

Bob Mizon 

ISBN: 9780863158896 caleNdar FlorIS BookS 

$25.00 32 pageS color IlluStratIoNS 

This beautiful monthly guide to the night skies 

is designed specifically for naked-eye astronomy—no 

telescope needed—making it ideal for 

beginners, children, and backyard astronomers. 

Each month’s chart features two views of the 

night sky, one looking north and one south, and 

maKing geometry 

exploring three-dimensional Forms 

Jon Allen 


$24.95 136 pageS 120 B/W IlluStratIoNS 

144 color IlluStratIoNS 

Following on from his successful Drawing Geometry, 

Jon Allen explores the creation of the 

many-sided three-dimensional forms known as 

the Platonic and Archimedean solids. Based on 

patterns of equally spaced points on a sphere, 

these polyhedra have been the fundamentals of 

geometric exploration for millennia. 

This unique book provides systematic instructions 

for constructing the three-dimensional 

forms and shows how to draw out accurately 

the geometry of the paperfold nets. 

Beginners and experienced artists and designers 

alike will find this book a source of practical 

guidance that will amply repay the careful attention 

needed to construct the models. 

Jon Allen has been a practicing architect for 

twenty-five years. He has worked closely with Keith 

Critchlow, a world authority on geometry, and has 

developed a particular interest in the application of 

geometry in architectural design. 

a visual guide to Moon phases and movements 

of the planets. This year’s calendar also includes 

a feature article on Edwin Powell Hubble, who 

died 60 years ago. 

Suitable for astronomy enthusiasts throughout 

the Northern Hemisphere’s temperate latitudes. 

the Quality of numBers one 

to thirty-one 

Wolfgang Held 

Translated by Matthew Barton 


$14.95 144 pageS 

One sun, two parents, three meals a day, four 

seasons, five fingers … every child soon discovers 

that many things in life have an inherent 

number attached to them. 

Just as five individual fingers become something 

much more important and powerful when 

combined together in a hand, these numbers 

are often much more than a simple addition 

of their parts: they are intrinsically connected 

to the object, expressing a particular quality. 

In this readable little book, Wolfgang Held 

explores the qualities of numbers one to thirtyone. 

The Pythagorean School in ancient Greece 

had a saying, all is number. Held reveals the fascinating 

hidden numerical order of our world 

and our remarkable harmonic relationship with 

our surroundings. 

Wolfgang Held was born in Germany in 1964. He 

worked for many years in the Mathematics and Astronomy 

section of the Goetheanum, where he now 

runs the publicity department. He is the editor of the 

Sternkalender (Star Calendar) and the author of many 

articles on themes relating to numbers and science. 


the care and development 

of the human senses 

rudolf Steiner’s Work on the 

Significance of the Senses in 

education 

Willi Aeppli 

ISBN: 9780951033159 paMpHlet 

$12.95 68 pageS 

A presentation of Rudolf Steiner’s 

ideas on the nature of the twelve 

human senses as he saw them and 

their role in education. 

Willi Aeppli (1894–1972) was a master 

Waldorf teacher in the Rudolf Steiner 

School in Basel, Switzerland. 

healing forces in the 

word and its rhythms 

report verses in rudolf Steiner’s 

art of education 

Heinz Müller 


$14.95 44 pageS 

A concise exploration of Rudolf 

Steiner’s recommendation that class 

teachers create verses for their students 

in their annual school reports. 

Heinz Müller considers the guiding 

principles behind this recommendation. 

Includes sample verses. 

Heinz Müller was a teacher at the 

Rudolf Steiner School in Hamburg- 

Wandsbek for forty-two years. 

language teaching in 

steiner waldorf schools 

rudolf Steiner’s concept of an 

Integrated approach to language 

teaching 

Johannes Kiersch 


$17.95 144 pageS 

This Waldorf teacher resource 

provides a solid basis for teaching 

modern languages in the context 

of Waldorf educational methods. It 

discusses Steiner’s view of language 

in relation to child development 

and addresses practical classroom 

questions of curriculum and teaching 

methods. 

Johannes Kiersch was a Waldorf teacher 

in Germany for many years and a lecturer 

at the Institut für Waldorfpädagogik 

in Witten-Annen. 

educating through arts 

and crafts 

an Integrated approach to craft 

Work in Steiner Waldorf Schools 

Edited by Michael Martin 


$35.00 216 pageS 300+ B/W IlluStratIoNS 

Written by experienced Waldorf 

craft teachers, this large, comprehensive 

book presents many ideas 

for craft-activity classes, while 

analyzing their role in the students’ 

self-discovery and creative 

development. 

Michael Martin has been a woodwork 

teacher at the Waldorf school in Nurnberg, 

Germany, for many years. 

the educational tasKs and 

content of the steiner 

waldorf curriculum 

Edited by Martyn Rawson and 

Tobias Richter 


$35.00 224 pageS 

A comprehensive overview of what 

Waldorf schools teach and why. In 

addition to describing the substance 

and methods of the Waldorf curriculum, 

the book also provides a 

clear overview of the ideas behind 

Rudolf Steiner’s educational approach 

for the Walforf schools. 

Martyn Rawson was a class teacher in 

York (UK) and has taught English, art 

history, and anthropology in Germany. 

towards religious 

education 

rudolf Steiner on religion 

teaching and the School Services 

Rudolf Steiner; 

Foreword by Karla Kiniger; 

Translated by Johanna Collis 

ISBN: 9781900169080 SpIral-BouNd 

$16.95 90 pageS 

A comprehensive collection of 

Rudolf Steiner’s thoughts and ideas 

on teaching religion in Waldorf 

schools. Documents the beginning 

and development of “Free 

Christian Religion Lessons” and 

“Services” as they were originally 

conceived. 

Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship – New Books 

rudolf steiner’s curriculum 

for waldorf schools 

an attempt to Summarize His 

Indications 

E. A. Karl Stockmeyer 


$24.95 156 pageS 

Here is an in-depth exploration 

and expansion of the original curriculum 

of the first Waldorf school. 

Divided into sections, the author 

outlines Steiner’s comments on 

schools and lessons in general, as 

well as many details on his views 

of specific issues, ranging from the 

various age groups to classroom 

decoration and arrangement. 

This is an important book for all 

Waldorf teachers, getting to the 

heart of Steiner’s ideas on education 

and child development. 

E. A. Karl Stockmeyer (1886–1963) was 

a founding teacher at the first Waldorf 

school, Stuttgart, 1919. 

towards creative 

teaching 

Working with the curriculum of 

classes 1 to 8 in Steiner Waldorf 

Schools 

Edited by Martyn Rawson and 

Brien Masters 


$15.95 40 pageS 

Offers ideas for planning, forming, 

and developing main lessons. 

Comes out of a teachers’ working 

group and provides helpful suggestions 

to both class teachers and 

subject specialists, adding to the 

richness and imagination of each 

teacher’s own work. 

Martyn Rawson is involved in teacher 

training and in promoting Waldorf 

education. 

a handBooK for waldorf 

class teachers, 2nd edition 

Compiled by Kevin Avison 

ISBN: 9781900169172 SpIral-BouNd 

$19.95 98 pageS 

A useful and practical resource for 

Waldorf school teachers. It provides 

detailed suggestions and checklists 

for teaching all lessons for classes 1 

through 8. The extensive appendix 

features a compilation of planners 

for Waldorf teachers, as well as a 

collection of example records for 

students and their teachers. 

Easy-to-navigate help for creative 

classroom activities and management. 

Kevin Avison has been a teacher in both 

public and Steiner/Waldorf schools and 

is an executive officer of the Steiner 

Waldorf Schools Fellowship. 

repuBlican academies 

rudolf Steiner on Self-management, 

experiential Study, and Selfeducation 

in the life of a college 

of teachers 

Francis Gladstone 


SteINer WaldorF ScHoolS FelloWSHIp 

$11.95 46 pageS 

A collection of Rudolf Steiner’s 

insights for Waldorf schools on 

self-management, experiential 

study, self-education, and cooperative 

working. The book includes 

extensive excerpts from Steiner’s 

speeches and writings and explores 

his views on college life (the faculty 

of teachers in a school), outlining 

some of the history and development 

of the Waldorf philosophy 

throughout the beginning of the 

twentieth century. 

Francis Gladstone is a Steiner/Waldorf 

school teacher. 

five plays for waldorf 

festivals 

With “gilly of the goatskin and 

the churl of the townland 

Mischance” 

Richard Moore 


$19.95 56 pageS 

Collection of seasonal plays suitable 

for classes 1 to 5 with original songs. 

Richard Moore was one of the founding 

teachers of the Iona School in Nottingham, 

UK. He has worked for more 

than twenty-five years as a Waldorf 

class teacher. 


Picture Books for the Young Child 

sun and seed 

Written and illustrated by 

Daniel C. Bryan 

ISBN: 9780946206674 WyNStoNeS preSS 

$9.95 16 pageS 

The growing seed wakes from Winter sleep 

and grows through Spring sun and rain to the 

splendor of Summer blossom. 

the nettle and the Butterfly 

Written by Daniel C. Bryan, Illustrated by Angela Bryan 

ISBN: 9780946206377 paperBack WyNStoNeS preSS $7.00 18 pageS 

The main stages of the development of a Peacock butterfly are 

both accurately and imaginatively described in rhyming verse. 

the carpenter’s daughter 

Written and illustrated by Daniel C. Bryan 

the sun seed 

Written and illustrated by Jan Schubert 

ISBN: 9780880105859 Hardcover Bell poNd BookS $17.95 

32 pageS IlluStrated IN color Felt pIctureS 


In the Land of the Rising Sun, the Emperor asks a master carpenter to 

build a teahouse in the Garden of Tranquility. Permission is granted 

for the carpenter’s daughter to accompany him. 

looKing for a fairy 

by Judith Adams 

Illustrated by Caroline Mason 


$8.95 8 pageS 

Over branches and through a muddy stream, 

a boy with a gentle curiousity goes looking 

for a Fairy. 

wendy the whale 

by Alexander Williams 

Illustrated by Lucy Newton 


$11.95 28 pageS 

Wendy the Whale is a piece of oral 

history from the 1930s originaly told to 

a friend of the author by an elderly 

fisherman. 

Soon the little seedling pushed right 

through the earth and into the air. Suddenly, 

she was surrounded by bright sunshine. 

“Aaah,” she said in wonder, opening her 

leaves wide to the warmth and light. 

This simple and charming story for a young child lovingly illustrates the 

natural cycle of the plant world. A little Sun Seed follows the cycle of 

spring into summer into fall into winter as she grows from seedling to 

golden flower. At last, bowing her head, she gives up her seeds to Mother Earth, 

who gathers them and wraps them in a blanket of leaves for their long winter sleep. (Ages 3-5) 

About the Illustrations 

The special illustrations in The Sun Seed are made of dyed wool fibers, felted together to create a solid piece of “fabric.” Jan has 

employed a technique known as “dry” or “needle felting.” 

In this process one uses a small hand tool called a felting needle, which has barbs along the shaft that catch the fibers and bind 

them together as the needle pierces the surface of the wool. Wherever one pokes the wool with the needle, it sticks and adheres to 

the fabric. Jan Schubert describes the experience as “painting with a needle.” 

Books for children ages 3-6 

printed on recycled paper with 

vegetable based inks. 

Birthday 

Written by Norah Romer, Illustrated by Heather Jarman 


This story tells of the young children waiting to travel with Father 

Time from Heaven down to Earth on their Birthday. 

the harvest story 

Written by Elizabeth Reppel, Illustrated by Anne Stockton 


A delightful journey through the seasons with the farmer, from 

winter rest through to autumn harvesting. 


goodnight 

a concertina board book 

Illustrated by 

Marjan van Zeyl 

ISBN: 9780946206612 

WyNStoNeS preSS $16.95 

10 pageS 

spring 

ISBN: 9780863151934 BoardBook 


Spring shows children playing with 

lambs, sowing seeds, painting Easter 

eggs, and watching baby birds. 

summer 

Five sections fold out to about 

four feet long. The soft watercolor 

pictures and the lovely lullaby verse follow a child’s journey into 

sleep, through the night, and to waking in the morning. (Ages 3-6) 

hannah on the farm 

Marjan van Zeyl 



Summer shows children fishing for 

tadpoles, playing at the beach, eating ice 

cream, and enjoying a picnic. 

Board Books for the Young Child 

Four colorful little chunky boardbooks without text take young children through the year 

with delightful pictures of seasonal activities. Illustrated by Gerda Mullen (Ages 1-5) 

ISBN: 9780863157882 Board Book 


Hannah the hen is looking everywhere for 

a quiet place to lay her eggs so that she can 

have her very own chicks. But the pigs grunt 

too loudly, the lambs are too playful, the 

cows are too clumsy... Can Hannah find a 

nice quiet place where her eggs will be safe? 

This charming board book for very young 

children introduces farmyard animals 

and their individual characteristics. 

(Ages 1-3) 

pip the gnome 

Admar Kwant 

ISBN: 9780863157875 Board 

Book FlorIS BookS $9.95 

14 pageS 

Follow Pip the gnome through 

spring, summer, autumn and 

winter as he plays happily with 

his woodland friends, the mouse, 

the robin, the wren, and the 

spider. 

Introduce very young children 

to the seasons with this perfect 

bedtime story that ends with 

“good night” to Pip. (Ages 1-3) 

autumn 



Autumn shows children playing in leaves, 

collecting conkers, flying kites, and 

making jam. 

winter 



Winter shows children shovelling 

snow, ice-skating, feeding birds, and 

celebrating Christmas. 


Picture Books for the Young Child – Daniela Drescher 

New! 

lily the little princess 

Daniela Drescher 

ISBN: 9780863159053 Book (Hardcover) 


Lily the little princess loves to dance with 

her animal friends in the summer. But when 

winter comes her playmates all go to sleep, or 

fly away to warmer places. In spring, Lily sets 

off through the forest in search of someone 

like her, someone who also wants to play in 

the winter. 

Lily is helped on her way by an old tree, a 

badger and a hedgehog, until she happily 

discovers her perfect companion. 

This enchanting, simple tale and its beautiful illustrations lead into a world among 

the flowers that will capture any child’s imagination. (Ages 3-6) 

little fairy can’t sleep 

ISBN: 9780863158254 Hardcover FlorIS BookS $16.95 24 pageS 

Faith is a little fairy who can’t get to sleep. She meets a mother 

fox with her young cubs who can’t get to sleep and an elf father 

whose little elves can’t get to sleep, the sandman who is filling 

sacks with magic dust to help children everywhere get to sleep 

and finally a moth fairy prince who takes her to the source of the 

night’s magic—a wonderful midsummer night’s party—where 

she dances until she is so tired that she finally falls asleep. 

This magical, dreamlike tale makes perfect bedtime reading. 

(Ages 3-7) 

the elves’ Big adventure 

ISBN: 9780863155949 Hardcover pluS 4-page Foldout FlorIS 


Old Redcap is proud of his greatest creation—a hot-air balloon 

with wings for steering. But a fox has nibbled at the ropes that 

keep the balloon from floating away! Redcap and Bluecap cannot 

keep the balloon from rising into the sky—with the two elves 

still attached! 

Eventually darkness falls, along with the balloon. When they 

awake the next morning, they find themselves in the land of the 

fairies. (Ages 4-7) 

what’s hiding in there? 



Young children love exploring the world of elves and fairies, and 

this time there’s more to discover! Lift the three or four flaps on 

each page to discover what’s hiding in the old tree, in the nest, 

in the grass, or under the leaves. 

The simple text asks “what’s hiding in there?” This entertaining 

picture book is ideal for preschool and early grades children. 

(Ages 3-6) 

lIFt tHe 

FlAP Book 


in the land of fairies 



in the land of elves 



merlina and the magic spell 


in the land of merfolK 



daniela drescher’s atmospheric watercolor illustrations reveal the secret lives of fairies, elves, and water spirits in their magical 

world, hidden within nature. as we follow them through the seasons we discover how they work and play. (ages 4-7) 

It’s harvest time, and Merlina the little sorceress and her friend Igor the dragon are busily gathering 

fruit and vegetables from their garden. When Igor steps on a sharp thorn, Merlina has to find 

the right spell to make his toe better. A perfect Halloween story for young children with owls, bats, 

spiders, toads, pumpkins, and, of course, magic! (Ages 3-6) 

Daniela Drescher was born in Munich and trained in 

art therapy before living for a time in America and Switzerland. 

She has worked intensively with children in a 

therapeutic capacity for ten years and currently provides 

illustrations for a parenting magazine. 

Daniela Drescher – Picture Books for the Young Child 

See more books illustrated by Daniela Drescher: 

Little Fairy’s Christmas (p. 38) and 

Over the Hills and Far Away (p. 30) 


Picture Books for the Young Child – Sibylle von Olfers 

the story of the snow 

children 



Poppy is gazing out of the window at the snow 

when, all of a sudden, she sees that the snowflakes 

are really little Snow Children dancing 

and whirling in the garden. Soon, they whisk 

her away to the Snow Queen’s wintry kingdom. 

(Ages 3-5) 

mini edition 

ISBN: 9780863159091 MINI Hardcover $9.95 

the princess 

in the forest 


A little princess lives in a castle in the forest where the nature folk 

are her friends and companions. (Ages 3-7) 

besTseller! 

New! 

the story of the root children 



This is a classic story of the changing seasons. The root 

children spend the winter asleep. When spring comes, they 

wake, sew themselves new gowns, and clean and paint the 

beetles and bugs. All summer they play in fields, ponds 

and meadows before returning in the autumn to Mother 

Earth, who welcomes them home and puts them to bed 

once more. (Ages 3-7) 

mini edition 

ISBN: 9780863152481-MINI Hardcover $9.95 

the story of the 

Butterfly children 



Far, far away, the butterfly folk live in a kingdom 

of beautiful gardens. The butterfly children play, 

dance, and sing all day long with their little 

brothers and sisters, the caterpillars. 

The butterfly children can hardly wait until they 

finally get their wings. First, however, they must 

learn about the many brightly colored flowers in 

the gardens, so they can take part in the grand 

flying procession of 

peacock, swallowtail, 

red admiral, and 

many other butterflies. 

(Ages 3-5) 

the story of the wind 

children 



George is trying to play with his boats, but 

there is no wind to make them sail. Then, one 

of the wind children comes along and blows 

just for him. 

The wind child blows the dandelions in the 

meadows, shakes apples from the tree, and 

blows the leaves all around. Then they ride two 

fluffy cloud horses across the sky until George 

is back home. (Ages 3-5) 

the story of the raBBit 

children 



When the woodsman’s children are lost in the 

woods, a kind mother rabbit takes them home 

and cares for them. She makes them rabbit suits 

to keep them warm and they play happily with 

her rabbit children. They are reunited with 

their father when their clever dog Spot finds 

something strangely familiar about the little 

rabbit children. (Ages 3-6) 

Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916) used a 

blend of natural observation and simple 

design that critics have compared to the 

works of Kate Greenaway and Elsa Beskow. 


pancaKes for findus 



Farmer Pettson wants to bake a birthday cake 

for his cat Findus, who has three birthdays a 

year. But how will they get the eggs with the 

bull in the way? (Ages 5-8) 

where is my sister? 



This picture book takes you on a balloon journey 

through a fabulous fantasy world with a 

little mouse who goes looking for his sister, 

who is hidden on each richly illustrated full 

page spread. Can you find her? 

The stunning pictures, poetic text, and subtle 

art historical references can be enjoyed by both 

children and adults. (Ages 3 and up) 

Sven Nordqvist – Picture Books for the Young Child 

when findus was little 

and disappeared 



One day when Findus was little, he went exploring 

and got lost. The search for Findus is set 

among the forests and fields of rural Sweden, 

and every picture is a fascinating, magical world 

of tiny creatures. (Ages 5-8) 

“It’s not often that we come across 

books with such immediate and 

lasting appeal. The stories are ingenious, 

the characters are quirky and 

original, and the illustrations are 

absolutely delightful… I can’t 

recommend them highly enough. 

Hurrah for Findus!” 

—Philip Pullman, author, 

His Dark Materials trilogy 

tHe FInDus seRIes 

written and illustrated by 


Findus and Farmer Pettson live in a 

ramshackle cottage in the country, with a 

henhouse, workshop, and woodshed. 

Their hilarious, magical world is inhabited by 

tiny creatures who move Farmer Pettson’s 

things about when he isn’t looking. 

findus and 

the fox 

ISBN: 9781903458877 

Hardcover 

HaWtHorN preSS $22.50 

28 pageS 

There’s a hen-hunting fox on the loose. But 

Farmer Pettson and his quirky cat Findus agree 

that foxes should not be killed—they should be 

tricked. Farmer Pettson and Findus come up 

with a plan that leads to an explosive, unforgettable 

night. (Ages 5-8) 

findus 

goes 

camping 

ISBN: 9781903458914 

Hardcover HaWtHorN 

preSS $22.00 

28 pageS 

Farmer Pettson is in 

the attic looking for 

a bag of fishing floats 

and starts to dream 

about how much fun 

it would be to camp 

by the lake and go fishing, and grill fish over 

the fire as the sun is setting ... That’s not exactly 

how things turn out. But Findus, Pettson, and 

the hens try camping—in the garden. (Ages 5-8) 


Picture Books for the Young Child – Elsa Beskow 

princess sylvie 



Princess Sylvie has persuaded her 

father to leave the palace gardens 

and walk in the woods with her. 

Sylvie's adventures begin when 

her little dog Oskar runs off after 

a long-eared hare. 

This delightful story for young 

children is about exploring new 

places and making new friends... 

and about the comforts of home. 

(Ages 4-7) 

christopher’s harvest time 



Christopher meets the little spirit of 

September in the garden, and he is 

introduced to all the harvest folk: the 

gooseberry girls and boys, Old Man 

Black Currant, Mrs. Bramley, the Misses 

Plum, and the proud Strawberries. 

(Ages 4-6) 

emily and daisy 



Emily is always trying to be a helpful 

little girl, so when her mother 

worries that Daisy the cow will 

escape into the clover field through 

a hole in the fence, Emily offers to 

go to the meadow and look after 

Daisy for the day. 

Young children will love following 

Emily through her day as 

unexpected, good things come her 

way to help her look for Daisy and 

mend the fence. (Ages 3-6) 

uncle Blue’s new 

Boat 

ISBN: 9780863153648 

Hardcover FlorIS BookS 

$17.95 32 pageS 

Peter and Lotta and their three 

eccentric aunts are invited for a 

summer picnic with Uncle 

Blue and his new rowboat. 

(Ages 5-8) 

the curious fish 



When Flash, a very curious little 

fish, is caught by Tom, a very curious 

little boy, and taken to his 

home and put in a glass jar, Flash’s 

aunt and uncles are determined to 

save him. 

Children will delight in the wonderful 

characters of the lake, and 

in the extraordinary adventures 

of Uncle Pike, Uncle Bream, and 

Aunt Flounder as they try to free 

Flash and return him to his lake 

home. (Ages 3-6) 

peter and lotta’s 

adventure 

ISBN: 9780863153983 


$17.95 32 pageS 

When Peter and Lotta have a 

day full of adventures, including 

the going to a fair. (Ages 

5-8) 

the land of long 

ago 



Kelly and Kai love to play on the 

gnarled old tree trunk outside 

their cottage in the woods. 

One day a mischievous gnome 

brings the tree trunk to life as an 

old tree dragon, and the children 

are whisked off to the Land of 

Long Ago. 

On their incredible journey, Kelly 

and Kai meet a princess, rescue a 

knight, and trick the troll king. 

(Ages 4-6) 

peter and lotta’s 

christmas 

ISBN: 9780863153723 


$17.95 32 pageS 

Peter and Lotta discover where 

Christmas presents come 

from. (Ages 5-8) 


children of the forest 



The children of the forest live deep in the roots of 

a pine tree. They follow their adventures through 

each season as they play hide with the squirrels 

and throw snowballs in winter. (Age 3-5) 

mini edition 

ISBN: 9780863154973 $9.95 

peter in BlueBerry land 



Peter is looking for blueberries for his mother’s 

birthday, but he cannot find any. Then he feels 

a light tap on his shoe, and a strange, magical 

adventure begins. (Ages 3-5) 

mini edition 

ISBN 9780863154980 $9.95 

around the year 



Delightful verses and pictures take us through 

the months of the year. (Ages 3-5) 

mini edition 

ISBN: 9780863156489 $9.95 

the sun egg 



A mysterious orange egg has fallen into the 

woods. “It’s a sun egg!” declares the elf who 

finds it. Soon she and her friends find out what 

it really is, but not before the elf goes off on the 

best adventures! (Ages 4-9) 

mini edition 

ISBN: 9780863155857 $9.95 

pelle’s new suit 

Elsa Beskow – Picture Books for the Young Child 



Pelle shears his lamb and gets the wool carded, 

spun, dyed, woven and made into a fine new 

suit. (Ages 4-9) 

mini edition 

ISBN: 9780863155840 $9.95 

the tale of the little, little 

old woman 

ISBN: 9780863150791 

Hardcover FlorIS 


This is a simple little tale 

about a little, little old 

woman who lives in a 

little, little cottage with 

a little, little cat who 

makes BIG trouble. (Ages 3-4) 

the flowers’ festival 



A lucky little girl is invited by the flower fairies 

to join them for their Midsummer festival. 

Gathering around Queen Rose, all the flowers 

and bumblebees and birds tell their enchanting 

stories, while the Dew-cups and Pea-blossom 

serve refreshments. (Ages 4-6) 

mini edition 

ISBN: 9780863157288 $9.95 

woody, haZel, and little pip 



This enchanting picture book describes 

woodland scenes in the autumn when two 

acorn children get blown away in the wind. 

(Ages 4-9) 

mini edition 

ISBN: 9780863157295 $9.95 

ollie’s sKi trip 



Six-year-old Ollie is given his first pair of real 

skis and when the thick snow falls at last, he 

sets off by himself and meets with all kinds 

of adventures in the palace of King Winter. 

(Ages 4-9) 

mini edition 

ISBN: 9780863156472 $9.95 

peter’s old house 



Peter builds boats for the children in his village, 

shows visitors around in ten different languages, 

and is the village doctor and handyman. But 

Peter’s house is falling apart, so all his neighbors 

come to help Peter fix his old house. (Ages 4-5) 

Elsa Beskow (1874-1953) was a pioneering 

author and illustrator of children’s books 

in Sweden. Her books were inspired by her 

own childhood experiences, as well as those 

of her six children. Central themes were the 

relationships between children and adults and 

children’s independent initiative. Her books 

have been known and loved for over a century 

and are continually reprinted, and many have 

become classics. 



waldorf alphaBet BooK 

Illustrated by Famke Zonneveld 

Afterword by William Ward 


Bell poNd BookS $12.95 64 pageS 

In this delightful, best-selling alphabet and game 

book for young children, each consonant and 

vowel comes to life in vivid pictures that show 

each letter’s unique qualities in the world. 

This is the alphabet book for parents and teachers 

who want to encourage the most natural 

development in children. 

Includes an essay on learning to read and write 

in the Waldorf schools. (Ages 4-6) 

Famke Zonneveld (1938-2005) was trained at the 

Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Netherlands. 

She was an artist and teacher for many years. Her art 

works are included in numerous public and private 

collections. 

the last night of ramadan 

Maissa Hamed, Illustrated by Mohamed El Wakil 

ISBN: 9780880105866 Hardcover Bell poNd BookS 

$19.95 32 pageS 

theo, the Blue rider pigeon 

Christine Sierau 

Illustrated by Rose Tannenbaum 

ISBN: 9780880105613 paperBack Bell poNd 


It was a cold and blustery November night at Blue 

Rider Stables. The horses were huddled safely 

inside. The girls who worked at the barn had 

closed the heavy door against the storm. What a 

surprise when, the next morning, a pigeon was 

found limping around inside. 

Join Theo as he becomes part of the rich and 

varied family that inhabits Blue Rider Stables. 

Illustrated in vibrant watercolors. (Ages 3-5) 

Christine Sierau is executive director and head riding 

instructor of Blue Rider Stables in North Egremont, 

Massachusetts. 

Rose Tannenbaum lives in the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. 

She is a graphic designer and illustrator. 

For children and their families who wish to understand and learn about Islam 

and the Muslim culture, the lively illustrations and 

text focus on the traditions of the Holy Month of 

Ramadan, an important time of the yearly cycle 

for Muslims around the world. (Ages 5-8) 

Maissa Hamed is an Egyptian American and a former 

staff member of UNICEF. Since 1998, she has been an 

Education and Research Consultant for Sesame Workshop’s 

International Research Department. 

Mohamed El Wakil, an Egyptian-American, is a member 

of the American Institute of Architects and a member 

of the American Society for Muslim Advancement. 

winter, awaKe! 

Linda Kroll 

Illustrated by Ruth Lieberherr 



what Julianna could see 

Story by Paul Margulies 

Illustrated by Famke Zonneveld 

The coming of winter plays an important role in 

the cycle of nature. This delightfully illustrated 

verse story tells what happens one year when 

Winter will not wake. All the woodland creatures 

try to tell Winter their work is done. They 

scold and mock and urge, but Winter will not 

wake, until, at last, the round red ladybug in her 

small, soft voice whispers something gently in 

his ear—and mighty Winter wakes! (Ages 5-7) 

Linda Kroll has been a storyteller, an elementary 

school tutor, a high school English and drama teacher, 

and a college literature instructor. 

Ruth Lieberherr’s art work is included in museums, 

galleries, and private collections in the U. S., France, 

and her native Switzerland. (See p. 1, The Knottles) 

ISBN: 9780880105156 paperBack Bell poNd BookS $11.95 32 pageS 

This radiant picture book was written for Julianna Margulies—the film 

actor and star of the hit television series “The Good Wife”—when she 

was six years old. Her father, 

Paul Margulies, captures the 

pure openness of a child’s 

imagination. His reflections 

on what Julianna would see 

remind us, young and old, 

that life’s riches can come 

to us through our loving 

attention to the simple and 

“ordinary.” (Ages 5-7) 


Talking Eagle 

and the 

Lady of Roses 

The Story of Juan Diego and 

Our Lady of Guadalupe 

by Amy Córdova with Eugene Gollogly 

Diana Cohn (l) and Amy 

Córdova (r) with Marcela 

Chorlango, President of the 

Workers Committee 

namaste! 

available iN paperback iN November! 

By Diana Cohn, Illustrated by Amy Córdova 

Afterword by Ang Rita Sherpa 

ISBN: 978-1-62148-005-1 paperBack SteINerBookS $9.95 32 pageS 

Nima Sherpa lives in Nepal where the tallest mountain on earth towers above 

the clouds. Every day, on her way to school, Nima passes porters, travelers, and 

monks. Whenever Nima sees someone, she brings her hands together, bows 

her head slightly, and says “Namaste” ~ the light in me meets the light in you. 

Woven into this simple, gentle story about recognizing and honoring the sacred 

in each other are delightful details of daily life in Nepal. With a glossary of terms and an informative afterword 

by Ang Rita Sherpa of The Mountain Institute. (Ages 5-8) 

talKing eagle and the lady of roses 

the Story of Juan diego and our lady of 

guadalupe 

Amy Córdova, with Eugene Gollogly 


This is the traditional story, told simply and elegantly for children, 

of how Talking Eagle became Juan Diego and met the beautiful 

Lady of Roses, Nuestra Señora Guadalupe. The Lady fills Juan’s 

cloak with full-blooming roses and impresses her image on 

its fibers as a sign for the bishop to fulfill her request to build 

a house of prayers where all people can come to receive her 

blessings. Also included is an informative afterword by Eugene 

Gollogly. (Ages 5-8) 

roses for isaBella 

Diana Cohn, Illustrated by Amy Córdova; Afterword by Lynn Lohr 


This morning, Cotacachi, the volcano that watches over my village, 

is veiled in clouds of white, as soft as the wool my grandfather spins. 

After breakfast, I get ready to walk to school. Mama weaves my hair 

into a long braid and ties it with a brightly colored ribbon. 

Papa watches me put my writing book into my schoolbag. 

He says with a big smile, “Isabella, you are our family’s first writer. 

Roses for Isabella invites us to experience life in Ecuador through the eyes of a 

young girl who keeps a journal and loves to write. Through Isabella, we learn how 

her family’s life changes for the better when her parents find work at a Fair Trade 

farm. This story introduces the reader to the cultural traditions of Ecuador and 

the importance of making choices that support Fair Trade products. (Ages 5-8) 

“Colorful folk-art style drawings add an authenticity 

to this South American tale… the important message 

about environmental concerns and equitable working 

conditions dominates.” —Kirkus 

mr. goethe’s garden 

Diana Cohn, Illustrated by Paul Mirocha 

ISBN: 9780880105217 Hardcover Bell poNd BookS $17.95 32 pageS 

Set in the 1830s, Mr. Goethe’s Garden is 

the story of the friendship between an 

inquisitive young girl and her elderly 

neighbor, the world-famous German 

playwright, artist, and natural scientist 

Johann von Goethe. Anna visits Mr. 

Goethe in his well-tended garden, where 


Amy Córdova is an artist and storyteller 

who has been recognized for her work as 

an illustrator of children’s books. Eugene 

Gollogly is CEO and President of Booklight 

Inc. and Lantern Books and Director of Steinerbooks. Diana Cohn 

is an award-winning children’s book author. 

she learns to draw and to look at the 

world in a very special way. Inspired by 

Goethe’s life and his botanical treatise 

The Metamorphosis of the Plant, this 

book contains sensitive illustrations and 

elegant text that reveal the intricate wonders 

of the plant kingdom. (Ages 6-9) 

“Jewel-toned illustrations illuminate this tale of the 

first indigenous saint in the Americas. Authentically 

and lovingly told, this version of the familiar 

story is dramatic and bold, affirming the worth 

and celebrating the perseverance of the poor and 

downtrodden.” —Kirkus 

Amy Córdova and 

Eugene Gollogly 



the helpful elves 

August Kopisch 

Illustrated by Beatrice Braun-Fock 



After the people of Cologne go to sleep, the 

Helpful Elves do their work for the carpenter, 

for the baker, the butcher, the winemaker, and 

the tailor. However, no one ever sees them— 

until one day the tailor’s wife becomes curious. 

(Ages 3-6) 

August Kopisch (1799–1853) specialized in retelling 

popular legends. 

Beatrice Braun-Fock (1898–1973) illustrated over 

fifty children’s picture books between 1919 and 1960. 

where do they go when it 

rains? 

Gerda Muller 



In this wonderfully detailed picture book for 

young children you can 

find out just what happens 

to geese and sheep, a donkey, 

chickens, sparrows, a 

spider, bees, a pony and 

pigs, butterflies, midges, 

and ladybirds when it 

rains. (Ages 3-8) 

Gerda Muller was born in 

1926 in Holland. She attended 

the Fine Arts School 

of Amsterdam and the Ecole Estienne of Paris. 

She is the author of the boardbooks, Summer, 

Fall, Winter, Spring. 

any room for me? 

Loek Koopmans 



In this traditional Ukrainian folk tale, a 

woodcutter drops his mitten in the forest and 

it becomes a lovely warm house for a little 

mouse. Then, one by one, a frog, a hare, a fox, 

a wild boar, and a huge bear want to move in 

too! (Ages 3-7) 

all the dear little animals 

Ulf Nilsson 

Illustrated by Eva Eriksson 



“One summer day, we started 

a business called Funerals 

Ltd. to help 

all the poor dead 

animals in the 

world. Esther did the 

digging, I wrote the poems, and Esther's little 

brother Puttie cried.” 

A thoroughly offbeat, charming and deeply 

meaningful story of three children responding 

to death. (Ages 4-7) 

Ulf Nilsson is a celebrated Swedish children’s writer 

and Eva Eriksson is one of Sweden’s best-loved 

illustrators of children’s books. 

goran’s great escape 

Astrid Lindgren, Marit Törnqvist 



Goran the bull breaks loose from his stall and 

charges out into the farmyard. People gather 

from miles around to see the raging bull, but 

no one will dare to cross Goran’s path. Karl, the 

young farm boy, has a plan. 

A delightful story by acclaimed author Astrid 

Lindgren with beautifully observed and rendered 

illustrations of old-time Swedish families 

and farm life. (Ages 4-7) 

the tomtes of hilltop wood 

Brenda Tyler 



When Emily and Jamie hear that a new road 

will be built through Hilltop Wood, they rush to 

warn their friends, the Tomtes—who guard the 

oldest woods. When the workers arrive, unexpected 

obstacles appear in their way—the rocks 

they need to move are much bigger 

than they remembered; their 

digging machines are flooded; 

a stream mysteriously changes 

direction overnight. Maybe they 

won’t be able to build this road 

after all. (Ages 4-6) 


ginger nut 

Chani McBain, Illustrated 

by Joanne Nethercott 



Calum McGregor is a blond boy in 

a family of redheads. Calum is fed 

up with being the odd one out, so 

he tries eating carrots, and coloring 

his hair with felt tips. But all his 

hair-brained plans fail. (Ages 3–6) 

fergus finds a friend 

Kenneth Steven 

Illustrated by Louise Crowe 

ISBN: 9780863157783 paperBack FlorIS 

BookS, pIcture kelpIeS $11.95 32 pageS 

It’s time for Fergus the young otter to leave 

home. During his journey to find new, safe 

place to make a home and friends, he meets 

all sorts of new creatures, both friend and 

foe—a robin, a butterfly, dogs who chase 

him, and, strangest of all, a prickly hedgehog. 

(Ages 3-6) 

my cat mac 

Margaret Forrester 



Here are more adventures of the loveable 

star of the bestselling book The Cat Who 

Decided. When a new family moves into 

Mac’s house, he decides to let them stay. 

My Cat Mac is a very funny story about 

learning to respect animals and about the 

importance of friendship. (Ages 3-6) 

hungry hettie 

Polly Lawson 

Illustrated by Jo Allen, 



Hettie the Highland cow is always 

hungry. When Callum and Kirsty 

visit, they give her all sorts of treats 

to eat.Watch Hettie grow and grow 

until she and the children finally 

learn their lesson. (Ages 3-6) 

you can’t play here! 

Angus Corby 



how to maKe a 

heron happy 

Lari Don, Illustrated by 

Nicola O’Byrne 



Young Gregor MacDonald is thrilled 

when he receives a set of bagpipes for 

his birthday. But each time he starts to 

play, he hears the same angry cry: “You 

can’t play here!”… until he finally finds 

acceptance in the most unlikely place. 

(Ages 3-6) 

Hamish is worried about a heron 

because he looked sad and grumpy, 

so Hamish tries to cheer him up. He 

makes everyone else happy, but the 

heron still looks sad and grumpy so 

Hamish wonders: maybe the heron 

actually is not unhappy after all? 

(Ages 3-6) 


the Big Bottom hunt 

Lari Don, Illustrated by Gabby Grant 



Sandy and Ella are playing on the beach when 

they see a funny shape in the sand—They trace 

the print, and then the big bottom hunt begins. 

(Ages 3-6) 

hoglet the spineless 

hedgehog 

Allyson Marnoch, Illustrated by 

Lorraine Ward 

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lewis clowns 

around 

Lynne Rickards, 


Gabby Grant 

A heartwarming tale of one 

little hedgehog’s attempts to 

conquer adversity with politeness—and 

a certain amount of 

luck! (Ages 4-6) 



Poor Lewis hates being a puffin. He 

feels he just doesn’t fit in. He longs 

for a different life and so he heads 

off to the circus to become a clown. 

A charming rhyming picture book 

about a young misfit puffin who 

learns that it’s okay to be different. 

(Ages 3-6) 

wee granny’s magic 

Bag 

Elizabeth McKay 

Illustrated by Maria Bogade 



Emily and Harry love going 

on trips with Wee 

Granny because surprising 

things always happen 

when she brings her tartan 

bag. When Granny is 

asked if she’ll bake some 

cakes for the school fair, 

an incredible afternoon 

begins. (Ages 3-6) 



go to sleep, little Bear 


Jan Mogensen 



How many ways can 

a Little Bear find to 

avoid settling down for 

his long winter sleep? 

Lots! But if Little Bear 

goes to sleep too late, 

Mother Bear won’t be 

able to wake him up in 

time for spring. 

Children will enjoy 

Little Bear’s antics in 

the snow, while parents will recognize a few 

of his tricks to avoid going to sleep. A perfect 

bedtime story! (Ages 5-8) 

little dolphin’s Big 

adventure 

Renne 



One day, Little Dolphin leaves his home in the 

sparkling blue waters of a quiet sandy bay and 

follows a ship into the deep ocean. 

The book includes 

interesting facts about 

dolphins and their 

behavior, which will 

appeal to any child’s 

curiosity about these 

gentle, intelligent 

creatures. (Ages 4-7) 

little snow Bear 


Hazel Lincoln 



Little Snow Bear 

l ive s w i t h h i s 

mother in a deep, 

warm cave at the 

very top of the 

world. When winter 

comes, the Sun 

disappears for a 

very long time. 

Little Snow Bear wonders what will happen if 

the Sun never returns? He sets out on a journey 

to find the Sun, and along the way he encounters 

the northern lights, Wise Old Caribou, Baby 

Seal, and Blue Whale. (Ages 5-8) 

goldilocKs and the three 

Bears 

Gerda Muller 



This charming version of the classic Grimm’s 

story of Goldilocks and the three bears offers 

delightful extra details for children and parents 

to enjoy. 

Besides the usual big, medium, and little porridge 

bowls, chairs, and beds,you will find big, 

medium, and little birds, squirrels, mice, plates, 

mugs, umbrellas, brooms, slippers and robes, 

and more. (Ages 3-6) 

the ice horse 

Renne 



One day a little Icelandic horse is chased away 

from the herd by a black stallion. He is forced to 

roam the grasslands on his own. As winter comes, 

the little skewbald horse saves the day when the 

herd is endangered by the snow and ice. 

This book is full of interesting facts about 

Icelandic horses—their history, appearance, and 

how they live—which will appeal to all animalloving 

children. (Ages 5-8) 

uan the little lamB 

Sandra Klaassen 

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pIcture kelpIeS $11.95 32 pageS 

On a remote Scottish island, two children find 

an abandoned lamb. They name her Uan, “little 

lamb” in Gaelic. The children love playing with 

her, and they take her with them wherever they 

go. But what will happen when she becomes a 

full-grown sheep? (Ages 4-6) 


the wonderful adventures 

of nils 

Selma Lagerlof 

Illustrated by Lars Klinting 



Young Nils Holgersson lives on a farm in Sweden. 

Unfortunately, he is sluggish and lazy and 

doesn’t want to learn anything at school. He is 

also unkind to animals and people. One day 

he is shrunk by a dwarf as punishment for being 

particularly unkind, as well as greedy. And 

then—even more bad luck!—he suddenly gets 

carried off by mistake when a flock of wild geese 

fly over the farm on their way to the far North. 

Nils has many adventures as he travels all 

around Sweden. The map on the endpapers 

shows all the places that Nils visits on his journey 

to the far North and back. When finally he 

returns to his home—and his full size—he has 

learned to love and respect both humans and 

the life of nature. 

This is an enchantingly illustrated edition of 

the beloved Swedish classic folktale by Selma 

Lagerlöf. In 1901, Lagerlöf, already a renowned 

and much liked author, had been asked to 

contribute a section for a new reader for the 

elementary schools in Sweden. But she soon 

decided to write the whole book herself as a 

single coherent story that would incorporate the 

whole geography of Sweden. The first edition of 

the book was published in 1906 to wide aclaim. 

It has been translated into over 30 languages 

and is read all over the world. (Ages 5-7) 

am i really different? 

Illustrated by Gerda Westerink 



When you look closely, you see that no two 

ladybirds’ patterns are the same. Just like 

people—you see that everyone is different— 

unique, special. This is a book that celebrates 

diversity. (Ages 4-6) 

frog, Bee and snail 

looK for snow 

Loek Koopmans 


$15.95 28 pageS 

Frog knows all about water. Bee knows all about 

the sky. And Snail knows all about the earth. 

But none of them know anything about snow. 

Waking from 

t h e i r w i n t e r 

sleep, the three 

friends are astonished 

to hear of 

something called 

snow. But where 

it is hiding now? 

D e t e r m i n e d 

to discover all 

about snow, they 

set off together 

on an exciting 

journey of discovery that takes them through 

the seasons. (Ages 4-7) 


the tomten 

from a poem by Karl-erik forsslund 

Adapted by Astrid Lindgren 

Illustrated by Harald Wiberg 



This classic children’s picture book introduces 

the fabled Swedish gnome, the Tomten. 

He is the one who looks after everything 

while the farmer and his family are sleeping. 

At night, when all is quiet around the farm— 

that’s when the Tomten wakes up. (Ages 5-8) 

the tomten and the fox 

from a poem by Karl-erik forsslund 

Adapted by Astrid Lindgren 

Illustrated by Harald Wiberg 



In this sequel to the well-loved Tomten, the 

sly fox sneaks to the farm in the moonlight, 

hoping to steal a chicken or two. But he’s 

forgotten that the old Tomten guards the 

farm at night. (Ages 5-8) 



pudding and chips 

Penny Matthews 

Illustrated by Janine 

Dawson 



Pudding is a cranky goose. Nobody 

tells Pudding what to do—not even 

Chips the sheepdog. But one warm, 

windy night, a big red fox comes 

creeping through the paddocks, 

dreaming of chicken dinners, and 

things start to change. (Age 5-8) 

florina and the wild Bird 

Selina Chönz 

Illustrated by Alois Carigiet 



Florina lives in a valley in the Swiss Alps with her 

mother, father, and brother Ursli. One day, while 

walking in the mountains, she finds a tiny bird 

that has lost its mother, and she takes the bird 

home to care for it. Florina and the wild bird soon 

become best friends. She makes food for it using 

her doll’s tea set and gives it a special basket for a 

bed. But soon the bird wants to fly, and Florina 

must decide whether to keep the bird or release 

it to fly back to the mountains. (Ages 4-6) 

dragon feathers 

Illustrated by Olga 

Dugina and Andrei Dugin 

Retold by Arnica Esterl 



The classic story of the adventures 

of a poor woodcutter’s son who 

must pluck three feathers from 

the dragon’s back so that he can 

marry the innkeeper’s beautiful 

daughter. (Ages 5-8) 

Olga Dugina also illustrated One 

Thousand and One Nights. (See p. 27) 

the apple caKe 

Nienke van Hichtum 



There was an old granny who 

took a fancy one day to bake an 

apple cake. She has everything she 

needs—except apples. So she sets off 

to the market to buy some apples, 

taking a basket of plums to trade 

along the way. 

Includes Granny’s delicious apple 

cake recipe. (Ages 5-8) 

flower heaven 


Else Wenz-Viëtor 



What happens to the poor flowers 

when they get sick? 

This charmingly illustrated book 

tells the story of one evening 

in Flower Heaven, as the flower 

angels welcome and tend to their 

new patients. (Ages 4-6) 

See more books by Else Wenz-Viëtor 

on p. 38. 

a Bell for ursli 

Selina Chönz, Illustrated by Alois Carigiet 


44 pageS 

A little boy named Ursli lives in the Swiss Alps, and he 

must overcome his fears in order to find a big cowbell so 

that he can lead the spring procession through his village. 

Generations of Swiss children have grown up with this 

delightful story of Ursli and his bell. (Ages 5-8) 

Selina Chönz (1910–2000) was a poet from the Engadine valley 

in the Graubünden mountains of Switzerland. 

Alois Carigiet (1902–1985), also from the Graubünden mountains, 

became one of Switzerland’s most popular painters. He 

won numerous awards, including the New York Times Best Illustrated 

Children’s Book of the Year 1953 and the gold medal 

of the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1966. 


in Blue mountains 

an artist’s return to america’s first 

wilderness 

Thomas Locker 

ISBN:9780880104715 Hardcover 


In Blue Mountains tells the story of an artist who 

sets out to explore wilderness. As he does so, he 

embarks on an adventure of learning: about light 

and shadow, the way color changes through the 

day, and how looking at nature 

leads to a new understanding of 

himself and the world. 

At the end of the book is a section 

that answers questions both 

profound and practical: How were 

the paintings in this book created? 

How were the mountains formed? 

How can a hemlock tree live on 

top of a rock? Why do artists paint 

the wilderness? (Ages 5-7) 

Thomas Locker is an award-winning 

author and artist.. He lives with his 

family in East Jewett, New York, at the edge of the 

Hudson River. 

peter and anneli’s Journey 

to the moon 

Gerdt von Bassewitz, Illustrated 

by Hans Baluschek, Translated by 

Marianne H. Luedeking 



IN color WItH Black aNd WHIte draWINgS 

Long ago, a thief, stealing wood in the forest, 

had accidentally cut off Mr. Zoomzeman’s 

great-great grandfather’s leg 

and was banished to the Moon. 

Unfortunately, he took the leg 

with him and, since then, the 

family of the Zoomzemans have 

all had only five legs. Only two 

good children can get the leg 

back, so Mr. Zoomzeman, in 

search of goodness, finds Peter 

and Anneli. The three then set 

off together on an astonishing 

journey, filled with marvelous 

encounters, fantastic beings, and 

exciting events. (Ages 6-9) 

Gerdt Bernhard von Bassewitz (1874-1923) was a 

lieutenant in the Prussian militia, a playwright, 

and an actor. This book was origianlly published 

in Germany in 1915 and has been a bestseller in 

Germany to this day. 

Hans Baluschek (1870-1935), a painter and graphic 

artist, was a member of the Berlin Secession Movement 

with Max Liebermann and Käthe Kollwitz. 

Marianne H. Luedeking lives in Florida. This was 

one of her favorite childhood books. 


the wise enchanter 

a Journey through the alphabet 

Shelley Davidow, Illustrated by 

Krystyna Emilia Kurzyca 



A wonderfully adventurous “learn-the-alphabet” 

story for ages 6-8. 

“It is happening just as I feared,” he said to his 

beautiful daughter. “Wisdom is fading in the 

world. Words are disappearing. The brightness 

in the sky 

is vanishing and 

the dark Cloud 

of Ignorance has 

grown suddenly 

dense. Every letter, 

every sound must 

be found anew 

and made bright 

again. We must 

find those who 

are young enough 

to rediscover the 

world. Children 

who are still full 

of wonder, who 

are kind and true, 

are neither selfish 

nor unkind—and 

who will be brave 

enough to go on 

this quest. 

“Their task will 

be to rediscover 

the alphabet and 

bring back what 

is being lost. They 

must listen to stories, listen to the old people, 

ask questions, and heed answers. Only then will 

the darkness be overcome. Then and only then 

will wise men and women return to the world.” 

Shelley Davidow was nominated for the first Macmillan 

Writer’s Prize for Africa in 2002. 

Krystyna Emilia Kurzyca was born, raised, and arteducated 

in post-World War II communist Poland. 


Storybooks 

the seven-year-old wonder BooK 


Sylvia lives with her mother in a white cottage at the edge of the 

woods. In the evening, Sylvia’s mother tells her wonderful stories, and 

during the night, the Rhyme-Elves paint pictures and write poems 

in her Wonder-Book. 

Meet Sister-in-the-Bushes, the Black Imp, the Lordly Cock, Hugin 

and the Turnip, and many others who have delighted children for 

almost fifty years, taking them through the highlights and festivals 

of the year. (Ages 7-9) 

the eight-year-old legend BooK 


This collection of stories, based upon tales told by the Buddha to his 

monks 2,500 years ago, tells of great adventures and heroes, of danger 

and courage, and most important, of how wisdom and thoughtfulness 

triumph over selfishness and greed. 

King Beetle-tamer 

and other lighthearted wonder tales 


Meet the Terrible Tanterabogus, Ogo and the Sun Horse, the Gorgeous 

Nightingale, Cocorico and Coquelicot, and more, in the magic world 

where the princess often rescues the prince!(Ages 7-10) 

legends of King arthur 

over the hills and far away 

a collection of stories about the little folk 

Edited by Els Boekelaar and Ineke Verschuren 

Illustrated by Daniela Drescher 

ISBN: 978-0-86315-730-1 Hardcover FlorIS BookS $30 176 pageS 

Here is our best collection of more than sixty traditional stories about gnomes, 

dwarfs, leprechauns, and other wee folk from Ireland, Russia, Germany, 

Scotland, Spain, France, Switzerland, England, Flanders, and Scandinavia. 

Illustrated in full color throughout by Daniela Drescher. 

see more books illusTraTed by daNiela drescher 

oN pages 16, 17, & 38 


Enter a world of duels and jousting, feasts and pageants, where 

knights meet in fellowship at Camelot. Courageous knights fight 

strange, unearthly foes to prove themselves worthy of a place at King 

Arthur’s table. These are the ancient tales that have been told since 

the fifth century. 

Previously published by Lanthorn Press as Tales the Harper Sang: 

Medieval Stories. (Ages 9-12) 

storybooks by isabel wyatt 

thorKill of iceland 

viking hero tales 


The Vikings were the world’s greatest adventurers and undertook 

astonishing journeys that were recorded in the ancient sagas. This 

book contains two dramatic story cycles: “Thorkill of Iceland,” an old 

Danish hero tale of Thorkill’s mission to the land of the Giants, and 

“The Dream of King Alfan,” an old Norse hero tale in which Prince 

Guthorm must go through many trials to fulfill his destiny. These 

stories are beautifully and dramatically retold from the old sources. 

(Ages 7-10) 

norse hero tales 

“the King and the green angelica” and other stories 


These stories of Norse heroes are drawn from the collection of tales 

compiled by Saxo Grammaticus (c.1150–1220), the Danish historian, 

and other early Scandinavian writers.Included is an informative 

introduction. 

These stories are particularly useful for teaching Norse Mythology 

in Waldorf class 4. (Ages 9–10). Norse Hero Tales was previously 

published as The King and the Green Angelica. 

the BooK of fairy princes 


An exciting collection of stories that transports us to ivory towers, 

great forests and kingdoms of beautiful colors. (Ages 7-10) 

homer’s odyssey 

a retelling 


Homer’s Odyssey is one of the greatest stories in all of literature—the 

epic tale of the return of Odysseus to his home following the Trojan 

war. (Ages 7-10) 


celtic wonder tales 

& other stories 

Ella Young 

ISBN: 978-086315-350-1 paperBack 


B&W IlluStratIoNS 

This combined collection of wonderful tales 

from Ella Young’s classic retelling of Celtic 

stories has been selected from her Celtic Wonder 

Tales, The Wonder Smith and His Son, The 

Tangle-Coated Horse, and The Unicorn with 

Silver Shoes. (Ages 7-10) 

the shifty lad and the tales 

he told 

celtic folk stories 

Retold by P. L. Snow 



In these delightful and amusing tales of roguery 

and cunning, we learn how the Shifty Lad 

became a thief, and how he outwitted the Dark 

Strangers, escaped a terrible fate and saved his 

life through the gift of telling stories. 

These tales come from the old Celtic cultures of 

Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Like all tales that 

are a part of our wider human heritage, they 

touch our feelings, strike a note of sadness, and 

often bring us to laughter. (Ages 8-11) 

the King of ireland’s son 

an Irish Folk-tale 

Padraic Colum 

ISBN: 978-0-86315-896-4 paperBack FlorIS BookS $16.95 288 pageS 

myths of the world 

Padraic Colum, Illustrated by 

Boris Artzybasheff 


FlorIS BookS 328 pageS $25.00 

21 B&W IlluStratIoNS 

Here is a comprehensive collection of tales that 

have carried deeply human meaning through 

the centuries. You will find all the legendary 

heroes and tragic characters of ancient times— 

Iris, Osiris, Gilgamesh, Hercules, Pandora, and 

many more. 

Master storyteller Padraic Colum shows the 

close relationship among past cultures by 

including stories from ancient Egypt, Babylon, 

Greece, Rome, Ireland, Iceland, China, Japan, 

New Zealand, Mexico, and Peru. (Ages 7-10) 

stories of the saints 

Retold by Siegwart Knijpenga 


$25.00 224 pageS B&W IlluStratIoNS 

This collection of stories is an invaluable 

treasury of the tales and legends of over forty 

saints—stories of devotion, self-sacrifice and 

faith. 

Designed for easy reading and reference, this 

book covers a wide range of saints from many 

times and lands. (Ages 7-10) 

In this classical children’s story, the King of Ireland’s son sets out to 

find the Enchanter of the Back-Lands where he meets the Enchanter’s 

daugh ter Fedelma. He loses her, and then has many adventures to 

find her again. 

Padraic Colum (1881–1972) was born in Longford, 

Ireland, and typifies the best of the early 

twentieth-century renaissance of Irish literary. 

His books for children have delighted several 

generations, and they are as welcome today as they were when first published. For 

his contribution to children’s literature, in 1961 he was awarded the Regina Medal 

by the Catholic Literary Association. 

Stories and Folk Tales 

Jumping mouse 

Brian Patten 

Illustrated by Mary Moore 



“Well, crouch down as far as you can, and 

then jump up as far as you can,” said the 

frog. So the mouse did. He crouched down 

on the river bank until he was a tight little 

bundle, and then he leapt up into the sky. 

He jumped higher than the flowers, and 

then the trees, nearly scraping his ears 

on the branches. He went higher and 

higher, and then across the trees he caught 

a glimpse of the Sacred Mountains.... 

This Native American folk tale and teaching 

story has captivated people of all ages for many 

years. It tells how jumping mouse has the courage 

to leave the security of his nest and set out 

on a dangerous journey of self-discovery. 

(Ages 6 and up) 

Brian Patten is well known for his bestselling poetry 

collections for children. He is a Fellow of the Royal 

Society of Literature. 

Mary Moore, daughter of sculptor Henry Moore, 

is a children’s book illustrator, artist, and fashion 

designer. 

tales from african 

dreamtime 

Edited by Magdalene Sacranie 

Illustrated by Sarah Bramley 

Foreword by Alexander McCall 

Smith 



From the wild plains of Sudan to a remote 

village in Cameroon, this collection of more 

than forty stories gathers folk tales from many 

African traditions. 

They are narrated in a lively, conversational style 

and accompanied by vibrant color illustrations. 

Discover how human beings lost their tail; 

puzzle over riddles; and meet a variety of animals, 

from a lazy rabbit to a wicked leopard. 

These magical tales are ideal read-aloud bedtime 

stories. (Ages 7-10) 


Folk Tales 

little red riding hood 

the classic grimm’s Fairy tale 

Illustrated by Patricia DeLisa 

ISBN: 9780880105712 Hardcover Bell poNd 


This well-known fairy tale includes a commentary 

for parents and teachers. (Ages 5-8) 

thumBelina 

Hans Christian Andersen 

Illustrated by Hsin-Shih Lai 


BookS eNcHaNtMINtS StudIo edItIoN $19.95 

56 pageS 

Thumbelina is so tiny, she can ride on the 

wings of a butterfly. Her world is one of flower 

petals, wild berries, and ladybugs. But one day, 

she is kidnapped by a frog, and then she seems 

doomed to marry a mole. (Ages 6-9) 

Hsin-Shih Lai studied at the National Taiwan Academy 

of Art. She works as an illustrator and performs 

with the Eurythmy Spring Valley touring group. 

These classic tales from the Brothers Grimm are sensitively illustrated by 

the Russian artist Anastasiya Archipova. (Ages 5-8) 

hansel and gretel 

Illustrated by Anastasiya 

Archipova 



the Bremen town musicians 

The Brothers Grimm 

Illustrated by Hsin-Shih Lai 

ISBN 9780880105835 Hardcover Bell poNd 


Here is the well loved classic Grimm’s tale of 

a run-away donkey, a down-and-out dog, a 

cast-off cat, and an about-to-be-cooked rooster 

who set off together to Bremen to become the 

town musicians. 

This story will bring a smile to young and old 

alike, with its singularly satisfying happy ending. 

(Ages 4-7) 

snow white and rose red 

Illustrated by Anastasiya 

Archipova 



snow white and rose red 

a grimm’s Fairy tale 

Illustrated by Denise Marshall 


BookS eNcHaNtMINtS StudIo edItIoN $17.95 

28 pageS 

One winter morning, two devoted sisters, Snow 

White and Rose Red, hear a knock at their 

cottage door. A bear! Snow-covered and half 

frozen, he begs for a warm place to rest. The 

story of this strange guest unfolds with rich 

imagery, surprise, and adventure. (Ages 6-9) 

Denise Marshall worked as lead artist in the creation 

of whimsical three-dimensional sculptures for 

Cirque du Soleil and the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine. 


favourite tales from 

hans christian andersen 

Illustrated in color by Anastasiya 

Archipova 


$30.00 192 pageS 

Included are “The Little Mermaid,” “The Little 

Match-Seller,” “The Swineherd,” “The Princess 

and the Pea,” “The Brave Tin Soldier,” “The 

Snow Queen,” and “The Fir Tree,” (Ages 7-10) 

the faBles of la fontaine 

a selection in english 

Jean de La Fontaine, 

Illustrated by Jean-Noel 

Rochut, Translated and 

introduced by C. J. Moore 



favourite grimm’s tales 

Illustrated in color by Anastasiya 

Archipova 

These are timeless stories of country folk, 

heroes of Greek mythology, and familiar 

creatures. Each tale contains a moral for 

living, as brilliantly relevant today as they were 300 years ago. 

This large-format volume gathers more than a hundred of La Fontaine’s 

most beloved fables. The fables in this classic family collection include 

favorites such as “The Grasshopper and the Ant,” “The Crow and the 

Fox,” and “The Wolf and the Lamb.” (Ages 8-11) 


$30.00 200 pageS 

“Little Red,” “The Frog Prince,” “Sleeping 

Beauty,” “Snow White,” “Cinderella,” “Mother 

Holle,” and many more are included here in 

this beautifully illustrated collection of favorites 

from the Grimm brothers. (Ages 7-10) 

swedish folK tales 

Illustrated by John Bauer 

Translated from Swedish by 

Holger Lundburgh 

one thousand and one 

nights 

Illustrated by Olga Dugina 

Text by C. J. Moore 



Folk Tales 


$22.95 240 pageS 

“Little Red,” “The Frog Prince,” “Sleeping Beauty,” 

“Snow White,” “Cinderella,” “Mother Holle,” 

“The Golden Goose,” and more are included 

here in this beautifully illustrated collection of 

favorites from the Grimm brothers. (Ages 7-10) 

This exquisitely illustrated collection of 

stories includes the well-known stories “Sheherazade”, 

“Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”, 

“The Ox and the Ass”; and “The Horse 

of Ebony,” as well 

as how the story of 

Sheherazade ended. 

(Ages 8-11) 

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Verses and Poems 

poems for younger 

children 

David Donaldson 



46 pageS 

The poems in this collection were 

written originally as birthday 

verses by a Waldorf class teacher 

for children between the ages of 

seven and eleven. 

After more than sixteen years of 

teaching children at the Hereford 

Steiner Academy in Englad, the 

author chose this collection, which 

teachers will find useful in recitation, 

to accompany movement, or 

as inspiration for their own verses. 

a Journey through 

time in verse and 

rhyme 

Collected by Heather 

Thomas 



A splendid collection of poetry 

for use by teachers at every stage 

of school life. Poems are arrangedaccording 

to the development of 

the child from six to fourteen and 

provide support for the subject 

matter of lessons, from botany and 

physics to history and astronomy, 

and range from ancient Egypt to 

modern times. 

Works by Shakespeare, Blake, 

Wordsworth, Browning are juxtaposed 

with the refreshingly 

unfamiliar. Alliterative verse, 

riddles, tongue-twisters, action 

and seasonal verses provide a 

stimulus for practical activities in 

the classroom. Also included are 

meditative verses to help teachers 

deepen their understanding of the 

children in their care. 

in the light of a 

child 

a Journey through the 52 

weeks of the year in Both 

hemispheres for children 

Michael Burton 



Children live deeply in the experience 

of the seasons. Their unity with 

nature, initially unconscious, gradually 

fades as they become more selfaware 

These verses help children 

bridge the gap from their unconscious 

connection with nature to 

a living feeling for the seasons that 

will stay with them throughout life. 

The verses are inspired by Rudolf 

Steiner’s Calendar of the Soul, 

and the book is arranged so that 

parents, teachers, eurythmists, and 

children can follow the course of 

the year in both the northern and 

southern hemispheres. (Ages 4-9) 

the winding road 

family treasury of poems & 

verses 

Collected by Matthew 

Barton; Foreword by 

Jamila Gavin 


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A wealth of more than two hundred 

poems, verses, blessings, and 

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Includes works by ancient 

and modern poets, from Gaelic 

blessings to Navajo prayers, from 

William Blake to Eleanor Farjeon 

and Brian Patten. 

Matthew Barton is a translator, editor, 

teacher, and poet. He has won numerous 

prizes for his work, including the 

Art’s Council Writer’s Award and a 

Hawthornden Fellowship. 

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poems, songs and stories for young children 

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Written specifically for the Waldorf kindergarten 

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contain a wide variety of poems, songs and stories 

for each season, with many contributions for use at 

festivals. The Spindrift volume comprises general and 

miscellaneous material for use the whole year round, 

including over forty stories from different cultures 

the waldorf song 

BooK 

Edited by Brien Masters 

ISBN: 978-0-86315-059-3 paperBack 


Over a hundred songs (well 

known, less known, rounds, fourpart) 

collected out of Brien Masters’ 

long work in the Waldorf 

schools. Music and words are arranged 

by age and by time of year, 

the book is designed for classroom 

and home use. 

Brien Masters, Ph.D. has taught 

everything from music to math to 

map reading. He teaches around 

the world and has acted as a consultant 

to government organizations. 

He has written numerous 

articles and several publications 

for use in schools and is presently 

director of the London Waldorf 

Teacher Training Seminar. 

“This is a rich resource for anyone working with 

young children.” –Joan Almon, Waldorf Early 

Childhood Association of North America. 

around the world. Gateways has sections on morning, 

evening, birthdays and fairytales. 

Most songs are in the scale of D-pentatonic, particularly 

suitable for pentatonic lyres, but quite capable of 

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the early years 

Shirley Latessa 

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Meekelorr dreamed of 

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Meekelorr was staring up at his father as he 

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the three candles 

of little veronica 

the story of a child’s soul in this 

world and the other 

Manfred Kyber 

Illustrated by Iris Guarducci 

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Book two of aurogole’s Journey 



milon and 

the lion 

Jakob Streit 


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In this exciting story for middle-school readers, 

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This classic story presents the world of the early 

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auragole and the last Battle 

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the BeeJum BooK 

Alice O. Howell 


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“Sheer magic and pure delight. This book 

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The story of Teak, a child living abroad between 

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Young Adult – Kelpies 

BlacK tide 

Caroline Clough 



Toby’s dad and little sister have 

been kidnapped by pirates, and 

Toby is left alone in the aftermath 

of the terrible Red Fever epidemic 

that has wiped out much of the 

world’s population. Toby sets out 

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Black Tide is the dramatic sequel to 

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red fever 

Caroline Clough 



cloudBerry castle 

Ballerina dreams 

Janey Louise Jones 



Katie Mackenzie’s family runs a 

ballet school in a wonderful old 

Scottish castle. But Katie misses her 

best friend Mallie. So she’s thrilled 

when her old friend asks for Katie’s 

help training her unruly pony. 

But Katie has both ballet exams 

and the chance to audition for a 

role in the New York City Ballet’s 

tour of The Nutcracker. Can she 

balance training the pony with 

beating the other girls to her dream 

ballerina role? 

This is the third book of Katie’s ballet 

adventures at Cloudberry Castle. 






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the daemon parallel 

Roy Gill 



Cameron never came to visit his 

grandma while his dad was alive— 

and he’s just discovered the reason. 

Sent to stay with her after his 

father’s death, Grandma Ives soon 

reveals their family’s extraordinary 

abilities and introduces him to the 

dark side of Edinburgh he never 

knew existed—the Daemon Parallel. 

(Ages 8-12) 

magnus fin and the 

selKie secret 

Janis Mackay 



On his eleventh birthday, schoolchild 

Magnus Fin discovered that 

he is half selkie—part human, part 

seal. Although he looks like a boy 

and lives on land, he can breathe 

underwater. 

When a rusty metal chest is flung 

ashore in a storm, Magnus injures 

his hand on the strange box, and his 

sealskin starts to show through. His 

teacher realizes that there’s something 

very unusual about Magnus 

Fin—and rumors start to spread. 

magnus fin and the 

moonlight mission 

Janis Mackay 



maZe running and other 

magical missions 

Lari Don 



When Yann the centaur is stabbed 

through the heart by a unicorn 

horn, he needs a magical remedy. 

Helen and her fabled-beast friends 

unite, with the help of the dragons, 

to find a magical token with the 

power to heal him. But they only 

have until tomorrow night. 

This is the fourth and final book 

in Lari Don’s popular First Aid for 

Fairies series. 

really weird 

removals.com 

Daniela Sacerdoti 


FlorIS Book $9.95 256 pageS 

Mischievous fairies? Stranded 

mermaids? Smelly troll? Whatever 

your supernatural dilemma, call the 

Really Weird Removals company! 

Luca and Valentina’s uncle Alistair 

is a paranormal investigator. When 

he realizes that the children can 

see the supernatural creatures that 

share our world, he invites them 

to join his team. But this exciting 

world is also packed with danger. 

When confronted by malicious 

kelpies and hungry vampires, 

can their wayward uncle keep the 

children safe? 

the desperate Journey 

Kathleen Fidler 

ISBN: 9780863154010 paperBack FlorIS BookS, kelpIeS $11.95 192 pageS 

The Desperate Journey tells the story of the Highland 

Clearances as they affect one small family. The Murrays 

are forced to load their possessions onto a cart 

and travel across Scotland to Glasgow. Here the children 

have to work in a mill and live in overcrowded 

and dirty lodgings. The family are offered the chance 

to join an emigrant ship bound for Hudson Bay in 

Canada, and make a perilous journey into a new life 

in the Red River Colony. 

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how to maKe a golem 

(and terrify people) 

Alette Willis 



Edda is tired of her nickname, 

‘Mouse’, and wants to be braver. 

But when her house is burgled on 

her twelfth birthday, Edda is more 

afraid than ever. That is, until a new 

boy starts school. Michael claims to 

be a great alchemist who can help 

Edda overcome her fears by teaching 

her to build a golem. But surely they 

can’t bring a giant mud monster to 

life? Can they? (Ages 8-12) 

a stranger came ashore 

Mollie Hunter 



Finn Learson literally stumbles out 

of a stormy sea into a small village 

on the Shetland Isles. He’s handsome 

and charming, he helps with 

the fishing and the harvest, and 

he’s particularly drawn to Robbie’s 

older sister Elspeth. 

Yet there’s something about Finn 

that makes Robbie and his dog Tam 

feel uneasy. Haunted by local tales 

of the Selkie folk, Robbie suspects 

there’s more to Finn than meets 

the eye. As the story reaches its 

explosive finale at the fire festival 

of Up Helly Aa, can Robbie reveal 

the truth in time to save his sister? 

The spirit and resourcefulness 

of Davie and Kirsty shines 

through all their hardships 

as they witness the evictions 

and burning of the crofters’ 

homes; endure the hardships of child labor in 

a Glasgow cotton mill; survive the Atlantic crossing 

on a disease-ridden ship; and witness bitter feuding 

among rival colonists. 


three grimms’ fairy 

tales 

Paintings by Gerard 

Wagner, Afterword by 

Peter Stebbing 



The illustrations in Three Grimms’ 

Fairy Tales represent a unique artistic 

approach to children’s book 

illustration. Through Wagner’s 

life-long investigation into how 

form can arise from objective 

color experience, the images are 

attuned individually in a deep 

way to the mood of each fairy tale 

and to children’s essential moral 

nature and creative fantasy. 

Includes an afterword on painting 

by Peter Stebbing, director 

of the Arteum Painting School 

in Dornach, Switzerland. 

Gerard Wagner (1906–1999) was 

born in Germany and grew up in 

England, where he studied at the 

Royal College of Art in London. In 

1926, he took up the challenge of a 

new direction in painting as initiated 

by Rudolf Steiner. With Elisabeth 

Wagner-Koch he established 

The Painting School at the Goetheanum 

in Arlesheim, Switzerland. 

parZival 

the Quest for the holy grail 

Illustrated by David Newbatt 


WyNStoNeS $60.00 224 pageS 

the fairy tale of the 

green snaKe and 

the Beautiful lily 

Johann Wolfgang von 

Goethe, Illustrated by 

David Newbatt 


WyNStoNeS $25.00 48 pageS 


At Michaelmas in 1795, there appeared 

a series of stories of which 

the concluding one was a Fairy 

Tale, The Green Snake and the 

Beautiful Lily. 

David Newbatt brings together 

the original English translation 

by Thomas Carlyle with a series of 

pictures to help reveal the sevenfold 

process 

t h a t u n - 

folds within 

G o e t h e ’ s 

Fair y Tale 

of a path of 

inner development 

and 

p e r s o n a l 

transformation. 

Parzival is one of the great classic stories of the 

last millennium, a colorful tale from the time of 

knighthood. full of romance. It is also a deep and 

intense piece of literature in which is portrayed 

an individual’s archetypal biography. 

David Newbatt’s stunning full-page color illustrations 

bring a refreshingly vivid and direct interpretation of the Quest 

for the Holy Grail. The text gives a clear and concise introduction to some 

of the many characters and events portrayed in this epic tale. 

David Newbatt is an artist, mural painter, and teacher who is especially interested 

in painting as a social and therapeutic medium. He lives and works at a Camphill 

commmunity for young adults with special needs near Aberdeen. 

the rime of the 

ancient mariner 

by Samuel Taylor 

Coleridge, Illustrated by 

Sophia Montefiore 



64 pageS 30 color IlluStratIoNS 

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is 

one of the great classics of English 

Literature, considered by many to 

be the greatest ballad ever written 

in English. Composed at the end 

of the 18th century by Coleridge, 

its unique qualities have continued 

to capture the imagination 

of readers and artists throughout 

the ages. The creation of the 

30 illustrations in this book by 

Sophia Montefiore was impelled 

by an abiding fascination with 

Coleridge’s perspectives into the 

world of the soul and the elemental 

powers of nature. 

a farm 

paintings from 

a Bygone age 

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the christian year in 

pictures for children 

a large-Format portfolio 

and Booklet in english 

Brigitte Barz, Paintings 

by Gabriela de Carvalho 

ISBN: 9780863158476 FlorIS BookS 

$60.00 12 color IlluStratIoNS 

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This collection of twelve beautiful 

pictures for each month is 

connected to a corresponding 

Christian festival, saint or season, 

providing a gentle, inspiring 

overview of the rhythm through 

the year. 

An English-language, 24-page 

booklet accompanies the largeformat 

pictures, which parents and 

teachers can share with children or 

use as a basis for storytelling. 

a home 


a Bygone age 

ISBN: 

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Hardcover 

FlorIS BookS 

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Full color 

tHrougHout 

Carl Larsson (1853-1919) is one of Sweden’s best-loved artists. His 

stunning watercolors of his farm, home and family are acclaimed as one of 

the richest and most evocative records of the life of eight children—during 

the late nineteenth century. The descriptive text offers many important 

details about Larsson’s life and painting techniques. 


Christmas Books 

the tomtes’ christmas porridge 



little fairy’s christmas 

Daniela Drescher 



On Christmas Eve, a little fairy gets lost in a 

snowstorm and is blown far away from home. 

She finds a little elf boy who has also been lost in 

the storm. They are both soon rescued by Father 

Christmas himself, who helps them find the way 

to the elf boy’s home. The little fairy is invited 

to stay with the elf family and together they 

have a wonderful warm Christmas. (Ages 3–6) 

Every Christmas Eve, the Master 

has put out rice pudding for the 

tomtes to say thank you for their 

help around the house during the 

year. LAs year, however, the Master 

forgot and Mama tomte knows he 

will forget again this year. 

So, the elves hatch a plot to steal a 

bowl of Christmas porridge. 

This charming story is based on an old Swedish Christmas tradition. It is illustrated with 

great humor and is filled with delightful detail, as the tomte family scurry around trying 

not to be seen one busy Christmas Eve. (Ages 4-7) 

on christmas eve 


the little christmas tree 

Loek Koopmans 


One winter night something very special happens to a little pine tree in the 

deep forest, when a star tumbles down from heaven and lands on its top. A 

mother and her children and all the forest animals 

gather round in wonder at the little Christmas 

tree in the middle of the snowy woods. (Ages 3-6) 

Loek Koopmans studied at the Academy of Fine Arts 

in Arnhem. In 1993 and 1996 he won the Dutch Award 

for best illustrated book. 


This traditional story gives children a glimpse into the busy lives 

of Father Christmas and his helpers on Christmas Eve, showing 

the work of the angels up in the heavens and how all the creatures 

on Earth come to share in the joy of Christmas. (Ages 3-6) 

the christmas angels 



32 pageS 

The Christmas angels know who needs help on this holy 

night, and they are ready to fly down to help those who 

are lost, lonely, and weary. This is a beautiful holiday 

book heralds the Christmas message of loving kindness. 

(Ages 3-6) 


the light in the lantern 

stories for advent 

Written by Georg Dreißig 


WyNStoNeS preSS $12.95 78 pageS 

In the days leading up to Christmas, Mary and 

Joseph’s path to Bethlehem is fraught with difficulties, 

but as the stories in this book reveal, 

a small miracle happens on each day. 

The story of each miracle brings us a little closer 

to Christmas, until we finally reach the stable in 

Bethlehem where the light in the lantern is waiting 

in anticipation of the Christ Child’s birth. 

With 28 individual stories, this book may be 

used as an Advent Calendar, with the first week’s 

stories relating to the mineral world, the second 

week’s stories to the plant world, the third week 

to the animal kingdom, and finally the fourth 

week to human beings. 

mary’s little donKey 

and the flight to egypt 

Gunhild Sehlin 


$12.00 158 pageS 

One of the most loved Christmas stories. The 

stubborn little donkey is of no use to anyone 

at all in Nazareth, but he becomes a quick and 

willing helper under Mary’s gentle care. (Ages 

6-10) 

Gunhild Sehlin worked for over twenty years as a UN 

children’s worker in Jordan and Jerusalem. 

lara’s first christmas 


Illustrated by Maggie Mailer 



Lara, along with her refugee parents, finds 

herself marooned in an isolated little hotel in 

snowbound Norway before World War II. She 

is befriended by two eccentric elderly Englishmen 

who teach her to ski, and most important, 

she discovers deep love and wisdom from the 

grandfatherly carpenter Andreas, who teaches 

her that Christmas really is a universal event, 

open to every heart and every faith. 

A warm, luminous story about the real meaning 

of Christmas by the author of The Beejum 

Book. (Ages 8-11) 

the emperor’s vision 

and other christ legends 

Selma Lagerlof 


$16.95 224 pageS 

Selma Lagerlof’s classic telling of the lives of 

some of the men and women whose destinies 

were changed forever by the events of Christ’s 

life—from the surly shepherd of Bethlehem to 

the cruel Emperor Tiberius. 

These tales are imaginatively drawn from the 

colorful history and landscape of the Holy 

Land, from the time of Jesus to the Crusades. 

(Ages 7-12) 

a calf for christmas 

Astrid Lindgren 

Illustrated by Marit Törnqvist, 


$17.95 36 pageS 


findus at christmas 

Written and Illustrated by 




A laugh-out-loud Christmas story in the 

phenomenal Findus and Pettson series. 

It is the day before Christmas Eve and there is 

lots to do to prepare for the Christmas celebration 

at the house of Findus the cat and Farmer 

Pettson. But disaster strikes when Pettson 

sprains his ankle. 

How can they celebrate Christmas now—with 

no tree, ham, and worst of all, no gingerbread? 

Findus and Pettson are about to give up, when 

suddenly there is a knock on the door... 

Findus at Chrstmas is a very funny and touching 

tale about the gifts of kindness and 

sharing, and about how Christmas 

can bring out the best in people— 

and in cats, too, naturally! 

(Ages 3-7) 

See more of the Findus series 

on pages 6 & 19 

It’s the last day of school before Christmas. Johan can’t stop 

thinking about the terrible thing that happened—his family’s 

only cow died, and they have no money to buy another. 

But rich farmer Peter Jonsson has come to town for the Christmas market. He buys a calf then, 

after spending some time in the local inn, he loses it on the sleigh ride home! When Johan heads 

out to clear snow, what does he find?... Maybe he’ll have a happy Christmas after all. (Ages 4–7) 



the christmas story BooK 

Collected by Ineke Verschuren 



These stories tell of the experience of people 

who lived at the time of the birth of the Christ 

child, and who sought to worship the newborn 

king. This book is a colorful collection carefully 

chosen to show the spirit of Christmas in many 

different facets. 

The stories are divided into five sections: Advent, 

the birth of the Christ child, Christmas 

night, Christmas in the world, and the time of 

the three kings. Included are stories by Hans 

Christian Andersen, Leonid Andreiev, Jane 

Clement, Maxim Gorki, Gerhard Klein, Selma 

Lagerlöf, Jeanna Oterdahl, Peter Rosegger, Ruth 

Sawyer, and more. (Ages 5-12) 

celeBrating christmas 

together 

nativity and three Kings plays with 

stories and songs 

Estelle Bryer, Janni Nicol 


HaWtHorN preSS, FeStIvalS SerIeS $19.95 

96 pageS 

This Christmas treasury 

includes the Nativity 

Play in verse 

form, which can be 

performed in many 

different ways with 

children 3 years old 

and up. Included are 

staging directions 

and instructions for 

simple costumes and 

props; songs and music to accompany the play; 

how to create a Crib scene; making an Advent 

Calendar; the Three Kings Play and Christmas 

stories. 

A rich source of material for teachers and 

parents looking for new ways to celebrate 

Christmas and Epiphany. —Winny Mossman, 

kindergarten teacher, Bristol Waldorf School 

christmas plays from 

oBerufer 

paradise play | shepherds play | Kings play 

Edited by Hélène Jacquet 


rudolF SteINer preSS $16.00 128 pageS 

color IlluStratIoNS 

Over hundreds of years, ordinary people in the 

small Austrian village of Oberufer on the Danube 

gathered in the local tavern at Christmastime to 

perform these plays for their neighbors. With 

their roots buried in medieval times, these plays 

gradually evolved to incorporate a unique blend 

of saucy folk humor and profound reverence in 

their celebration of the birth of Jesus. Today these 

plays from Oberufer are often performed in the 

Waldorf School community at Christmas time. 

This edition of the plays—suitable for both 

amateur and professional players—offers a clear 

layout of the texts, greatly elaborated makeup 

and director’s indications, stage and lighting 

directions, and detailed costume designs. 

the christmas craft BooK 

2nd Edition 

Thomas Berger 


$19.95 80 pageS 

Simply made decorations for home or school are an 

absorbing way for children to become involved in 

the celebrations of Advent and Christmas. 

Parents, teachers, and 

children will easily learn 

to make a wide variety of 

decorations: window and 

table transparencies, decorated candles, 

Advent calendars, festive wreaths, 

lanterns, straw angels and stars, fleece 

angels and foil angels, mobiles, paper 

window stars, nativity scenes, and 

geometric tree decorations. 

The projects are all described and fully 

illustrated with diagrams and color 

photographs. 

the dream song of 

olaf Åsteson 

an ancient norwegian folksong of the 

holy nights 


BookS $35.00 80 pageS color IlluStratIoNS 

This haunting folksong first came to light in 

about 1850 when a clergyman called Landstad 

heard it in a lonely valley in Telemark, Norway. 

No one could tell him where it had come from 

or how long it had existed. 

This epic saga, part of the old mystical and shamanic 

traditions of the North, powerfully tells 

the story of a young man, Olaf Åsteson, who 

sleeps for 12 nights in the depths of winter —the 

Twelve Holy Nights between Christmas Eve and 

Epiphany—and awakens on the thirteenth day to 

share his profound experiences. During his sleep, 

Olaf undergoes an initiation by the elements of 

Nature and is able to open to cosmic forces that 

transport him on a spiritual journey related to the 

mystery of the soul’s existence after death. 

Preface by 

Jonathan Stedall, 

Introduction by 

Andrew Welburn, 


Janet Jordan; 

Poem translated 

by Eleanor Merry 


all year round 

Ann Druitt, Christine 

Fynes-Clinton, Marije Rowling 


preSS, FeStIvalS SerIeS $26.00 288 pageS 

Stories, poems, activities, things to make, songs, 

and helpful drawings. The authors show that 

observing a round of festivals can be an enjoyable 

way to bring rhythm into children’s lives, 

providing meaningful landmarks to look forward 

to each season. Parents are encouraged to 

develop their own traditions, using this helpful 

book as a springboard. 

the children’s year 

crafts & clothes for children & 

parents to make 

Stephanie Cooper, Christine 




Takes us through the seasons with appropriate 

gifts and toys to create, including full, clear 

instructions and illustrations. 

the Birthday BooK 

celebrations for everyone 

Ann Druitt, Christine 




the islamic year 

suras, stories, and celebrations 

Noorah Al-Gailani, Chris Smith 



Explore Muslim festivals with this inspiring 

treasury of stories, suras, songs, games, recipes, 

crafts and art activities. A unique resource for 

educators and parents who want to share the 

spiritual wealth of Islam with children. 

the singing year 

songbook and cd for singing with 

young children 

Candy Verney 

ISBN: 9781903458396 WItH audIo cd 

paperBack HaWtHorN preSS, FeStIvalS 

SerIeS $33.00 192 pageS 

Singing with your children is a lifetime gift to 

them that they will always remember. Singing 

about the seasons of the year creates a connection 

to nature and helps children become aware 

of its natural rhythms and cycles. 

The Singing Year, which 

includes a learning CD 

and illustrations, is 

arranged by season and 

contains more than 

100 songs. Included 

are songs about 

animals, plants, and 

seasonal phenomena. 

Each section ends 

with suggestions for 

seasonal crafts and 

games. 

african and cariBBean 

celeBrations 

Gail Johnson, Illustrated by 

Caroline Glanville 



IlluStrated 

Festivals and food; music, dance, and the oral 

tradition; rites of passage; and a bibliography 

of resources for further reading. 

Celebrating Festivals 

festivals, family, and food 

Diana Carey, Judy Large 



This classic family favorite is a unique, wellloved 

source of stories, recipes, things to make, 

activities, poems, songs, and festivals. Each 

festival, such as Christmas, Candlemas, and 

Martinmas, has its own illustrated chapter. Also 

included are sections on birthdays, rainy days, 

convalescence, and a birthday calendar. 

festivals together 

a guide to multi-cultural celebration 

Sue Fitzjohn, Minda Weston, Judy 

Large 



A comprehensive resource guide with activities 

and recipes for observing special days according 

to traditions based on many cultures from 

around the world, including Buddhist, Christian, 

Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, and Sikh. 

the Big summer activity 

BooK 

Anne and Peter Thomas 


FlorIS BookS $30.00 224 pageS 500 color 

IlluStratIoNS 

A huge collection of summer activities that will 

help keep boredom at bay and help parents feel 

bette, knowing their children are busy having 

wholesome fun. 


Activities with Children 

magic wool fairies 

Christine Schäfer 


$19.95 104 pageS 

Unspun sheep’s wool, also known as magic wool, 

is a warm, vibrant material that is perfect for 

making beautiful soft figures. Christine Schäfer 

includes detailed instructions on making fairies 

and angels for every occasion—flower fairies 

for a seasonal nature table; fairies for birthday 

celebrations; guardian angels to watch over a 

crib; and of course a range of Christmas angels. 

Step-by-step instructions, color photographs, 

and diagrams clearly show the reader the basics 

for making simple figures. The book progresses 

to more detailed instructions for making increasingly 

elaborate versions. 

Christine Schäfer leads workshops and presents her 

work at exhibitions. 

a felt farm 

Rotraud Reinhard 


$19.95 

This craft book contains step-by-step instructions 

and beautiful color photographs showing 

how to make an entire farm of felted animals, 

people, and tools, as well as the farmyard itself. 

The author gives many tips and tricks for working 

with felt throughout the book that will bring 

color and life to your felted farm. 

The second part of the book is a charming illustrated 

story that uses the characters, animals 

and settings from the first part to tell the story 

of a fun-filled day on a farm. 

Young children can make the simplest farm elements, 

such as apples, bowls, balls, and puddles, 

while older children will be able to felt simple 

animals and accessories and adults with some felting 

experience can felt the more intricate animals 

and farm structures. A felted farm is a wonderful 

project for the whole family to work on together. 

Rotraud Reinhard began working with felt in 1989 and 

developed the technique that makes possible threedimensional 

felting. She leads felting workshops and 

offers lessons in schools and kindergartens. She is the 

author of several books on felting. 

creative wool 

Making Woolen Crafts with Children 




This full-color illustrated craft book shows how 

to make a range of handicrafts from fleece and 

yarn, including friendship bracelets and braids, 

balls, pompoms, dolls and doll clothes, a cat 

glove puppet or mouse finger puppet, and felted 

animals and masks. 

With clear diagrams and systematic instructions, 

the book starts by introducing children to basic 

methods of spinning yarn, crocheting, knitting 

and felting. There is a broad range of projects 

for children of all ages as well as adults. 

Karin Neuschütz has written several instruction books 

for making dolls and toys. 


maKing flower children 

second edition 

Sybille Adolphi 




Detailed, step-by-step instructions and illustrations 

for making a range of lively, creative 

flower figures. Activities are organized according 

to season, making this handbook ideal for 

decorating a nature corner or seasonal table in 

the home or classroom. 

Sybille Adolphi was born in Stuttgart in 1953. She has 

been a kindergarten nurse and a teacher in a specialneeds 

school. She is married with two children. 

maKing more flower 

children 




color tHrougHout 

Making flower children is a fun craft activity 

that uses a range of easy-to-find materials, 

including wool, felt, and cotton. Making More 

Flower Children contains all the patterns and 

instructions needed to make flower children— 

strawberries, shamrocks, mistletoe, daisies— 

and is illustrated clearly with diagrams and 

photographs. 

This sequel to the ever-popular Making Flower 

Children offers an entirely new set of flower 

children to make. The figures are arranged by 

season and are ideal for decorating a seasonal 

table. 

maKing fairy tale scenes 





Children will thoroughly enjoy making and 

playing with the range of well-known fairy 

tale scenes and characters provided in this 

book, which include Cinderella, Hansel and 

Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Tom 

Thumb, Rapunzel, and Snow White and the 

Seven Dwarves. 

Scenes are made from a range of easy-to-find 

natural materials, including wool, felt, and 

cotton, and are great fun to make. This book 

contains all the necessary patterns and instructions 

and is clearly illustrated with diagrams 

and photographs. The scenes are organized 

according to season, so the story can be matched 

to the appropriate time of year. 

creative felt 

felting and making more toys and gifts; 

expanded second edition 

Angelika Wolk-Gerche 


192 pageS 


sewing dolls 




These wonderful Waldorf dolls are all made 

from natural materials: small dolls for the littlest 

child, baby dolls, larger dolls to dress up, 

knitted dolls, and dolls with moveable arms 

and legs. 

The book contains all the necessary patterns 

with detailed instructions. It is richly and 

profusely illustrated with color photographs 

and drawings. 

Karin Neuschütz, a native of Sweden, studied psychology, 

education, and sociology and has long been 

interested in crafts. She has written several instruction 

books for making dolls and toys. 

Felt is remarkably easy to use and an extremely versatile 

material. In this expanded second edition, Creative Felt 

shows you how to make felt without having to use special 

tools. The author includes an even wider range of toys and 

gifts to make in this second edition. 

The step-by-step instructions and clear color photographs guide you through each stage of the 

felt-making process. Even if you have never used a sewing needle before, the templates and ideas 

provided will have you making beautiful hats, brooches, and dolls in no time. 

Angelika Wolk-Gerche is also the author of More Magic Wool and Papercraft. She works as a freelance illustrator 

and textile designer, as well as leading courses in arts and crafts. She lives near Stuttgart. 



papercraft 





Paper is a remarkably versatile, easy-to-use, 

and easy-to-find material for use in arts and 

crafts. In this book are detailed instructions 

for making hundreds of things out of paper. 

Papercraft includes easy-to-follow instructions 

for cutting out paper stars; folding birds, insects, 

and animals; and making windmills, masks, and 

gift-bags. You can even cut a hole in a postcard 

that you can climb through! Also included are 

instructions for making papier mâché and 

handmade paper and for working with pulp. 

Angelika Wolk-Gerche studied design in Hanover 

before becoming an art teacher. She now works as a 

freelance illustrator and textile designer, and leads 

courses in arts and crafts. 

the children’s party BooK 

for Birthdays and other occasions 

Anne and Peter Thomas 

Illustrated by Anjo Mutsaars 


This popular guide for arranging a child’s party contains 

more than 240 ideas for indoor and outdoor games, plus craft 

activities for children from three to twelve years old. 

Anne and Peter Thomas are the authors of two activity books for 

hildren and parents. 

Anjo Mutsaars trained as an illustrator at the Academie voor 

Beeldende Kunst. 

finger strings 

A Book of Cat’s Cradles and String Figures 

Michael Taylor 

ISBN: 9780863156656 rINgBouNd paperBack 

FlorIS BookS $25.00 144 pageS 600+ color 

IlluStratIoNS 2 colored StrINgS INcluded 

Finger string games are a wonderful opportunity 

for today’s children to practice meaningful 

movement, explore space, interact with others, 

and exercise their creative spirits. 

String games can be especially useful to children 

who struggle at school or are dyslexic, and for 

those who are learning the concepts of “left and 

right” and “up and down.” Finger Strings contains 

games that will delight all children, from 

the very young to those with greater dexterity. 

Ringbound to lie flat. Includes two brightly 

colored strings to get you started. 

Michael Taylor, a teacher 

at Michael Hall (Waldorf) 

School in the UK, is often 

called the “String Man.” He always 

carries a string with him, 

and has been known to share 

string patterns with strangers 

on trains and airplanes. He is 

the author of Finger Strings; 

Pull the Other One! and Now 

You See It... 

BaKing Bread with children 

Warren Lee Cohen 

Foreword by Tom Herbert 

Illustrated by Marjie Rowling 



“Baking Bread with Children is sure to nourish 

body, mind, and spirit.” —Edward Espe 

Brown, author, The Tassajara Bread Book 

“I strongly recommend it!” —Mollie Katzen, 

author, Moosewood Cookbook 

Baking Bread with Children has everything you 

need to share the magic of baking with children 

of all ages. The techniques and recipes are 

wonderfully seasoned with stories, songs (with 

music), and poems. 

Here are: fun breads (chapatti, cinnamon rolls, 

cheesy snails); festive breads (dragonbread, 

challah, hot cross buns); quick breads (Irish 

soda bread, gingerbread men, almond rice 

muffins); sourdough breads, and leftover bread 

(bread and butter pudding, herbed crostini). 

Included are detailed instructions for building 

and using a bread oven, baking projects 

for kindergarten and school, information on 

nutrition, a bibliography, and a list of websites. 

Warren Lee Cohen is director of the Foundation Studies 

program at Emerson College in England. He has 

over 20 years experience of baking bread with children. 

He conducts workshops in the art of baking bread in 

handcrafted ovens and over wood fires. 


a first BooK of Knitting for 

children 

Bonnie Gosse and Jill Allerton 

With photography by Dave Gosse 

and Bryan Anderson 


paperBack color pHotograpHS aNd 

IlluStratIoNS tHrougHout $19.95 96 pageS 

This is a knitting book with a difference. 

Rhymes and photos show in detail the basic 

steps of knitting. A thorough introduction to 

knit stitch and purl stitch is followed by simple, 

enticing patterns for animals. The patterns are 

easy to make and the completed projects are 

fun to play with. Although written for children, 

this book is a valuable resource and inspiration 

for handwork teachers, parents and grown-ups 

wishing to learn how to knit. 

Knitting for children 

a second book 

Bonnie Gosse and Jill Allerton 


paperBack. NuMerouS color pHotograpHS 

aNd IlluStratIoNS $24.95 108 pageS 

In this second book, the authors bring many 

new skills and a selection of patterns for both 

children and adults to make. Each pattern is 

given with clear instructions and illustrated 

by artistic photographs. Recommended for 

all ages! 


Knitted animals 

Anne-Dorthe Grigaff 


HaWtHorN preSS color pHotograpHS 

$29.95 64 pageS 

This book provides instructions for making 

more than twenty different knitted animals, including 

a mother duck and ducklings, a chicken 

family, a shaggy brown bear, lambs, teddy bears, 

cat and kittens, dog, squirrel, goose, rabbit, 

horse, fox, pig and piglets, hedgehog, and mice. 

These projects are suitable for anyone with basic 

knitting skills, even children and beginning 

knitters. Beautifully illustrated with full-color 

photographs throughout. 



magic wool 

creative pictures and tableaux with Natural Sheep’s Wool 

2Nd edItIoN 

Freya Jaffke, Dagmar Schmidt 


Activities with unspun sheep’s wool, also known as magic wool, offer a wide 

range of creative possibilities for children and adults alike. In this book, 

Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke combine their talents and experience 

and show how to create 

beautiful pictures and 

tabletop scenes featuring 

figures and animals. 

The authors explain the 

process of carding and 

dyeing unspun wool 

to make “magic wool.” 

They focus on making 

pictures with wool, 

including scenes from 

several well-known fairy tales and festivals, then they show how to make 

simple dolls and animals, leading up to an entire nativity scene. Detailed 

instructions, diagrams, and color photographs are provided throughout. 

Freya Jaffke is the author of several books, which have sold more than a quarter 

of a million copies worldwide. 

more magic wool 

creating Figures & pictures 

with dyed Wool 




This is a sequel to the popular Magic 

Wool on creative activities with plantdyed 

sheep’s wool. 

the nature corner 

2Nd edItIoN 

M. V. Leeuwen, J. Moeskops 



Seasonal nature tables are an invaluable way of making young children 

aware of the changing cycle of the year. With simple materials and basic 

knitting and crocheting skills, a series of colorful and effective tableaux 

can be made at home or in school for depicting the seasons and major 

festivals. 

magical window stars 

Frédérique Guéret 



By using special paper-folding techniques, 

colored tissue paper can be 

transformed into magical window stars 

for every season. 

Step-by-step instructions for making 

twenty-five window stars allow the beginner 

to progress easily from simple to 

difficult. Additional color accents allow the sunlight to create a dazzling 

veined effect. 

painting with children 

4tH edItIoN 

Brunhild Müller 



color pHotograpHS 

A vital factor in every child’s development 

is the stimulation of active imagination and 

creativity. This book presents ideas that 

encourage self-expression through the medium of watercolors. 

Fundamental and practical, this book is based on Goethe’s color theory, 

showing that painting with children is more than merely a form of selfexpression—Brunhild 

Müller encourages the reader 

to understand children’s fantasies and inner 

being through their artworks. 

This is an essential guide for both parents 

and teachers. It covers preparation, 

color stories and poems, and painting 

the moods of nature and seasons of 

the year. 

rose windows 

and How to Make them 

Helga Meyerbröker 


80 pageS 

Following the same patterns as the medieval cathedrals 

but using simple materials, the author shows 

how to make decorative transparencies to hang in 

the window. Includes step-by-step instructions for 

creating designs from flower and star shapes, as well 

as the more complex and magnificent rosettes. 


maKing waldorf dolls 

a waldorf doll-making handbook 

Maricristin Sealey 

ISBN 9781903458587 paperBack HaWtHorN 


“A fine source for the beginner doll maker, full of 

practical tips, simple designs and clear, easy to 

follow instructions.”—Sara MacDonald, Magic 

Cabin Dolls Company 

This is a comprehensive guide for both beginners 

and experienced doll makers. Handmade 

dolls with their simplicity of expression and 

design leave children’s imaginations free. These 

dolls encourage the magic of creative play and 

bring children the gift of imagination in which 

they see themselves as “makers.” 

crafts through the year 

Thomas Berger, Petra Berger 



Simply made decorations for home or school 

are an absorbing way for children to become 

involved in celebrating the yearly festivals. 

The authors show how to make almost 200 different 

crafts: decorated Easter eggs and candles, 

corn dolls, straw horses, dough figures, felted 

chickens, origami swans, tissue-paper flowers, 

pine cone mice, a teasel hedgehog, autumn garlands, 

and Christmas transparencies to brighten 

winter windows, and much more! 

Crafts through the Year is a completely revised 

compilation of the authors’ very successful 

Christmas Craft Book, The Easter Craft Book, 

and The Harvest Craft Book. 

toymaKing with children 

3rd Edition 

Freya Jaffke 


$25.00 144 pageS 

The toys that surround children during their 

first five years are essential tools for their awakening 

imaginations. Out of her long experience 

as a kindergarten teacher, Freya Jaffke provides 

many helpful suggestions for selecting ageappropriate 

toys for young children. 

Here are also directions for making a variety of 

simple, engaging toys, as well as sections on the 

meaning of play and how to help children play. 

the gnome craft BooK 

2Nd edItIoN 

Thomas Berger, Petra Berger 


$25.00 96 pageS 

How to make gnomes out of walnuts, twigs, 

wool, and paper, as well as a variety of other 

media. There are plenty of different gnomes to 

keep children amused for hours. 

Includes instructions for making Astrid Lindgren’s 

classic gnome, the Tomten. 


feltcraft 

making dolls, gifts, and toys 

revISed 2Nd edItIoN 

Petra Berger 


$25.00 96 pageS 

This new largeformat 

edition 

i n c l u d e s d e - 

tailed, step-bystep 

instructions 

for a range of 

lively and creative 

ideas, such 

as small dolls, 

finger and glove 

puppets, animals, finger- and wrist-bands, small 

gifts, and even wall tapestries. 

earth, water, fire, and air 

playful explorations in the four elements 

3rd edItIoN 

Walter Kraul 


$25.00 104 pageS 

Earth, Water, Fire, and Air encourages children’s 

interest in the surrounding natural 

world, illustrating a broad range of activities, 

games, and toys to make, each involving one 

of the four elements. In fun, creative ways, the 

projects introduce children to basic scientific 

principles, such as gravity, momentum, and 

light refraction. 

The book provides full instructions and 

diagrams for making projects such as a waterwheel, 

a paddlewheel boat, a propeller plane, 

a parachute, a windmill, a simple pendulum 

clock, spinning tops, a hot-air balloon, and 

much more. Some are simple enough for a 

six-year-old, others are challenging enough for 

a twelve-year-old to enjoy. (Ages 6-12) 



pull the other one! 

string games and stories 

Book 1 




String games are played all over the world, and 

are often accompanied by songs and stories. In 

this book, ingenious tricks and tales are developed 

and taught with utter simplicity, making 

them suitable from age 5 upwards. 

now you see it… 

string games and stories 

Book 2 




This second book has string games from ancient 

cultures, as well as new figures such as computers, 

space shuttles, and trampolines that have 

been invented by children today. 

A beautiful rainbow string is included in both 

books. . 

storytelling with children 

Nancy Mellon, Foreword by 

Thomas Moore 

come follow me 

Lorraine Nelson Wolf 

ISBN: 726779723925 41 MINuteS audIo cd 

coMe FolloW Me productIoNS $16.95 

A 2004 Parents’ Choice Approved Award Winner 

A collection of 25 delightful songs including: 

Come Follow Me, Morning Is Come, A Basket 

Full of Nuts, Michaelmas, When Mary Goes 

Walking, The North Wind Doth Blow, White 

Coral Bells, Lula-lula-bye, and more. Arranged 

with piano, accordian, harp, or guitar accompaniment. 

come follow me 

volume 2 

Lorraine Nelson Wolf 

ISBN: 700261245645 $16.95 audIo cd 

coMe FolloW Me productIoNS 



A book born of years of experience, written from 

the heart, and stirring to the soul. Reading it, 

I feel the urge to pull my own children close, to 

light a candle, to begin.... Nancy Mellon inspires 

us all to be storytellers.” —Katrina Kenison, 

author of Mitten Strings for God: Reflections 

for Mothers in a Hurry 

Storytelling with Children awakens wonder and 

creates special occasions for children, whether at bedtime, around the 

fire, or on rainy days. Nancy Mellon encourages you to spin golden tales 

and shows you how to become a confident storyteller. 

For every early childhood schoolteacher and all parents of young children. 

Nancy Mellon is also the author of The Knottles. (see p. 1) 

Volume Two includes more delightful songs: 

Early One Morning, I Had a Little Nut Tree, 

Blow Wind, Blow I Walk With My Little Lantern, 

Saint Martin, Autumn Goodbye, and 

more. Arranged, with piano, accordion, harp, 

or guitar accompaniment. 

child’s play 1 & 2 

games for life for children 

Wil Van Haren, Rudolf Kischnick 



For younger children—suitable for nursery, kindergarten, 

and grammar schools, camps, parties, 

and family occasions. Includes 172 games, with 

descriptions and backgrounds to games with 

their accompanying movements, which relate 

to the developmental stages of the child. 

JaBulani! 

ideas for making music 

Carol Shephard, Bobbie Stormont, 

Foreword by Annie Davy 

ISBN: 9781903458518 INcludeS cd 

paperBack HaWtHorN preSS FeStIvalS SerIeS 

$32.00 

This book is for all those who ever wanted 

to make music but thought they couldn’t. 

Jabulani! gives you all the tools you need to 

feel confident about creating music and leading 

music activities. Teachers, play workers, parents, 

and frustrated air-guitar players of all ages will 

find a wealth of inspiration in this practical, 

user-friendly guidebook that is packed with 

musical activities and games, and useful tips 

celeBrating festivals with 

children 

Freya Jaffke 


$18.95 144 pageS 

Freya Jaffke considers the main festivals and 

special events throughout the year—Easter, 

Pentecost, St. John’s, back-to-school, harvest, 

Michaelmas, birthdays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, 

Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, and more, showing how we can 

celebrate them in a meaningful way with children, both at home and in 

school. Every festival is prefaced with a deeper contemplation for adults. 

Each festival includes games, craft activities and decorations, stories, songs, 

poems, and the seasonal nature table. 

Freya Jaffke’s books have sold more than a quarter of a million copies worldwide. 


under the sKy 

playing, working, and enjoying adventures in the open 

air: a handbook for parents, carers, and teachers 

Sally Schweizer 

ISBN: 9781855842151 paperBack rudolF SteINer preSS $25.00 


Packed with anecdotes, games and practical activities, Under the Sky 

is a vibrant resource for parents, teachers and everyone who wants to 

help children cultivate play and imagination in the open air. It features 

ideas for planning expeditions and adventures, toys and equipment, 

and activities for the four seasons 

and the four elements! It includes plans, 

tips and advice on child-friendly outdoor 

design, materials, surfaces, seating, gardening, 

pets, wildlife—even campfires, 

picnics and train journeys. 

Sally Schweizer is a state-trained teacher. 

She has taught children mostly under 

seven, and has trained teachers and been an 

adviser. Her principal concern is the loss of 

childhood for children, and she has written 

many articles on this theme. 

gardening with young 

children 

Beatrys Lockie 


HaWtHorN preSS early yearS SerIeS $27.00 

156 pageS IlluStrated 

A lively, imaginative and practical guide to 

a child’s experience of a year in the garden. 

Simple growing activities are interwoven with 

ideas for things to make with berries, seeds, 

and leaves; easy recipes; and stories, songs, and 

poems about insects, birds, and animals of the 

gardening world. 

Basic gardening techniques for every stage of the 

growing cycle from seed sowing to harvesting are 

clearly explained and illustrated. 

For those with limited space there is an abundance 

of ideas for gardening on a small scale 

such as a balcony, window sill, or even on a plate! 

Beatrys Lockie spent many years working as a 

kindergarten teacher and also lectured widely on 

early childhood education. She has been a passionate 

gardener since childhood. 

green fingers and muddy Boots 

a year in the garden for children and families 

Includes a Compact Disc 

Ivor Santer 



puppet theatre 

Maija Baric, Color illustrations by 

Kristiina Louhi 



color IlluStratIoNS 

With wit and ingenuity, Maija Baric shows how 

to transform wooden spoons, pieces of string, 

holey socks, outgrown clothes and other scrap 

materials into beautiful, durable, and functional 

theatrical puppets. You’ll learn to build staging, 

scenery, and props and how to create sound effects 

and devise performances. Use your puppet 

creations to transform storytelling at home or 

in the classroom, ease children’s bedtime rituals, 

and make a birthday and other occasions 

truly special. 

Maija Baric studied puppetry at the Prague Academy 

of Performing Arts and is artistic director of Nukketeatteri 

Sampo (Puppet Theater Sampo) in Helsinki, 

founded in 1977 by Maija and Bojan Baric. She leads 

courses in puppetry, directs and performs puppet 

shows, and designs and creates theatrical puppets. 

Kristiina Louhi (b. 1950) is one of the most popular 

illustrators in Finland. 


Green Fingers and Muddy Boots—with worksheets on the accompanying 

CD—presents practical and fun activities in the garden 

for every month of the year, come rain or shine. Activities range 

from growing flowers and vegetables to spotting birds and tracking 

the weather and keeping a 

garden diary. 

The activities are suitable for 

seven- to fourteen-year-olds. This book is based 

on the original “Plant and Grow” course, a children’s 

gardening course developed with the Royal 

Caledonian Horticultural Society, which has been 

used successfully by many families and schools for 

several years. 

Ivan Santer has lectured on agriculture throughout the 

UK for thirty-five years. 

soul development through 

handwriting 

the waldorf approach to the vimala 

alphabet 

Jennifer Crebbin 


$20.00 128 pageS 

The Vimala Alphabet was meticulously designed 

to support independent thinking, 

engaged willpower, balance, tolerance, honor, 

and intuition, as well as strengthening the 

developing soul forces of children. 

Soul Development through Handwriting includes: 

• A summary of the Waldorf method of teaching 

writing to young children 

• Ideas for introducing the Vimala Alphabet into 

different grades 

• Details on using the Vimala Alphabet as a 

transformative tool for children 

Also included are descriptions of the letters and 

their qualities, practice pages, letter forms to avoid, 

and practical tools to assist in teaching handwriting. 

For more information, visit the author’s 

website at www.changeyourhandwriting.com. 


Cookbooks 

the lantern vegan family 

cooKBooK 

Brian McCarthy 

ISBN: 9781590560877 paperBack laNterN 


Now that you’ve become a vegan, you’re learning 

lots of ways to prepare tofu, but you or 

someone you love is really starting to miss 

macaroni and cheese, turkey dinners, pumpkin 

pie and birthday cake. Maybe you and your 

family feel self-conscious (and hungry) at 

holidays, picnics, and parties. Or maybe just one 

person in the family is vegan, but you need to 

create meals that everyone will eat. 

Since the day Brian McCarthy and his wife, 

Karen, chose a vegan diet for their family ten 

years ago, Chef McCarthy has created over 400 

simple vegan recipes with easy-to-find ingredients 

for traditional favorites like biscuits, corn 

bread, stews, pastas, pizzas, cakes, pies, and even 

egg(less) nog. All the recipes come from the 

McCarthy home kitchen and have passed the 

test of many family meals. 

the demeter cooKBooK 

Recipes Based on Biodynamic 

Ingredients – From the Kitchen of the Lukas Klinik 

Hermann Spindler, 

Translated by Matthew 

Barton 


teMple lodge $40.00 272 pageS 

More than 200 delicious lacto-vegetarian, whole 

food recipes—based on the core principles of 

anthroposophic nutrition—developed and 

collected by the Swiss chef Hermann Spindler. 

Included are tempting recipes for sauces, soups, 

hors d’oeuvres, salads, main dishes, puddings, 

and desserts. Also features special recipes for 

casseroles and gratins, vegetables, quark (curd 

cheese) dishes, grain dishes, doughs, savory and 

sweet pastries, muesli, and drinks. 

Hermann Spindler has been head chef at the Lukas 

Clinic for 15 years, where his kitchen has gained 

an outstanding reputation for food preparation 

methods that conserve nutritional value, as well as 

the imaginative presentation of dishes. 

the Biodynamic food & 

cooKBooK 

real nutrition that doesn’t cost 

the earth 

Wendy E. Cook 


claIrvIeW BookS $39.00 256 pageS color 

IlluStratIoNS 

Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, 

The Biodynamic Food & Cookbook explains the 

principles behind biodynamic methods and 

places it in the context of food and cooking 

through the ages. Wendy Cook takes us on a 

journey through the four seasons with more 

than 150 delicious recipes based on many years 

of working with biodynamic nutrition. She 

considers the ethics of food, the foundation of 

a balanced diet, and conjures up the color and 

vibrancy of Mallorca, which has contributed so 

much to her personal approach. Included are 

supplementary sections on breads, sauces, salads, 

desserts, drinks, and much more. 

foodwise 

understanding what we eat and how 

it affects us 

Wendy E. Cook 

ISBN: 9781905570232 paperBack 2Nd edItIoN 

claIrvIeW BookS, HealtH aNd HealINg SerIeS 

$34.00 352 pageS 

“Rich and sensitive… a how-to book with a 

diffference; it tells you how to live.” – Elizabeth 

Luard, author of Sacred Food. 

Foodwise presents ideas, advice, and commentary 

inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner. 

Wendy Cook relates human evolution and 

changes in consciousness to different foods, 

considering topics such as agricultural methods, 

the importance of grasses and grains, the 

mystery of human digestion, and vegetarianism. 

She discusses carbohydrates, minerals, fats 

and oils, dairy products, herbs and spices, salt, 

sweeteners, stimulants, legumes, nightshade 

foods, bread, water, and dietary supplements. 

She ends with practical tips on cooking, planning 

menus, children’s food, and sharing 

meals—plus mouth-watering recipes! 

cooKing for the love of 

the world 

Awakening Our Spirituality through Cooking 

Anne-Marie Fryer Wiboltt, 

Foreword by Robert Sardello 


goldeNStoNe preSS $22.95 200 pageS 

“Until we can consciously enter into the miracle of 

food, we are lost in one popular speculation after 

another concerning how to eat.” —Robert Sardello 

An internationally acclaimed biodynamic farmer, 

natural health counselor, and nutritional cooking 

teacher infuses cooking and eating with deeply 

reverent and spiritual consciousness. Food is 

placed within an understanding of the earthly and 

cosmic forces of plant life and over 100 exquisite 

recipes transform nature into the art of cooking. 

Anne-Marie Fryer Wiboltt is a Waldorf class and 

kindergarten teacher, biodynamic farmer, author, 

and natural-health counselor. 

the vegan diet 

as chronic 

disease 

prevention 

evidence supporting 

the new four food 

groups 

Kerrie K. Saunders, 

Ph.D., M.S., L.L.P. 



“A wonderfully practical guide to using nutrition 

to prevent and treat a huge range of health 

problems. Knowledgeably and clearly written, 

this book will be a useful resource for many 

years to come.”—Neal D. Barnard, M.D., President, 

Physicians Committee for Responsible 

Medicine; Author, Foods That Fight Pain 

“The Vegan Diet as Chronic Disease Prevention 

is a compelling and concise argument for 

the overwhelming benefits to the human being 

of a pure vegetarian diet. Doctors and scientists 

should know these facts, and every person 

should live by these principles.” —John McDougall, 

M.D., Director, McDougall Residential 

Program 


the waldorf Kindergarten 

snacK BooK 

Lisa Hildreth 

Illustrated by Jo Valens 

ISBN: 9780880105637 paperBack (WIre BouNd) 


A compendium of recipes, information, and 

anecdotes, Waldorf kindergarten teacher, Lisa 

Hildreth, has written a rich book for teacher, 

parent, or caretaker. Create soups, bread, or 

fruit dishes with your child. Learn how foods 

affect us differently and how to use them. This 

is a book to use and treasure. Whimsically and 

joyously illustrated by kindergarten teacher Jo 

Valens, you’ll find yourself pouring over this 

book time and again. Includes a chapter on 

birthday and festival foods. 

Lisa Hildreth holds an MS Ed in Waldorf Early 

Childhood Education and an MA in English. She is 

currently a kindergarten teacher at the Susquehanna 

Waldorf School. 

the waldorf BooK of Breads 

Collected by Marsha Post 

Edited and introduced by Winslow Eliot, 


Like the bestselling Waldorf Kindergarten Snack Book 

and the Waldorf School Book of Soups, this newest 

book in the series provides yet another rich resource 

for time in the kitchen—this time baking bread. And 

who doesn’t like to knead bread, watch it rise, and 

taste it fresh from the oven? 

These recipes have been handed down by grandmothers, 

mothers, aunts, and friends. They are easy to follow 

and encourage bakers to use the best possible ingredients, 

making bread once again the healthy “staff of 

life” it once was. The Waldorf Book of Breads includes 

tasty breads for the daily table and specialty breads for 

the seasons and special occasions. 

the waldorf school BooK of soups 

Collected by Marsha Post 


Introduced and arranged 

by Andrea Huff 

ISBN: 9780880105750 paperBack (WIre BouNd) Bell poNd 


Whether as a quick snack, part of a full-course dinner, or as the 

whole meal, there is nothing quite like a good bowl of soup. 

Many Waldorf school teachers, staff, parents, alumni, and 

friends of the Waldorf school movement have contributed 

their favorite recipes to make up this collection. You will find 

everything from stocks 

and broths to selections 

of vegetable, bean, cream, 

tomato, seafood, chicken 

soups, as well as beef and 

dessert soups. 

And no cookbook of soups 

would be complete without 

Stone Soup! There is something 

here for everyone. 

Cookbooks 

Marsha Post is senior 

editor, translator, and 

Waldorf and adult education 

coordinator for 

SteinerBooks. 

Jo Valens teaches kindergarten 

at the Rudolf Steiner School in Great Barrington, 

Massachusetts. 

Winslow Eliot was public relations director and humanities 

teacher at the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School and 

later at the Great Barrington Waldorf High School. She is 

a member of Romance Writers of America, PEN, and the 

Authors Guild. 


Family and Child Health 

a child is Born 

a natural guide to pregnancy, Birth & 

early childhood 

Wilhelm zur Linden 



Today’s prosepctive parents are confronted by 

a huge selection of guidebooks on pregnancy, 

birth, and early childhood, and many of them 

offer sensible advice and sound information that 

can help mothers and fathers. Dr. zur Linden’s 

long-established natural care book offers an 

important additional dimension: In clear, accessible 

language he explains what babies and 

children need to harmoniously develop the full 

potential of body, soul, and spirit. 

Beginning with pregnancy, the author guides the 

reader through the birth; the postnatal period 

and breastfeeding; care of newborn babies; meals 

for babies; and caring for children when they 

are sick. He includes useful sections on bottlefeeding, 

almond milk, and water quality. This 

new edition has been expanded to also include 

matters of contraception, drugs, thumb sucking, 

sleep, crib death, overheating, and more. 

Dr. zur Linden’s commentary on these issues is 

the fruit of a lifetime of experience as a pediatrician 

and general practitioner. 

the good sleep guide 

Step-by-Step Guide to Good Sleep 

for Babies, Revised 2nd Edition 

Angela Henderson, 

Foreword by Sally Goddard Blythe 



“Brilliant! Practical and easy to follow…” 

—Pippa Waterman, health visitor 

This tried and tested guide will help you resolve 

your child’s sleep problems. One third of parents 

with babies aged six months are woken up between 

one and eight times a night; yet you can 

prevent this situation. Packed with medically approved 

methods, tips and practical suggestions. 

Angela Henderson is a psychologist and self-help 

writer. She speaks regularly about children’s sleep 

issues on radio and television. 

Birth and Breastfeeding 

rediscovering the needs of women 

during pregnancy and childbirth 

Michel Odent 

ISBN: 9781905570065 paperBack claIrvIeW 


“Just when we thought everything had already 

been said about birth and breastfeeding, Odent 

challenges us anew with a vision that is both 

provocative and compelling. ” 

—Marian Thompson, president emeritus and 

co-founder, La Leche League, International 

Today, many women give birth without the 

natural release of “love hormones,” giving 

birth via caesarean section, or using drugs 

that not only block the release of these natural 

substances, but also do not have their beneficial 

behavioral effects. This unprecedented situation 

gives us urgent new reasons to rediscover the 

basic needs of women in labor. 

Michel Odent is popularly known as the obstetrician 

who introduced the concepts of birthing pools and 

homelike birthing rooms in the 1960s and 1970s. He 

founded the Primal Health Research Centre in London 

and has developed a pre-conception program 

to minimize the effects of intrauterine and milk 

pollution. He is the author of dozens of scientific 

papers and ten books published in twenty languages. 

primal health 

understanding the critical period Between 

conception and the first Birthday 

Michel Odent 


claIrvIeW BookS $24.00 240 pageS 

In this prophetic book, Michel Odent asserts that 

various aspects of the “primal adaptive system” 

develop, regulate, and adapt during fetal life, birth, 

and infancy. Everything during this period of dependence 

on the mother influences primal health. 

He suggests that later well-being as adults and 

the ability to withstand hypertension, cancer, 

alcoholism, and failures of the immune system 

resulting in AIDS, allergies and viral diseases, 

can all be traced back to society’s ignorance of 

the vital importance of the primal period. This 

is essential reading on the health of our children 

and the health of society as a whole. 

natural Birth 

a holistic guide to pregnancy, 

childbirth, and Breastfeeding 

Kristina Turner 


$16.95 144 pageS 

Kristina Turner looks closely at the physical processes 

that occur in the body during pregnancy 

and childbirth and explains factors behind hospital 

procedures and the options for home birth, 

providing readers with the knowledge needed 

to make informed choices. She sees birthing as 

a unified process—beginning with pregnancy, 

through labor, and the months of breastfeeding—all 

which contribute to developing the 

bond between mother and child and the child’s 

emotional health. 

Both practical and inspiring, Natural Birth 

guides new mothers toward conscious participation 

in the spiritual process of bringing new life 

into this world. 

Kristina Turner has three children and works passionately 

to help women have a positive experience 

of pregnancy, childbirth and nurturing a child. 

what BaBies and 

children really need 

Sally Goddard Blythe 


HaWtHorN preSS, early yearS SerIeS $30.00 

224 pageS 

This book represents a milestone in our understanding 

of child development and what parents 

can do to give their children the best start in life. 

The author uses the latest scientific research to 

demonstrate how a baby’s relationship with the 

mother has a lasting and fundamental impact. 

She emphasizes ways that changes in society 

over the past fifty years interfere with important 

developmental milestones that are essential to 

success and wellbeing in later life. 

Sally Goddard Blythe is director of The Institute for 

Neuro-Physiological Psychology, which researches 

the effects of neurological dysfunction in specific 

learning difficulties, and devises effective remedial 

programs. She is the author of numerous professional 

papers and articles. 


a guide to child health 

Wolfgang Goebel 

Michaela Glöckler 

Translated by Catherine Creeger 


$40.00 448 pageS 

Here is the classic guide for parents on children’s 

physical, psychological, and spiritual development. 

It combines medical advice with the essential 

issues of raising and educating children. 

Medical, educational, and spiritual questions 

often overlap, and, when looking for the significance 

of any illness, it is necessary to study a 

child as a whole being of body, soul, and spirit. 

The authors base their theory and practice 

on seventeen years of experience in the children’s 

outpatient department at the Herdecke 

Hospital in Germany, which is guided by the 

principles of anthroposophic medicine. 

Part one covers childhood ailments and home 

care. Part two looks at the healthy development 

of children and how to create and maintain 

ideal conditions for them. 

Dr. Michaela Glöckler has been Leader of the Medical 

Section at the Goetheneum, the School of Spiritual 

Science in Dornach. 

Dr. Wolfgang Goebel co-founded the pediatric department 

at the Community Hospital in Herdecke. 

the toddler years 

growth and development from 1 to 

4 years 

Paulien Bom, Machteld Huber 


$19.95 144 pageS 

Written by medical professionals involved in 

both conventional and anthroposophic medicine, 

The Toddler Years deals with all aspects of 

child care from the first year through the age 

of four: eating, diet, and growth; common ailments; 

behavior and discipline; the personality; 

how to support the unfolding of creative and 

practical skills. 

awaKening to child health 

nurturing children’s well Being 

Raoul Goldberg, M.D. 



Awakening to Child Health is a resource for developing 

a sensitive understanding of children 

for childcare professionals and parents who 

wish to follow their own intuition and sensibility 

for children's health. 

Drawing on Rudolf Steiner's understanding of 

child development, health, and holistic medicine, 

the author provides a comprehensive account of 

child and adolescent development, and informed 

by embryology and spiritual psychology. 

Dr. Raoul Goldberg trained as a medical doctor and 

runs the Syringa Health Centre, a holistic clinic offering 

general practice and a range of complementary 

therapies. He has worked as a Waldorf school doctor 

for many years and runs a pediatric clinic. 

stress-free parenting in 

12 steps 

Christiane Kutik 



$15.95 96 pageS 

When a child is born, parents feel on top of the 

world, but stress and exhaustion frequently take 

over before long. In this concise, practical book, 

Christiane Kutik highlights twelve simple steps 

for bringing a measure of peace, composure, 

and enjoyment back to daily family life. 

This book is written specifically for parents with 

little time and energy. It is succinct and simple 

to implement, offering a valuable step-by-step 

guide to quickly improve family life. 

Christiane Kutik is a director at the IPSUM Institute 

in Munich, which trains parental advisers in earlyyears 

childcare. She lectures and leads seminars on 

the practical issues of daily childcare and family life. 

Matthew Barton is a translator, editor, teacher, and 

poet, and taught kindergarten for many years at the 

Bristol Waldorf School. His first collection of poems 

was Learning To Row (1999). 


compresses and other 

therapeutic applications 

a Handbook from the Ita Wegman 

clinic 

Monika Fingado 


$50.00 208 pageS 

This practical handbook was written for nurses 

and practitioners at the Ita Wegman Clinic in 

Arlesheim, Switzerland, a center of expertise for 

anthroposophic nursing. 

Compresses and other Therapeutic Applications 

covers all aspects of compresses and poultices, 

including descriptions of the substances used 

and their healing properties, and is based on 

many years’ professional experience. 

Monika Fingado is a trained therapist and has 

worked at the Ita Wegman Clinic in Switzerland for 

many years. She has studied craniosacral therapy 

and is the author of many books. 

the language of plants 

a guide to the doctrine of 

Signatures 

Julia Graves 

ISBN: 9781584200987 paperBack lINdISFarNe 

BookS $35.00 368 pageS IlluStrated IN 

color aNd B/W 

Throughout history, people spoke to nature, 

and nature communicated with them. During 

the Middle Ages, reading the “book of 

nature” was called the doctrine of signatures, 

which had always been an important part of 

interacting with nature for traditional healers 

and herbalists. 

The Language of Plants covers all aspects of the 

doctrine of signatures in an easily accessible 

format, so that everyone, whether nature lovers 

or healers, can learn to read the language of 

plants in connection with healing. 

Julia Graves grew up in Germany in close communion 

with nature. She trained in anthroposophic 

massage therapy, herbalism, and medicine from 

an early age. She is a practicing herbalist, maker of 

flower essences, and a naturopathic doctor. 



mistletoe therapy for 

cancer 

prevention, treatment, and healing 

Johannes Wilkens, Gert Böhm 

Translated by Peter Clemm 


$30.00 192 pageS 

Modern complementary therapies for cancer are 

increasingly making use of mistletoe preparations. 

However, mistletoe grows on many different 

trees, and the properties of the plant vary 

according to the host. Mistletoe Therapy for 

Cancer presents, for the first time, an important 

reference for practitioners on the characteristics 

of each type of mistletoe and the kinds of cancers 

they are best suited to prevent and treat. 

Includes specific case studies, as well as notes on 

supplementary therapies using metals. 

Johannes Wilkens is a physician specializing in 

homeopathy and anthroposophic medicine in Bad 

Steben, Germany, and a specialist in differentiated 

mistletoe therapy. 

the fourfold path to healing 

working with the laws of nutrition, therapeutics, 

movement, and meditation in the art of medicine 

Tom Cowan, M.D., with Sally Fallon and 

Jaimen McMillan 

ISBN: 9780967089799 paperBack NeWtreNdS puBlISHINg $25.00 

448 pageS * SHort 20% dIScouNt to BookSellerS 

“… combines the best of Eastern and 

Western esoteric wisdom in the healing arts 

with the best of modern findings in Western 

medicine....” —Duncan M. Roads, editor, 

Nexus magazine 

It provides a practical, holisitic approach 

to healing that includes: Nutrition, using 

nutrient-dense traditional foods; Therapeutics 

through a wide range of nontoxic 

remedies; Movement to heal and strengthen 

the emotions; Meditation to develop one’s 

powers of objective thought. 

Contains thorough discussions of infectious 

diseases, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, digestive 

disorders, chronic fatigue, women’s 

and men’s diseases, depression, arthri- 

home nursing for carers 

Tineke van Bentheim 


$19.95 160 pageS 

Home Nursing for Carers is a comprehensive 

guide for holistic home care, especially for those 

who are nursing children and adults through 

an illness. 

This book covers all aspects of general home 

nursing, including the arrangement of the 

patient’s room, meals, taking a temperature, 

and washing the patient. It also details numerous 

holistic treatments, including herbal and 

plant remedies, baths, foot baths, salt water 

washes, curd cheese threatments, compresses, 

and poultices. 

Also included are sections specifically on pregnancy, 

birth, sleep, nursing the critically and 

terminally ill, and caring for the dead. 

Tineke van Bentheim has worked for many years 

as an anthroposophical nurse in the Netherlands. 

tis, back pain, 

and more, with 

cooking instructions, nutritional therapies, 

movement and meditation exercises, and a 

comprehensive list of resources. 

Dr. Tom Cowan served as vice president of the 

Physicians Association for Anthroposophical 

Medicine and is a founding board member of the 

Weston A. Price Foundation. 

Sally Fallon is founding president of the Weston A. 

Price Foundation. She leads seminars on traditional 

diets throughout the U.S. and internationally. 

Jaimen McMillan is a certified Registered Somatic 

Movement Therapist (RSMT) and a world-class 

fencer. He developed the discipline of Spacial 

Dynamics in 1985 and directs regular training 

in the U.S., England, Germany, and Hungary. 

the vaccination dilemma 

Christine Murphy 


laNterN BookS $15.00 144 pageS 

Christine Murphy has compiled a book that 

presents the vaccination dilemma from multiple 

perspectives. It clearly describes the immune 

system and its workings—and what science does 

and does not know about them. It offers suggestions 

and resources for parents whose children 

are sick, whether from a common childhood 

illness or from a vaccination reaction. This book 

informs parents and prepares them to make, 

in consultation with health professionals, educated 

vaccination decisions for their children. 

healthy medicine 

a guide to the emergence of 

sensible, comprehensive care 

Robert Zieve, M.D., Forewords by 

Dietrich Klinghardt, M.D., Ph.D., 

James Oschman, Ph.D. 



Dr. Zieve presents a new paradigm for health care 

that shows us how to go beyond the limitations 

and severe deficiencies of our current sickness care 

system. It embraces and synthesizes the emerging 

models of integrative medicine, energy medicine, 

and energy psychology into an effective and affordable 

approach to healing for everyone. 

iscador 

mistletoe and cancer therapy 

Edited by Christine Murphy 



Christine Murphy gathers together the work 

of doctors and clinicians who have been using 

Iscador today. Dr. Richard Wagner, a German 

physician, answers questions about Iscador 

asked him by his patients during his many years 

of practice as an oncologist in general practice, 

treating cancer patients with both conventional 

and alternative therapies. Dr. Thomas Schuerholz, 

a medical doctor specializing in cancer, 

offers an overview of the terms, procedures, 

and different approaches to cancer. 


Kindergarten education 

freeing children’s creative potential 

Betty Peck 



“This is an astonishing, impressive and 

magnificent work. ... this is must reading for 

every parent, would-be parent and teacher 

world-wide.” —Joseph Chilton Pearce, author 

of Magical Child 

Educator Betty Peck celebrates the power of 

Kindergarten to help children find their creativity 

and imagination, opening the door to a 

passionate relationship with learning. 

This is an essential resource for teachers and 

parents who want to give their children a more 

meaningful education. 

ready to learn 

from Birth to school readiness 

Martyn Rawson, Michael Rose 



A guide for understanding how a young child 

learns to play, speak, think, and relate; how 

language and the senses develop; when a child 

is ready to learn to read; the difference between 

the ways boys and girls learn; and simple tests 

for school readiness. Both authors are consultants 

in teacher training in England and 

have written numerous articles and books on 

Waldorf education. 

the genius of play 

celebrating the spirit of childhood 

Sally Jenkinson 


HaWtHorN preSS $25.00 

128 pageS 

What do children express through 

play? How does play help develop 

imagination, empathy, and social 

skills? Why do children need adults 

who encourage play? The author 

discusses the nature and secrets of 

play, its importance, and why it is 

threatened today. 

the well Balanced child 

movement and early learning 




The Well Balanced Child is a passionate manifesto 

for a “whole body” approach to learning that integrates 

the brain, the senses, movement and play. 

Sally Goddard Blythe thoroughly explains why 

movement is so important for the healthy development 

of babies and young children. She 

describes movement, balance, relfexes, learning, 

and behavior in early educaiton; the role of 

nutrition and how music affects brain development. 

The book includes songs, games, and 

activities that encourage learning at key stages 

of development.This is a valuable resource for 

assessing children with learning difficulties 

and for dealing with learning and behavioral 

problems through movement. 

Sally Goddard Blythe is also the author of The Genius 

of Natural Childhood. (see p. 27) 

the Breathing circle 

learning through the movement of the 

natural Breath 

Nell Smyth 



The Breathing Circle brings practical new ways 

to understand how responsiveness, expression, 

and learning all depend on the rhythm of inhalation 

and exhalation, which carry children into 

the world and back into themselves. 

It offers movements, verses, and stories for 

children, working directly with their unfolding 

senses and the cycle of natural 

breath. These techniques can be 

used with children, from toddlers 

through seven years. 

Here is an essential handbook for 

early years educators, preschooler 

parents, and caregivers, as well as 

storytellers, drama teachers, breathwork 

teachers and practitioners, 

and those involved in the many 

other somatic disciplines. 


free to learn 

introducing steiner waldorf early 

childhood education; 2nd edition 

Lynn Oldfield 

ISBN: 978-1-907359--13-2 paperBack 


The author draws on kindergarten experiences 

from around the world, with stories, helpful insights, 

lively observations and pictures. Includes 

a 16-page color section. 

worK and play in early 

childhood 

Freya Jaffke 


$15.95 80 pageS 

Jaffke applies the principles of rhythm and repetition 

to festivals, play, stages of development, 

environment, and temperament. 

Freya Jaffke is a Waldorf School kindergarten in 

Germany. She lectures widely on early childhood 

education. Her popular books includeToymaking 

with Children and Magic Wool. 

helping children to 

overcome fear 

the healing power of play 

Russell Evans 


preSS $19.95 128 pageS IlluStrated 

The insights of Jean Evans have become 

core principles for preschools, play therapy, 

childcare, and pediatrics. These include child 

development through play and imitation; captivating 

children’s interest; encouragement as a 

basis for healing; guidelines for helping children 

feel safe and happy; and 

helping dying children 

and caring parents. 

Full of useful examples 

to remind us that these 

principles are relevant 

not only to the critically 

ill but can be used 

to support all children, 

everywhere. 



Best 

selleR! 

heaven on earth 

a handbook for parents of young 

children 

Sharifa Oppenheimer 

Photography by Stephanie Gross 


$25.00 256 pageS 

“The important child-development information 

is exquisitely combined with the best 

‘How-to’s’ I have seen in any book for parents. 

Absolutely a must read.” —Carla Hannaford, 

Ph.D., educational consultant and author of 

Awakening the Child Heart 

A fresh revelation that clearly outlines the natural, 

simple, yet powerfilled steps we can take 

to avoid the many pitfalls parents and children 

face in our day. —Joseph Chilton Pearce 

I would have loved such a book when I was a 

young mother!” —Susan Howard, chairperson, 

Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North 

America 

Although our culture and the nature of the 

family may be changing, the atmosphere in 

the home continues to create the foundation 

of a child’s life. In Heaven on Earth, parent and 

educator Sharifa Oppenheimer reveals how 

to make the home environment warm, lively, 

loving, and consistent with your highest ideals. 

Heaven on Earth balances theoretical understanding 

of child development with practical ideas, 

resources, and tips that can transform family life. 

Readers will learn how to establish the life rhythms 

that lay the foundation for all learning; how to design 

indoor play environments that allow children 

the broadest skills development; and how to create 

backyard play spaces that encourage vigorous 

movement and a wide sensory palette. Through 

art, storytelling, and the festival celebrations, this 

book is a guide to building a “family culture” that 

supports children and allows the free development 

of each unique soul. 

Sharifa Oppenheimer was the founding teacher of 

the Charlottesville Waldorf School, Virginia, where 

she taught kindergarten for twenty-one years and 

served as day care director of the early-childhood 

program. She has helped develop new teachers 

through teacher-training programs and has initiated 

a home-based kindergarten program. 

what is a waldorf 

Kindergarten? 

Compiled and Introduced by 

Sharifa Oppenheimer 

Edited by Joan Almon 

Afterword by Cynthia K. Aldinger 


$15.00 112 pageS Full color pHotograpHS 

tHrougHout 

Here is the perfect companion to Sharifa Oppenheimer’s 

Heaven on Earth: A Handbook for Parents 

of Young Children, which answers the initial 

and most pressing questions of new parents of 

young children. Inevitably, a big decision arises: 

How and where should my child be educated? 

The authors in What Is a Waldorf Kindergarten? 

describe from experience the numerous 

aspects of the “Steiner school” approach to early 

childhood education. Readers will learn what 

lies behind the Waldorf kindergarten methods 

and the practical ways in which it is applied. 

Throughout the book, the reader is guided by 

the sure and compassionate hand of longtime 

kindergarten teacher Sharifa Oppenheimer as 

she introduces the authors and each topic. 

Given the confusing array of educational approaches 

available today, this book serves to 

clarify one of the most dynamic and successful 

approaches to beginning young children on the 

path of education and life in the world. 

understanding children’s drawings 

tracing the path of incarnation 

Michaela Strauss 

ISBN: 9781855841994 Hardcover rudolF SteINer preSS $30.00 

96 pageS Full color tHougHout 

The early artistic expressions of children contain 

important statements about their development. 

From the first scratches and scribbles 

to the detailed sketches of houses and people, 

children’s drawings are significant manifestations 

of inner processes—indications of the 

gradual incarnation into a physical body. 

Michaela Strauss’s classic book is a pioneer 

work that was first issued in 1978. 

how liKe an angel 

came i down 

conversations with children on the 

gospels 

Amos Bronson Alcott 

Introduced & Edited by 




“A book all of us who work with children ought 

to read carefully and “visit” often.” —Robert 

Coles, author of The Spiritual Life of Children 

“It is sheer reading pleasure, enlightenment, insight, 

the discovery of a side of children many of 

us never see, a side of ourselves generally masked, 

a glimpse of history our school texts never touch, 

and an enrichment of our own spirit.” —Joseph 

Chilton Pearce, author of The Magical Child 

Every now and then the past yields up one of 

its lost treasures. This book is just such a gem. 

Bronson Alcott, friend and sometimes mentor 

to Emerson and Thoreau in Concord, was also 

a visionary educator who believed that the 

psyche of a child already carries within it the 

imprint of spirit and wisdom. At his school 

in the 1830s, he held this extraordinary series 

of conversations on such themes as spirit, 

consciousness, conscience, love, humility, the 

Holy Ghost, and the knower. 

Michaela Strauss continued 

the work of her 

father Hanns Strauss 

(1883–1946), a painter 

and art teacher who 

collected thousands of children’s drawings and 

compared and evaluated them. Stimulated by Rudolf 

Steiner’s lecture course The Study of Man (The 

Foundations of Human Experience), this research 

became Hanns’ life’s consuming interest. 


the essence of waldorf education 


“The Waldorf School is not committed to the state 

and the economy, but to the becoming human 

being who is open to and related to the future. If 

this school is successful, then wherever it is realized 

and succeeds, it can become a blessing for the 

individuals involved and for the times in which 

they live.” 

Peter Selg’s book on the essence of Waldorf 

Education—its spiritual foundation and its 

objectives—places Waldorf schools at the center 

of the most pressing educational issues of today. 

A youth psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Dr. Selg points directly to the 

challenges that the schools, parents, and teachers are facing, as well as to 

the possibilities for their resolution. 

Dr. Selg asks the fundamental pedagogical question: Toward what do we 

educate and what do we develop? Education, he says, is “the preparation 

for the future, the preparation of children who bring with them something 

specific, a future will impulse, a will that we need to support and attend 

to so that it can find its way, now and in the future.” 

This slim but vibrant and densely packed volume will introduce, inform, 

and inspire—or re-inspire—parents and teachers about why Waldorf 

schools began, what they stand for, and how they can carry their original 

ideals and principles creatively and courageously into the future. 

a grand metamorphosis 

contributions to the spiritual-scientific 

anthropology and education of 

adolescents 

ISBN: 9780880105989 paperBack SteINer- 


During the first two seven-year periods of life, 

our soul-spiritual being gradually incarnates. 

Then, with puberty, it takes hold of our whole 

being and turns outward to befriend the Earth 

and the forces of life-and-death. Rudolf Steiner 

calls this profound inner transformation “a 

grand metamorphosis.” 

As a psychiatrist who has worked intensively with adolescents in crisis 

and carries a deep knowledge regarding Steiner’s teachings, Dr. Selg is 

able to highlight the radical nature of Steiner’s approach to educating 

adolescents, which provides a timeless method of meeting students in the 

right way. Through the detailed spiritual-scientific indications in this book 

and Dr. Selg’s copious notes, parents and teachers can be well equipped 

to approach the challenge of adolescence with deepened understanding. 

the therapeutic eye 

How rudolf Steiner observed children 


Rudolf Steiner’s extraordinary ability to perceive the inner nature 

and development of children provided insights at many levels and 

areas of the creative learning process. 

In The Therapeutic Eye, Dr. Peter Selg discusses Steiner’s views on 

childhood development, how teachers can observe children, and ways 

that these approaches can be used to develop lessons and classroom 

activities to deal with behavioral extremes and learning challenges. 

Peter selg – education and Child Development 

Peter Selg was born in 1963 in Stuttgart and studied 

medicine in Witten-Herdecke, Zurich, and Berlin. 

Until 2000, he worked as the head physician of the 

juvenile psychiatry department of Herdecke Hospital 

in Germany. Dr. Selg is now director of the Ita 

Wegman Institute for Basic Research into Anthroposophy 

(Arlesheim, Switzerland) and professor of 

medicine at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences (Germany). 

He lectures extensively and is the author of numerous books, including The 

Fundamental Social Law; The Child With Special Needs; The Agriculture 

Course; Seeing Christ in Sickness and Healing; The Culture of Selflessness, 

Rudolf Steiner and Christian Rosenkreutz, and Rudolf Steiner as a Spiritual 

Teacher. He is married, with five children. 

i am different from you 

How children experience themselves 

and the World in the Middle of 

childhood 

Translated by Margot M. Saar 


$12.00 120 pageS 

In many of his lectures to teachers on education, 

Rudolf Steiner called attention to a significant 

change in the way children experience themselves and the world that 

occurs in the middle of childhood, in the ninth or tenth year. 

In this deep and concise book, Peter Selg illuminates this dramatic change 

in the child s consciousness. Through Rudolf Steiner's profound wisdom 

of children's inner essence, adults can learn to give them the experience 

of being carried by a strong and sure relationship: When children cross 

the Rubicon between the ninth and tenth 

year without that feeling, something will be 

lacking in their later life, and they will have 

Read an excerpt 

starting on page 84. 

to struggle to attain what they should have received naturally at that 

moment in childhood. 

I Am Different from You is a vital book for all parents and teachers to 

read well before the crisis in the middle of childhood. 

unBornness 

Human pre-existence and the Journey toward Birth 


As anyone who has had a child knows, newborns enter the earthly world 

with their own individuality, being, and history. From the beginning, they 

manifest an essential dignity and a unique “I,” which they clearly brought 

with them from the spiritual world. This unborn life of a person’s higher 

individuality guides the whole process of incarnation. Unbornness, allows 

us to experience that birth is as great a mystery as death and, in a new and 

poses the mystery of our human task on earth. 

In this brief, but stunning and 

almost poetic work, Peter Selg 

gathers the key elements and 

images needed to begin to understand 

the vast scope of our 

unbornness. 

Drawing on the work of 

Rudolf Steiner and others, Selg 

unveils this deepest mystery of 

human existence. 


education and Child Development 

phases of childhood 

growing in Body, soul and spirit 

Bernard Lievegoed 


$19.95 208 pageS 

Drawing on the educational ideas and philosophy 

of Rudolf Steiner, Goethe, and Schiller, the 

author describes the three main stages of child 

development and the genetic and biographical 

potential revealed at each stage. He goes on to 

explore the practical application of these insights 

as an educational method in harmony with the 

child’s developing relationship with the surrounding 

world. 

This is an essential, classic resource for all parents, 

teachers, and caregivers. 

your reincarnating child 

welcoming a soul to the world 

Gilbert Childs, Sylvia Childs 



“One of the main purposes of this book,” write 

the authors, “is to demonstrate that human beings 

are primarily of spiritual nature, and only 

secondarily of bodily nature.” They explain how 

these two natures complement each other in the 

processes of maturation and development, from 

the period before birth and incarnation into 

maturity. With a firm philosophical grounding, 

the authors discuss key questions connected 

with clothing, food, play, work, technology, 

and discipline. 

set free childhood 

parents’ survival guide for coping with 

computers and tv 

Martin Large 



Presents striking scientific research on how 

the TV “tunes out” the brain; why doctors and 

educators say later is better for electronic media 

use; and strategies for preventing electronic 

addiction. 

star children 

understanding children who set us 

special tasks and challenges 

Georg Kuhlewind 

ISBN: 9781902636498 paperBack teMple lodge 

$25.00 160 pageS 

Who are the star children? Recently, much has 

been written about “gifted” children with special 

abilities, sometimes called indigo or crystal 

children. It is said that they are coming to earth 

to help humanity develop. Based on extensive 

research, Kühlewind asserts that this is one of 

the most important events of our time. 

Star Children is a compelling addition to the 

literature on “special children,” offering a 

unique perspective based on spiritual science 

and research. 

the developing child 

sense and nonsense in education 

Willi Aeppli 


aNtHropoSopHIc preSS $16.95 224 pageS 

Previously published as: Rudolf Steiner Education 

and the Developing Child 

This is simply a gem of a book about real education. 

Master Waldorf teacher Willi Aeppli takes 

everyone—parent, teacher, and child—with 

him to the core of the task of education. His is 

a picture of education as service to each child 

and to our culture. Out of years of practical 

experience, Aeppli describes the details of a 

curriculum that can make this possible. 

children and their 

temperaments 

Marieke Anschutz 


$15.95 128 pageS 2Nd edItIoN 

“This book is our personal favorite for learning 

more about temperaments.” 

—www.waldorfhomeschoolers.com 

Drawing on an ancient tradition, Rudolf Steiner 

spoke of four fundamental types, or temperaments, 

belonging to the human personality, 

each of which has a different personal need 

and means of relating socially. Through her 

experience of working with children, the author 

provides a guide to children’s temperaments 

and their role in the development of character, 

health, and personality. 

The book includes examples from home and 

school and discusses how these ideas may be 

used to manage, and relate to, groups and individuals. 

This is a valuable tool for teachers, 

parents, and care providers, especially when 

dealing with “problem” children. 

raising waldorf 

the Building of the waldorf school on 

the roaring fork 

ISBN 9780978973506 paperBack WaldorF 

Book proJect $40.00 224 pageS Full color 

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Raising Waldorf is a beautifully produced, heartfully 

written book that tells the story of the birth 

and building of a Waldorf school. This particular 

Waldorf school began fifteen years ago as a small 

initiative by a small group of parents in a small 

town on the upper reaches of the Roaring Fork 

River watershed in the Rocky Mountains of western 

Colorado. The biography 

of the Waldorf School on the 

Roaring Fork is the sum of 

many stories that have become 

one. It is a tale told in many 

different voices not just about 

the building of buildings, but 

the building of community and 

committment. 


transformational teaching 

waldorf-inspired methods in the 

public school 

Mary Goral 


$22.00 168 pageS 

We have the power to transform our public 

schools—not through government mandates 

or the newest “teacher-proof” text series but 

by applying Waldorf-inspired practices into the 

public-school setting. 

Mary Goral explores ways that these principles 

can be applied in public schools to educate 

children for life rather than simply to meet the 

demands of rigid, one-size-fits-all programs 

such as “No Child Left Behind.” Using the concrete 

example of “public-school teachers who 

have agreed to go on such a journey, Dr. Goral 

shows how teachers can bring many of the 

benefits of Waldorf education into the public 

setting, with remarkable results. 

Transformational Teaching is inspirational 

reading for those who wish to transform their 

local schools. 

Mary Barr Goral’s doctoral dissertation, “Transformational 

Possibilities of Schooling: A Study of 

Waldorf Education,” is a qualitative research report 

conducted at the Rudolf Steiner School in Ann 

Arbor, Michigan. 

the incarnating child 

Holistic parenting and child Health 

Series 

Joan Salter 



Even in today’s modern technological world, the 

miracle of birth stirs within many people a sense 

of wonder. This book is full of practical advice 

for anyone concerned with childcare. Joan Salter 

addresses physical and spiritual development, 

environment, immunization 

and health, and the 

acquisition of skills and 

thinking ability. 

renewing education 

writings on steiner education 

Francis Edmunds 

ISBN: 978-1-869890-31-5 paperBack HaWtHorN 


The name of Francis Edmunds will always be 

a part of the Waldorf School movement. He 

traveled widely, and his talks and writings, 

emphasizing the responsibility of adults and 

educators toward children, have inspired and 

educated a worldwide audience. This collection 

of essays covers many different aspects of 

a Waldorf school and will be invaluable to all 

concerned with the spiritual basis of an individual’s 

development from childhood onward. 

the first three years 

of the child 

Walking, Speaking, thinking 

Karl König 


FlorIS BookS, claSSIcS oF aNtHropoSopHy 

$17.95 138 pageS 

This classic text by Karl König, founder of the 

Camphill Movement, an international movement 

of therapeutic intentional communities, 

is a must-read for every new parent and earlychildhood 

teacher. 

Dr. König examines the first three years of the 

life of the child in relation to the three major 

achievements of that time: learning to walk, 

learning to speak, and learning to think. These 

are what make us human, and their acquisition, 

he proposes, is “an act of grace” in every child. 

He goes on to provide a detailed analysis of this 

extraordinarily complex process. 

adventures in steiner 

education 

an introduction to the waldorf approach 

Brien Masters, Ph.D. 

ISBN: 9781855841536 paperBack rudolF 

SteINer preSS $22.00 240 pageS 

Brien Masters draws on his rich and varied 

experience to paint a vivid picture of Waldorf 

education in practice. With many personal 

stories and anecdotes, he brings to life the 

theory behind Waldorf education, from the 

early years through to the Lower and Upper 

Schools. 


the story of 

waldorf education 

in the united states 

Past, Present, and Future 

Stephen Keith Sagarin, Ph.D. 



Representing more than a decade of research, 

this book is the first account of the history and 

development of Waldorf education in America. 

Looking at the past and present with an eye to how 

the understanding of the term Waldorf education 

has changed over time, the author identifies key 

trends in education to imagine the direction in 

which Waldorf education may move in the future. 

As Waldorf education comes increasingly into 

public view and into public schools, primarily 

through charter schools, questions about what 

Waldorf education is (and is not) are becoming 

increasingly relevant. 

The author concludes that Waldorf education 

is not a method that can be packaged and sold, 

but a living method that depends on insight for 

continual renewal. 

Stephen Keith Sagarin, Ph.D., is a teacher at the 

Great Barrington Waldorf High School and a former 

teacher at the Waldorf School of Garden City, New 

York, where he graduated. He writes, lectures, mentors 

teachers, and consults with Waldorf schools 

and is an associate professor and former director of 

the M.S. education program at Sunbridge Institute. 

education: an introductory 

reader 

Rudolf Steiner; Edited by Christopher 

Clouder 


SteINer preSS, pocket lIBrary oF SpIrItual 

WISdoM SerIeS $17.95 224 pageS 

Topics include: a social 

basis for education; the 

spirit of the Waldorf 

school; educational 

methods based on anthroposophy; 

children 

at play; teaching through 

the insights of spiritual 

science; adolescents after 

the fourteenth year; science, 

art, religion, and morality; the spiritual 

basis of education; the role of 

caring in education; the roots of 

education and the kingdom of 

childhood; address at a parents’ 

evening; and education within 

the broader social context. 



the power of stories 

nurturing children’s imagination and consciousness 

Horst Kornberger 


“This beautifully written and wise book taps into 

a deep source, the spring of imagination. If you 

have anything to do with children, buy this book. 

If you have anything to do with yourself, buy it as 

well.” —Matthew Barton, New View 

Stories—from the great myths and legends 

to enchanting fairy tales, parables, fables and 

folktales—can have great healing and educative 

power. They come from our subconscious and 

imagination deep inside us. They have much 

to teach us about ourselves and the world we 

create around us. 

the genius of natural 

childhood 

Secrets of Thriving Children 




“Here, you will find the simple virtues of music 

and movement and child-raising wisdom allied 

with the latest neuroscientific insights to show 

just why the old-fashioned, pre-technological 

ways often had it right all along.” —Dr Richard 

House, Research Centre for Therapeutic Education, 

Roehampton University 

Fifty-two percent of parents admit they never 

read to their child. Toddlers watch 4½ hours of 

television daily. More children are obese, enter 

school developmentally delayed and need special 

education. Sally Goddard Blythe draws on 

neuroscience to unpack the wisdom of nursery 

rhymes, traditional games and fairy stories for 

healthy child development. She explains why 

movement matters and how games develop children’s 

skills at different stages of development. 

She offers a starter kit of stories, action games, 

songs and rhymes. 

Sally Goddard Blythe is director of The Institute for 

Neuro-Physiological Psychology, which researches the 

effects of neurological dysfunction in specific learning 

difficulties, and devises effective remedial programs. 

She is also the author of The Well Balanced Child and 

Reflexes Learning and Behaviour. 

Horst Kornberger explores the power of particular 

stories such as Odysseus, Parsifal, Oedipus, 

Bible stories, and fairy tales. He explains how to 

apply that power to help a child develop or to 

heal and transform a child having difficulties. 

Horst Kornberger is a visual and conceptual artist, 

poet, writer, lecturer, and researcher into the field 

of imagination and creativity. Horst has taught 

at Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento and the 

Waldorf Teacher Training in San Francisco. He is 

the founder of the School of Integral Art and lives 

in Western Australia. 

living literacy 

the human foundations of speaking, 

writing, and reading 

Michael Rose 


preSS, educatIoN SerIeS $27.00 192 pageS 

Michael Rose makes the case that the very life 

and nature of language are breaking down 

under the pressures of modern society. Living 

Literacy investigates the nature of literacy 

and how it relates to child development. The 

author explores how teachers and parents can 

prepare for the transition to literacy through 

conversation, story, song, and play, followed by 

relevant and living ways to introduce reading 

and writing. 

Michael Rose is a founding teacher at the York Steiner 

School. He coauthored Ready to Learn (2002). 

words in place 

reconnecting with nature 

through creative writing 

Paul Matthews, Drawings 

by Margaret Shillan 


HaWtHorN preSS $30.00 288 

pageS 

This nine-week writing course 

follows a path through the realms 

of nature, from mineral to plants, 

animal, and people. By exploring the qualities 

of each, Words in Place encourages the writer 

to find a unique, authentic voice and to forge a 

new relationship to the inner and outer worlds. 

Paul Matthews offers a rich variety of creative 

techniques and exercises, including “haiku 

hikes,” word and story games, written conversation, 

collaborative writing, and “tiny tales.” 

Paul Matthews is a poet and teacher of Spacial Dynamics. 

He recently founded “Poetry Otherwise” to 

encourage poetry in communities. 

the spirit of the english 

language 

a practIcal guIde For poetS, 

teacHerS & StudeNtS 

How Sound Works in english & 

american poetry 

John H. Wulsin Jr. 



To open Wulsin’s book is to open the door of a 

lively classroom. — Gertrude Hughes, Professor 

Emerita Wesleyan University, author of 

Emerson’s Demanding Optimism 

John Wulsin approaches the English language 

as a poet interested in the spirit and evolution 

of our language. 

The Spirit of the English Language is filled with 

the textures of the lives and works of the great 

English-language poets. Wulsin describes the 

evolving activity of poetry in the biography of 

each poet, beginning with the Old Anglo–Saxon 

in Beowulf and the later works of Chaucer, and 

following the spirit of the English language 

through to the nineteenth century’s “primal/ 

modern” language of Gerard Manley 

Hopkins and Dickinson’s diamonddistilled 

language. 

Along the way, we discover how the very 

sounds of English have changed the ways 

in which not only poets think and express 

themselves, but, more important, how 

sound works and changes our human 

consciousness. The author also discusses 

specifically how, in teaching poetics, 

stages of the developing English language 

quicken corresponding stages of thinking in maturing 

adolescents. 

John Wulsin teaches English and Drama at Green 

Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge, New 

York. With an M.A. in English and American 

Literature from Columbia University, he has also 

devoted many years to teaching adults and high 

school pedagogy. 


initiative 

A Rosicrucian Path of Leadership 

Torin M. Finser, Ph.D. 


$12.00 144 pageS 

Torin Finser takes on some of our contemporary 

challenges and proposes new solutions. 

Drawing on a variety of rich cultural and 

spiritual traditions, he makes the case for social 

change that begins within. To do so, one must 

first access resources that support initiative 

and innovation. Key questions discussed in 

this book include: 

How is it possible to live a spiritual life in our 

materialistic age? 

Can an individual person still make a difference? 

How can we use a whole-systems approach to 

innovation? 

How can planetary wisdom help us find appropriate 

leadership styles? 

What are the inner conditions needed to work 

with the transcendent Self? 

In the swirl of multi-tasking, how can we find 

moments of solitude and reflection? 

school as a Journey 

the eight-year odyssey of a waldorf 

teacher and his class 




An inspiring account of one teacher’s odyssey. 

Along the way, he reveals the secrets of good 

education in any setting: effective partnership 

with parents, a strong sense of collegiality 

among the staff, and—above all—the presence 

of dedicated teachers who are motivated by a 

sincere love and respect for their students. 

—Ernest Boyer, President, 

Carnegie Foundation 

This is a lively, colorful, and absorbing account 

of a class teacher’s journey with his class, from 

first grade through the eighth grade in a Waldorf 

school. 

school renewal 

a spiritual Journey for change 




“I want to rush out and buy a copy of this book 

for every teacher and parent I know.” 

— Eric Utne 

“Splendid ... not just teachers, but parents, students, 

and just plain stressed-out citizens would 

benefit from the wisdom, information, and 

insight Finser offers.” —Joseph Chilton Pearce 

A school involves much more than education; 

it is also a community—one that may or may 

not be healthy. Dr. Finser addresses many of the 

problems and challenges that school communities 

face, using fairy tales, myths, and personal 

experience. He describes how teachers and parents 

can come to grips with problems of burnout, 

conflicts, and routine. Most important, he 

stresses that an educational community must 

address the unseen dimensions of individuals. 

in search of ethical 

leadership 

if not now, when? 


torin Finser – education and Child Development 


$20.00 192 pageS 

Torin Finser considers the crisis in ethical leadership, 

bringing his unique approach to the problems 

we face. He takes us on a journey of discovery 

by asking hard questions about the widespread 

breakdown in ethics and leadership today. He 

helps us see the roots of this loss of ethical leadership 

and a way out of the situation by applying the 

spiritual principles of Anthroposophy. 

silence is complicity 

a call to let teachers improve our schools 

through action research — not nclB * 



$15.00 112 pageS 

Society debates, legislates, and regulates education 

more than it does any other profession. We 

allow politicians to set specific standards and 

test scores for our children, forcing teachers 

to endure countless commission reports and 

endless political debates about what should 

happen in our schools. 

What if the voices of our teachers were heard 

equally in today’s public discourse? In Silence Is 

Complicity, Dr. Finser offers teachers the tools 

needed to speak out and be heard, empowering 

their advocacy for educational change. 

* No Child Left Behind 

organiZational integrity 

how to apply the wisdom of the Body to 

develop healthy organizations 



SteINerBookS $30.00 268 pageS color aNd 

B&W IlluStratIoNS 

ISBN: 9780880105781 paperBack $25.00 

268 pageS color aNd B&W IlluStratIoNS 

Organizational Integrity reclaims and reconciles 

organizational dynamics with living systems. 

The wisdom found in human organs, minerals, 

planets, and even sacred geometry is used to 

reinvent organizations. Organizations are supposed 

to serve, and their forms and structures 

should mirror the living systems of those who 

have come together with common purpose. If 

we can change our ideas of organizations and 

establish a new paradigm, future organizations 

will be worthy of the people in them. 

Torin M. Finser, Ph.D., is Director of the Waldorf Teacher Education Program at Antioch 

University New England and founding member of the Center for Anthroposophy, Collaborative 

Leadership Training, and Templar Associates in New Hampshire. He is co-chairperson of 

the Anthroposophical Society in North America. He has been an educator for three decades, a 

keynote speaker at conferences, and is a consultant for many public and Waldorf schools in areas of facilitating 

change, designing mentoring and evaluation programs, and leadership development. 



steiner education and 

social issues 

how waldorf schooling addresses 

the problems of society 

Brien Masters 



Is the philosophy we use to educate our children 

responsible, at least partially, for the attitudes 

and general tone of our societies? According 

to experts, those nations that performed best 

have created “child-friendly” societies in which, 

for young people are not pressured to achieve 

academically until their teens. Yet U.S. and U.K. 

educators press toward economic success, using 

education as a means of generating—through 

“No Child Left Behind” —the high achievers 

needed, it is thought, to produce material 

wealth. 

Brien Masters, Ph.D., is director of the London Waldorf 

Teacher Training Seminar, and the seminar in 

Gran Canaria, the Canary Islands. 

nurturing potential in the 

Kindergarten years 

A Guide for Teachers, Carers, and 

Parents 

Cornelis Boogerd 


$29.95 256 pageS 

The kindergarten years are some of the most 

formative in their development. At the heart 

of early years Waldorf education is the concept 

of “life forces,” or the “etheric body.” To help 

children grow into healthy adults who can fulfill 

their potential, these forces must be recognized 

and nurtured properly. This book offers accessible 

ways to understand and visualize the 

concept of life forces and provides practical 

examples of how to nurture children at different 

educational stages. 

Cornelis Boogerd studied social sciences at Driebergen. 

He has helped establish Waldorf schools and 

teacher training in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. 

transforming history 

a new curriculum for a planetary culture 

William Irwin Thompson 



READ THE AUTHOR’S FOREWORD @ 

www.steinerbooks.org 

“A brilliant and original work that challenges us 

to rethink the evolution of human societies and 

consciousness, and to craft an education for our 

children that reflects human history.” —Arthur 

Zajonc 

The author offers us a mind-rattling tour of 

our potential as human beings, from the Gilgamesh 

epic to popular music, current politics, 

social crises, and beyond. He suggests how we 

can stimulate the best and healthiest patterns 

of development in our children and teenagers 

and enlighten today’s educators and anyone 

concerned with improving our legacy. 

William Irwin Thompson, Ph.D., was short-listed for 

the National Book Award in 1972 and received the 

Oslo International Poetry Festival Award in 1986. 

teaching as 

a lively art 

Marjorie Spock 

ISBN: 9780880101271 

paperBack 

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140 pageS 

The author, an experienced 

Waldorf teacher, 

shows us that “ripeness 

is all,” that nothing can be taught to a child until 

the child is ready to receive it or knowledge will 

sprout prematurely and wither early. 

Marjorie Spock (1905-2008) met Rudolf Steiner in 

Dornach, Switzerland, in 1923, and trained there to 

become a eurythmist. She earned an M.A. in Education, 

writing her thesis on Waldorf education. She 

taught in Waldorf and private schools, and established 

two bio-dynamic farms. She has written and 

and translated numerous books. 

well, i wonder 

childhood in the modern world: a 

handbook for parents, teachers and carers 

Sally Schweizer 


SteINer preSS $27.00 232 pageS IlluStrated 

Sally Schweizer calls for a reevaluation of 

childhood and an awakening to the real needs 

of children. As an educator and mother, she is 

qualified to ask the hard questions and offer 

real solutions. 

The author guides us through the stages of 

childhood development, explaining children’s 

need for daily rhythm, movement, and play. 

She emphasizes the importance of guarding 

children’s imagination and the significance 

of festivals and celebrations. She offers helpful 

tips and wise advice throughout this 

well-illustrated book, which also features an 

eight-page color section on the evolution of 

children’s drawings. 

Sally Schweizer is a state-trained teacher. She has 

taught children mostly under seven, and has trained 

teachers and been an adviser. Her principal concern 

is the loss of childhood for children. Sally has written 

many articles on this theme, and Well, I Wonder 

is her first book. Music has been central to her life, 

along with enjoying the great outdoors, gardening, 

and conserving nature. 

education towards 

freedom 

Frans Carlgren 

ISBN: 9780863156519 

paperBack 

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$30.00 272 pageS 

40 B/W IlluStratIoNS 


Education towards Freedom was first published 

in 1976 and, since then, has sold more than ten 

thousand copies in English. 

Lavishly illustrated with both color and b&w 

drawings and photographs throughout, the 

book covers all aspects of Waldorf education, 

dividing it into the preschool years, the first 

eight years (starting about age seven), and the 

last four years (from ages fourteen to eighteen). 

Also included are sections on the rhythm of 

the day, specific subjects, the use of textbooks, 

and school in the 

modern world. 

Frans Carlgren taught 

at the Kristofferskolan 

Waldorf school in 

Sweden for many 

years. 


hythms of learning 

what waldorf education offers 

children, parents & teachers 

selected lectures by rudolf steiner 

Rudolf Steiner, Edited and 

Introduced by Roberto Trostli 


$35.00 400 pageS 

Roberto Trostli, an experienced Waldorf 

teacher, has selected Rudolf Steiner’s key 

lectures on children and education. In each 

chapter, Trostli explains Steiner’s concepts and 

describes how they work in the contemporary 

Waldorf classroom. 

This book will serve as an excellent resource 

for parents who want to understand how their 

child is learning. Parents will be better prepared 

to discuss their child’s education with teachers, 

and teachers will find it a valuable reference 

source and communication tool. 

educating through art 

the steiner school approach 

Agnes Nobel 


$35.00 308 pageS 

Agnes Nobel examines the importance of art 

in the development of the child and looks for 

some answers to the vital question: what is 

education for? She goes on to investigate why 

Waldorf schools attach such importance to art 

in education. She describes Steiner’s picture of 

the developing child, his views on the imprint of 

early experience in the child’s whole being and 

the importance of living relationships and community 

in the Waldorf school. She shows how 

these ideas were expressed in the curriculum of 

the schools. There have been many books written 

on the Steiner approach to education, but 

they have usually been written from within the 

Steiner educational movement. This book takes 

an independent view of Waldorf education and 

critically assesses its unique qualities, successes 

and relevance to the modern day. 

Agnes Nobel is an educational psychologist working 

in Uppsala University, Sweden. 

waldorf education 

Christopher Clouder, 

Martyn Rawson 


$14.95 160 pageS IlluStrated 

This concise introduction to the practice of 

Steiner’s ideas in education explains Waldorf’s 

innovative approaches to child development 

and education. The authors discuss the practical 

aspects of classroom teaching, festivals, child 

development, early education, high school, 

environmental education, and much more. 

This is an accessible introduction to Waldorf 

education for parents who are exploring methods 

of education for their children. 

educating as an art 

essays on waldorf education 

Edited by Carol Ann Bartges, 

Nick Lyons 


SteINer ScHool Nyc $25.00 208 pageS 

color plateS tHrougHout 

Twenty-five years ago at the Rudolf Steiner 

School in New York City, Ekkehard Piening 

and Nick Lyons edited a collection of articles 

on Waldorf education. Their efforts resulted 

in Educating as an Art, published in celebration 

of the fiftieth anniversary of the Rudolf 

Steiner School. 

Twenty-five years later, in 2003, the Rudolf 

Steiner School celebrated its seventy-fifth year, 

as well as seventy-five years of Waldorf education 

in North America. This new edition of 

the collection commemorates the work of the 

faculty members whose articles comprised the 

first edition, many of whom helped to establish 

the Waldorf movement in the United States. 

Contributions have also been added from the 

newer generation of teachers in the New York 

City school and Waldorf teachers from around 

the country. 

This book is written by teachers whose deepest 

thoughts and actions are concerned with the 

work in the classroom. 

• No longer available • 


encountering the self 

transformation & destiny in the 

ninth year 

Hermann Koepke 



Children first experience their individuality 

around age nine. This experience is sometimes 

precipitated by a child’s first encounter 

with death and the first inkling that life 

is fragile and temporary. Koepke, a Swiss 

Waldorf teacher, provides a clear and highly 

readable explanation of the outer signs and 

symptoms of this essential turning point in 

the life of a child. 

what is waldorf education? 

three lectures 

Rudolf Steiner, Introduction by 

Stephen Sagarin 


$12.00 128 pageS 

This is a reader-friendly Waldorf “taster,” with 

three public lectures by Rudolf Steiner on 

Waldorf education and a thought-provoking 

introduction by a Waldorf teacher and longtime 

student of Steiner’s pedagogy. 

These lectures by Steiner present what he sees 

as the “fundamentals” in a matter-of-fact, 

objective, non-dogmatic way. The introduction, 

wide-ranging and informative, speaks of 

Waldorf education and methodology in general, 

explaining that, before all else, a Waldorf 

School is a good school. 

Steiner relates the following anecdote in the 

middle lecture of this small collection: “Whenever 

I come to Stuttgart to visit and assist in the 

guidance of the school, I ask the same question 

in each class, naturally within the appropriate 

context and avoiding any possible tedium, ‘Children, 

do you love your teachers?’ You should 

hear and witness the enthusiasm with which 

they call out in chorus, ‘Yes!’ This call to the 

teachers to engender love within their pupils is 

all part of the question of how the older generation 

should relate to the young.” 



on the threshold of 

adolescence 

the struggle for independence 

in the twelfth year 

Hermann Koepke 



Suzanne, a young Waldorf teacher, struggles 

with changes in her class, and the problems she 

and the parents face are given names and faces. 

Readers join in teachers’ meetings, parents’ 

evenings, home visits, as well as conversations 

between Suzanne and an experienced teacher. 

She learns to cope with her class’s transition, 

and readers learn how parents, teachers, and 

friends must all accommodate the steps young 

people are taking. 

Hermann Koepke, a Swiss Waldorf teacher with 

many years of experience, is well known in Europe. 

thirteen to nineteen 

discovering the light 

Julian Sleigh 


$11.95 120 pageS 

The author sheds 

light on the familiar 

problems of adolescents: 

loneliness, 

meeting with others 

and relating to them, 

difficulties with parents, 

awakening of 

sexuality, drinking, 

and drugs. 

Writing directly for 

parents, Julian Sleigh 

shows how the young person is awakening to 

make decisions out of his or her own sense of 

responsibility and feelings. If parents are sufficiently 

aware at this time of trial and error, they 

can give support and show trust and confidence 

in the emerging personality. 

Julian Sleigh is a Christian Community priest and 

counselor who works in South Africa. He is the author 

of Crisis Points, a guide to self-help in difficult 

times in life. 

an unchanged mind 

the problem of immaturity in 

adolescence 

Dr. John A. McKinnon 



Why are American teenagers failing to develop 

normally through adolescence? Case studies 

from a therapeutic boarding school for troubled 

teenagers show teens who found themselves 

unprepared for the challenges of modern 

adolescence and inevitably failed—at school, at 

home, and among their peers socially. 

This book explores the essence of this problem: 

disrupted maturation and resulting immaturity. 

The remedy is not a matter of pharmacology—and 

the cure is not in pills. The remedy 

is, instead, in learning how to grow up. 

the parallel process 

Growing Alongside Your Adolescent 

or Young Adult Child in Treatment 

Krissy Pozatek 



For many parents of troubled teenagers, a therapeutic 

program that takes the child from home 

for a period of time offers some respite. Parents 

need to use this time to recognize how their own 

patterns may have contributed to the family’s 

downward spiral. This is “The Parallel Process.” 

Using case studies from her many years as an 

adolescent and family therapist, Krissy Pozatek 

shows parents of pre-teens, adolescents, and 

young adults how they can help the family stay 

and grow together. 

Krissy Pozatek, LICSW, 

has over ten years experience 

in wilderness therapy 

and adolescent treatment, 

and is a licensed 

clinical social worker. 

to change a mind 

Parenting to Promote Maturity in 

Teenagers 

Dr. John A. McKinnon 



In this companion to his first book, An Unchanged 

Mind, Dr. McKinnon provides invaluable 

advice to parents of teenagers and young 

adults. Using case studies from his many years 

of helping parents with troubled adolescents, he 

explores the ways that adolescent development 

can be derailed in today’s complex culture and 

how parents can prevent this from happening. 

The book is packed with examples and sensible 

and practical advice for parents of pre-teens and 

teenagers, this is an essential guidebook for parents 

seeking to make their lives—and the lives 

of their children—richer and more fulfilling. 

John A. McKinnon, M.D., was educated at Harvard, 

Cambridge University, Case Western Reserve University, 

Yale, and Norwich University. He co-founded 

with his wife who is also a therapist Montana Academy, 

a therapeutic school for troubled teenagers on 

a remote ranch near Glacier Park. 

addiction’s many faces 

tackling drug dependency amongst 

young people: causes, effects, and 

prevention 

Felicitas Vogt 



Drugs are pervasive. Young people have to make 

choices about drugs as a fact of everyday life. 

Ideals, protest, demanding school work, the 

need for emotional intimacy, the natural desire 

to experiment, wanting to appear cool—can all 

make drug taking seem attractive. 

What are the best ways of helping young people 

learn about the many faces of addiction? What 

lessons do addictions have for us? And what 

about other forms addiction which are often socially 

sanctioned, such as shopping, sex, or fame? 

This book offers practical insights into helping 

to prevent dependencies, as well as how to cope 

with family drug problems, and a number of 

treatment options. 

Felicitas Vogt has 

worked in drugs education 

since 1988, giving 

seminars all over 

the world on addiction, 

prevention, and 

personal growth. 

No longer 

available 


dyslexia 

learning disorder or creative gift? 

Cornelia Jantzen 


$30.00 248 pageS 

Dyslexia has long been known as a learning 

difficulty that primarily affects literacy skills. 

Increasingly, however, researchers and professionals 

working with dyslexia suggest that it is 

less a disorder than a sign of a specially gifted 

person. Those with dyslexia frequently have a 

highly developed imagination and a unique way 

of perceiving. They often have above average intelligence 

and are highly creative, provided they 

are supported and nurtured by understanding 

parents and teachers. 

Based on her study of the Davis Method, Waldorf 

education, and a broad overview of current 

practices, Cornelia Jantzen explores this radical 

viewpoint. She provides many practical examples 

that explore various aspects of dyslexia, giving 

parents and teachers new insights when dealing 

with the challenges that dyslexia presents. 

Cornelia Jantzen is a consultant on dyslexia in 

Hamburg and is the mother of two dyslexic children. 

the child with special needs 

letters and essays on curative 

education 

Karl König, Edited by Peter Selg 


$25.00 224 pageS 

In this remarkable collection of Dr. König’s letters 

and essays, he considers and discusses the 

fundamentals of special needs education and 

shows three core aspects of a successful holistic 

approach to healing: a positive social environment; 

insightful understanding of the nature 

and potential of each disability; and medical 

treatment imbued with courage to keep the 

faith that the impossible can be made possible. 

Karl König (1902-1966) began his work at the Institute 

of Embryology at the University of Vienna. 

In 1939 he founded the Camphill Movement in 

Scotland. 

Being human 

diagnosis in curative education 

Karl König; Foreword by Michaela 

Glöckler; Introduction by Cornelius 

Pietzner; Translated by Catherine 

E. Creeger 


$18.95 156 pageS 

What does it mean to be human? Human development 

unfolds in a twofold way, an ever-more 

profound incarnation, or “inhabitation,” of the 

physical body, and the increasing discrimination 

of the individual objects of the world. 

Difficulties along this path can lead to so-called 

disabilities. König’s approach to curative education 

allows us to see these disabilities as meaningful 

ways of coping with or resolving the various 

problems that arise in living in a physical body. 

“The point is not only to see the deviations, but 

to see them against the mighty backdrop of a 

comprehensive child anthropology.” 

This unique book is of value not only to those 

working in special education, but to anyone 

interested in the dynamics of incarnation and 

“normal” development. 

education for special needs 

the curative education course 

12 lectures, dornach, June 25-July 7, 

1924 (ga 317) 

Rudolf Steiner 



In 1924, Steiner gave this seminal course to a 

small group of teachers and doctors as a basis 

for their work. The revolutionary approach 

and far-reaching perspective of these lectures 

remains an inspiration to those in the field who 

are cultivating a spiritual approach. 

Using detailed case studies, Steiner describes 

various illnesses, therapeutic methods, and 

medical treatments, as well as valuable advice 

for developing teaching abilities. Includes color 

plates and an index. 

special Care 

foundations of curative 

eurythmy 

Margarete Kirchner-Bockholt 


$50.00 192 pageS 

prevIouSly puBlISHed aS: FuNdaMeNtal 

prINcIpleS oF curatIve eurytHMy 

In 1921, Rudolf Steiner delivered a series of lectures 

on curative eurythmy. Over the following 

years, when his advice was sought in cases of 

illness, he added to the initial exercises and indications. 

For those who were unable to attend 

the original courses, Dr. Kirchner-Bockholt 

published this comprehensive handbook of 

basic principles and an authentic collection of 

Steiner’s advice. 

anthroposophical 

therapeutic speech 

Barbara Denjean-von Stryk 

and Dietrich von Bonin 


$50.00 192 pageS 

Written for speech therapists and doctors, this 

book gives a precise, practical summary of 

anthroposophical therapeutic speech. 

holistic special education 

camphill principles and practice 

Robin Jackson 


$35.00 228 pageS 

Written by people 

who are actively involved 

in holistic special 

education on a 

daily basis, this is an 

honest and informative 

manual that will 

be valued by parents 

and professionals 

alike. 


special Care 

to a different drumBeat 

a practical guide to parenting 

children with special needs 

P. Clarke, H. Kofsky, J. Lauruol 



Written by parents, for parents, this book 

addresses both the emotional and practical 

issues of care for children with handicaps or 

special needs. 

It offers suggestions to those whose children 

have conditions ranging from autism to cerebral 

palsy, to learning difficulties, to hearing or 

visual handicaps with sections on sleep, feeding, 

incontinence, play, learning behavior, siblings, 

travel, and more. 

children with special needs 

Michael Luxford 



A concise, illustrated introduction to Steiner’s 

ideas on the education of children with special 

needs. 

the physiology of eurythmy 

therapy 

Hans-Broder von Laue, Elke von 

Laue 


$50.00 160 pageS 

The authors of this book have 

researched eurythmy therapy 

for many years and this book 

is a comprehensive overview 

of their work. 

Hans-Broder von Laue is a doctor 

specializing in anthroposophic 

medicine. He teaches therapeutic 

eurythmy and has been widely 

published. 

Elke von Laue trained as a nurse. 

She has worked as an anthroposophical therapist 

for many years. 

anthroposophical care for 

the elderly 

Annegret Camps, Brigitte 

Hagenhoff, Ada van der Star 



This book describes specific approaches for 

professional nurses and caregivers and offers 

practical care plans. 

Annegret Camps trained as a nurse at an anthroposophic 

hospital in Germany and worked in care for 

the elderly. She lectures on nursing and care work. 

Brigitte Hagenhoff has a master’s degree in care work. 

Ada van der Star lectures on care for the elderly in 

Germany. 

healthy Body, healthy Brain 

alzheimer’s and dementia prevention 

and care 

Jenny Lewis 


$13.95 64 pageS 

This book is the result of Jenny Lewis’s research 

and experience as a caregiver for her mother. 

Jenny emphasizes prevention of Alzheimer’s 

a portrait of camphill 

From Founding Seed to Worldwide Movement 

Edited by Jan Martin Bang 


Inspired by the vision of its founder Karl 

König and a group of close associates, the 

growth of the Camphill Movement is the 

story of an idea about community as a 

basis for special needs education, therapy, 

and daily living. 

The fascinating feature articles and more 

than 150 photographs cover everything 

from the history of Camphill to the 

disease and dementia through nutrition, physical 

activity, and positivity, and offers suggestions 

on how to improve the health and well-being of 

those already suffering from these conditions. 

This guide includes practical suggestions that 

can be introduced easily into daily routines, 

including recipes for nourishing soups and brain 

gym exercises. 

Jenny Lewis has had a lifelong interest in holistic 

health and care. In 1986, she established the Eden 

Centre for Holistic Health and Creative Development. 

eurythmy therapy 

8 lectures, dornach & stuttgart, 

april 1921-october 1922 (cw 315) 


SteINer preSS $26.00 176 pageS 

In this course of lectures to practicing eurythmists 

and doctors, Rudolf Steiner describes the 

principles of therapeutic eurythmy and provides 

many exercises, which he calls “inner gymnastics,” 

that contain enormous potential for psychological 

and physiological well-being. 

Previously published as Curative Eurythmy, this 

new edition includes an appendix of reminiscences 

by early eurythmists and a commentary 

by Dr. Walter Kugler. 

development of 

individual communities 

around 

the world. 

Jan Martin Bang has spent a lifetime working 

in alternative communities, ranging from the 

kibbutz in Israel to his present home in the 

Solborg Camphill community in Norway. 

He leads training and development for new 

ecovillage projects around the world. 


Boys will Be Boys 

Breaking the link Between 

masculinity and violence 

Myriam Miedzian 



“Insights into why America’s crime rates lead 

the industrialized world.” —Los Angeles 

Times 

“A strongly argued indictment of our cultural 

stereotypes of masculinity.” —Suzanne Gordon, 

Boston Globe 

In this book, Miedzian provides a thorough 

investigation of the numerous factors influencing 

aggression and violence in American males. 

In addition, she also provides descriptions and 

proposals for interventions, social action, and 

solutions to break the link between masculinity 

and violence. The book is separated into three 

major parts: 1) The Problem: The acceptance of 

violence as a way of life; 2) Toward a Solution: 

Raising sons for the twenty-first century; 3) 

Conclusions: Beyond the masculine mystique. 

Myriam Miedzian holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from 

Columbia University and a masters degree in clinical 

social work from Hunter College, City University of 

New York. She has been a professor of philosophy 

at a number of universities, including Rutgers and 

the City University of New York. She lives in New 

York City. 

Bringing the Best out in 

Boys 

communication strategies for 

teachers 

Lucinda Neall 



These time-tested communication strategies 

help get the best out of boys. The tips for 

tackling difficult behavior will result in more 

classroom co-operation and learning—so that 

everyone benefits. Lucinda Neall works with 

teachers and schools to identify what helps boys 

learn. The result is this teachers’ handbook, 

packed full of techniques, examples, and tips. 

homemaKing as a social art 

creating a home for Body, soul, 

and spirit 

Veronika van Duin 



Today, social and economic pressures affect the 

traditional role of the homemaker. Emphasis is 

placed on the working world instead of home life, 

and many struggle to function in several roles at 

once. This increasingly hectic climate has tended 

to downgrade the work of the homemaker. 

Taking a spiritual perspective inspired by 

Rudolf Steiner, Veronika van Duin suggests 

that homemaking needs to be undertaken 

consciously as an honored and valued area of 

work, as nothing less than a “social art.” She 

asserts that, by elevating our regard for the 

homemaker, we can enjoy a happier and more 

contented family and home life. 

The author does not claim any blueprint for 

perfect homemaking, but offers principles and 

observations based on a study of the seven “life 

processes” and how they affect us. She addresses 

the significance of rhythm, relationships, artistic 

environment, caring, self-development, and 

much more in this invaluable book. 

the spiritual tasKs of the 

homemaKer 

Manfred Schmidt-Brabant 


$12.95 48 pageS 

What will become of the family and home that 

have been the foundation of society for centuries? 

With the birth of human individuality, 

previous assumptions based on old cultural 

traditions increasingly need revising; tasks and 

roles need to be reinterpreted. The author offers 

advice and ideas for enlivening the tasks 

of homemaking with spiritual knowledge. We 

can discover, for example, how to work with 

the non-physical aspects of the household—its 

etheric and astral natures— and with different 

spiritual beings connected to the home. 


healing stories for 

challenging Behaviour 

Susan Perrow 


HaWtHorN preSS, early yearS SerIeS 

$30.00 320 pageS 

This book offers 

a creative approach 

to helping 

children who 

are facing trauma 

or other difficulties 

in their life. 

This collection of 

modern and traditional 

folk tales 

includes stories for behavior difficulties, 

such as dishonesty, stealing, bullying, 

and fighting. Also included are stories to 

help with challenging situations such as 

moving to a new house, a new baby in the 

family, nightmares, illness, and grieving. 

Each story is introduced with notes and 

suggestions for ways to use them. Also 

included is a guide to help parents and 

teachers create their own healing stories. 

A great book for emotional first aid. 

Susan Perrow works in early childhood 

teacher training in Australia, Kenya, and 

South Africa and completed masters degree 

research on cross-cultural storytelling. 

Bedtime storytelling 

a collection for parents 

Beatrys Lockie 

ISBN: 9780863157363 paperBack FlorIS 


This collection of 

well-loved bedtime 

tales includes 

advice on how to 

tell stories to children—how 

to establish 

a bedtime 

routine, create 

a mood, involve 

children, and personalize 

stories. The stories are suitable 

for children from three to seven years 

of age. 

Many of the stories in this collection 

are old favorites that are told regularly 

in kindergartens, nurseries, and 

schools—tales about magical creatures 

and exotic animals—as well as stories 

from everyday life. 



maKing a family home 

Shannon Honeybloom, Photography by Skip Hunt 

ISBN: 9780880107020 paperBack SteINerBookS $20.00 90 pageS Full color tHrougHout 

“More than merely a dwelling, the definition of home 

extends beyond the meaning of a house. Creating a home 

is a process of imbuing our space with soul and spirit, surrounding 

our family with love, care, comfort.” 

—Shannon Honeybloom 

Shannon Honeybloom shows 

how she made—and how we can 

make—a house into a real home. 

Illustrated in color with lively, 

evocative photographs, Shannon 

invites the reader into her home 

and offers practical suggestions for 

virtually every aspect of bringing 

why children don’t listen 

a guide for parents and teachers 

Monika Kiel-Hinrichsen 


$19.95 224 pageS 

Here is an invaluable handbook for parents 

and teachers on how to communicate better 

with children. It covers all aspects of talking 

and listening to children, including speaking to 

children of different ages, the effect your voice 

has, and understanding the wider situation in 

which the conversation is taking place. 

The author translates the theory into practical, 

everyday solutions, showing that it’s not what 

we say, but how we say it—and more important, 

how well we listen to the answers—that matters. 

how i feel 

a Book about diabetes 

Michael Olson 

lifeways 

working with family Questions 

Edited by Gudrun Davy and 

Bons Voors 



Lifeways is about children, about family life, and 

about being a parent—and how the tension 

between personal fulfillment and family life can 

be resolved. Lifeways originated among a group 

of people who were seeking a renewed spirit in 

family life and wanted to create a new vision of 

the purpose of mothers and fathers. 

Here is a valuable resource for parents, kindergarten 

teachers, playgroup leaders, and women’s 

support groups. 

ISBN: 9781590560372 paperBack laNterN BookS $15.00 80 pageS 40 Black & WHIte IlluStratIoNS 

When Michael Olson’s seven-year-old brother Steven 

came down with juvenile diabetes, Michael and his family 

were shocked to find out how little information was 

available to help explain the disease to a child. Michael, 

who was in third grade at the time, resolved to learn as 

much as he could about the illness and to write and illus- 

love, comfort, and beauty to a family home. Chapters 

include “At Home with Children,” “The Front Porch,” 

“The Playroom” and “The Backyard and the Garden.” 

Shannon Honeybloom has an M.A. in Literary Cultures 

from New York University and an 

M.S. in Early Childhood Education 

from Sunbridge College. After 

working for the Rainforest Alliance, 

she taught High School English. She 

has three children and lives with her 

family in Austin, Texas. www.shannonhoneybloom.com. 

Skip Hunt is a professional photographer in Austin, Texas. 

www.skiphuntphotography.com. 

a thought is Just a thought 

a story of living with ocd 

Leslie Talley, Foreword by Michael 

A. Jenike, M.D. 


BookS $10.00 B&W IlluStratIoNS 32 pageS 

This is the compelling and sympathetic story of 

Jenny, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive 

disorder (OCD). It describes visits to a doctor, 

who helps Jenny overcome her fears by showing 

her how to rethink the bad thoughts, and 

eventually she stops dwelling on the thought 

and its irrational consequences, realizing that, 

after all, a thought is just a thought. 

more lifeways 

sharing parenting & family paths 

Patti Smith, Signe E. Schaefer 



Twenty-seven articles follow the successful 

first volume of Lifeways and include subjects 

such as listening and the art of relationship, 

inner development, money issues, sex, power, 

spirituality, single parenting, fathering, mid-life, 

dying, and much more. 

trate his own book based upon his brother's experience. 

In How I Feel, he describes what Steven went through 

before the disease was discovered, how he felt in the 

hospital and during the recuperation period, and how 

his life changed once he became a child who would now 

be insulin dependent. 


where are you? 

coming to terms with the death of 

my child 

Karin V. Schilling 

ISBN: 9780880102681 PAPERBACk 

ANThRoPoSoPhIC PRESS $7.95 88 PAGES 

A touching and deep account of Karin Schilling’s 

long odyssey to understand the sudden 

death of her thirteen-year-old daughter, Saskia, 

in a car accident. The path was extremely difficult, 

but she awoke to experience the reality 

of Saskia’s spiritual presence. 

She closes the book with a beautiful culmination 

from a booklet by C.S. Lewis, The Four 

Loves: 

“C.S. Lewis speaks of gift-love, that love that 

contains no need, no mutuality, no return. 

It is simply a free gift. To me it is as though I 

would make my heart into a bowl of incense, the 

smoke of which rises up in offering to the being 

I love and vanishes into the air, the clouds. In 

gift-love, if one imagines it like this, there is no 

possessiveness, no grief; there is only faithfulness, 

day and night.” 

children who communicate 

Before they are Born 

conversations with unborn souls 

Dietrich Bauer, Max Hoffmeister, 

Hartmut Goerg 

ISBN: 9781902636689 PAPERBACk TEMPLE 

LodGE $26.00 256 PAGES 

Expectant mothers have a deep connection to 

their unborn children. Through such experiences, 

they may know something of the child’s 

appearance, character, or life path, even though 

the baby’s body is still being formed within 

the womb. 

Many mothers are protective of such experiences 

and are unwilling to speak of them. The 

accounts here, gathered by three medical doctors, 

are all the more precious. 

In addition to the many remarkable case studies 

of souls who communicate before they are born, 

the authors offer a comprehensive analysis that 

addresses difficult issues such as abortion and 

contraception, and the spiritual and scientific 

aspects of conception and birth. 

old age 

Journey into simplicity 

Helen M. Luke 


lINdISFarNe BookS $16.95 132 

pageS 

“Better to spend a day meditating 

on a single page of her writing than 

to read a stack of books on enlightenment.” 

—Thomas Moore, author 

of Care of the Soul and The Planets Within. 

“Helen Luke is a unique voice that carries beautiful 

passion, feeling, and clarity. She is clearly 

one of our most precious national treasures.” 

—Helen Pinkola Estés, author of Women Who 

Run with the Wolves 

In this classic text on aging wisely, renowned Jungian 

analyst Helen M. Luke reflects on the final journeys 

described in Homer’s Odyssey, Shakespeare’s 

King Lear, and T.S. Eliot’s Little Gidding. 

traveling light 

walking the cancer path 

William Ward 



“Among the many personal accounts of the cancer 

experience that have been published, I have read 

none more honestly revealing or more beautiful 

than William Ward’s Traveling Light. His journal 

of navigation through the experience of serious 

cancer is a rare story of love, a unique kind of 

faith, and a reverence for the committed life.” 

—Richard Grossman, psychotherapist; author, 

The Tao of Emerson; founder of the Cancer 

Support Program at Wainwright House, Rye, NY. 

muddles, puddles, and 

sunshine 

your activity Book to help when 

someone has died 

Diana Crossley, Illustrated by Kate 

Sheppard, Winston’s Wish 



This activity book offers practical and sensitive 

support for bereaved younger children 

with helpful activities and exercises 

accompanied by the friendly characters 

of Bee and Bear. 

Winston’s Wish is a national charity based 

in Gloucestershire, England, that helps 

bereaved children and young people rebuild 

their lives after a family death. Their 

website is www.winstonswish.org.uk 


In examining some of the great 

masterpieces of literature produced 

by writers at the end of 

their lives, she elucidates the difference 

between growing old and 

disintegrating, encouraging the 

reader to grow emotionally and 

mentally during the culminating 

stage of life. 

Helen M. Luke (1904-1995) was born 

in England. In 1962, she founded the 

Apple Farm Community in Three Rivers, Michigan, 

“a center for people seeking to discover and appropriate 

the transforming power of symbols in their lives.” 

Her final book, Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On, 

a memoir and excerpts from her fifty-four volumes 

of journals, was published posthumously. Her books 

include The Laughter at the Heart of Things, a collection 

of essays, and The Way of Woman: Awakening 

the Perennial Feminine. 

This generous, courageous, 

and wise book 

offers a selfless glimpse 

behind the curtain of 

a journey with cancer, 

from shock to inner rebirth 

and the gradual 

discovery of light in the 

darkness. 

William Ward was a Waldorf class teacher for twentyfive 

years at Hawthorne Valley School in Harlemville, 

New York. He was in the fourth grade with his fourth 

class when he retired to deal with the diagnosis of 

a brain tumor. He crossed the threshold October 5, 

2008, at the age of sixty-one. 

out of the Blue 

making memories last when 

someone has died 

Winston’s Wish 


preSS $16.00 32 pageS IlluStrated IN color 

Created by Winston’s Wish, Out of the Blue is a 

collection of tried and tested ideas to help teenagers 

through the bereavement process. This 

is a companion volume to Muddles, Puddles, 

and Sunshine. 


Foundations of Waldorf Education 

foundations of waldorf education series 

The first Waldorf school opened in September 1919 under the auspices of Emil Molt, 

director of the Waldorf Astoria Cigarette Company, who was a student of Rudolf Steiner’s 

spiritual science and was especially affected by Steiner’s call for social renewal. Molt 

responded by creating a school for his workers’ children. 

Since that time, nearly a thousand schools have opened around the world, making the 

Waldorf movement the largest independent educational movement in the world. There 

are more than 140 Waldorf schools in the United States, Canada, and Mexico alone. 

The true foundations of the Waldorf method and spirit are Steiner’s many lectures on education 

and child development. From 1919 until 1924, he worked tirelessly to disseminate 

his ideas on Waldorf education. he gave numerous lectures to teachers, parents, children, 

and the public as new schools were established and the movement grew. 

the foundations of human 

experience 

14 lectures, stuttgart, 1919 

(gas 293 & 66) 

Rudolf Steiner, Foreword by 

Henry Barnes, Introduction and 

translation by Nancy Whittaker 

and Robert Lathe 

ISBN: 9780880103923 paperBack FouNdatIoNS 

oF WaldorF educatIoN (vol. 1) $20.00 

356 pageS 

These first lectures to the first Waldorf teachers 

are some of Steiner’s most remarkable and 

significant statements on education and human 

development. Because this may be his most 

concise and detailed account of human nature, 

these lectures are also fundamental for anyone 

who wishes to understand Anthroposophy and 

its view of the world. Steiner provides a powerful, 

convincing, and profound phenomenological 

“anthropology,” or human spiritual psychology, 

for parents, psychologists, and counselors. 

This is a primary text for Waldorf education. 

Also available as Study of Man 

practical advice to 

teachers 

14 talks, stuttgart, aug.-sept. 1919 

(ga 294) 

Rudolf Steiner, Translated, revised 

& edited by J. Collis, Introduced 

by Astrid Schmitt-Stegmann 



224 pageS 

During an intensive two weeks, Steiner gave 

three simultaneous educational courses to those 

who would become the first teachers of the 

original Waldorf school, including this course, 

The Foundations of Human Experience, and Discussions 

with Teachers. This volume integrates 

theory with the nuts and bolts of teaching, offering 

practical advice for the classroom. 

Steiner spoke of new ways to teach reading, 

writing, geography, geometry, languages, and 

much more. His approach is tailored to the 

spiritual and physical needs of the children, 

not to an arbitrary curriculum based solely on 

external results. 

discussions with teachers 

15 discussions, stuttgart, aug.-sep. 

1919 (ga 295); 3 additional lectures 


Craig Giddens 



224 pageS 

For two weeks before the first Waldorf school 

opened in Stuttgart, Steiner prepared teachers 

intensively to become its first teachers. At 9 a.m. 

he gave the course published as The Foundations 

of Human Experience; at 11, Practical Advice to 

Teachers; and, after lunch, from 3 to 6, he held 

these spontaneous and relaxed discussions. 

Steiner does not prescribe specific methods but 

discusses various topics and situations, simply 

giving guidelines. Then practical assignments 

are given, which are taken up and discussed 

at the next session. The discussions are filled 

with insights and indications in many areas of 

teaching—history, geography, botany, zoology, 

form drawing, and mathematics are all touched 

upon. Also included are speech exercises and, 

for the first time in English, three very important 

lectures on the curriculum. 

education as a force for 

social change 

6 lectures, dornach, aug. 9-17, 1919; 

3 lectures, stuttgart, may 11 & 18, and 

June 1, 1919 ( gas 296 &192) 




272 pageS 

These radical lectures were given one month 

before the opening of the first Waldorf school 

and following two years of intense preoccupation 

with the social situation in Germany 

as World War I ended and society sought to 

rebuild itself. Well aware of the dangerous 

tendencies in modern culture that undermine 

true social life—such as psychic torpor and 

boredom, universal mechanization, and the 

loss of idealism—Steiner saw that any solution 

must address not only economic and legal issues, 

but also that of a free spiritual life. Only 

the proper nurturing of the virtues of imitation, 

reverence, and love at the right times in a child’s 

development can create mature adults who are 

prepared to fulfil the demands of a truly healthy 

social life and assume the responsibilities of 

cultural freedom, legal equality, and economic 

brotherhood. 

Also includes three additional lectures on the 

social basis of education and a lecture to the 

workers of the Waldorf Astoria Cigarette Company 

(after which he was asked to form a school), 

and a lecture to public school teachers. 

the spirit of the waldorf 

school 

6 lectures, stuttgart and Basel, 

1919 (gas 297, 24) 

Rudolf Steiner, Translated by 

Robert Lathe and Nancy Whittaker 



208 pageS 

An inspiring introduction to Waldorf education. 

These lectures outline the goals and intent 

of the Waldorf school, explaining its guiding 

principles and how parents must participate 

with understanding and interest in awakening 

their children’s creative forces. Includes “The 

Intent of the Waldorf School,” “The Spirit of 

the Waldorf School,” “Spiritual Science and 

Pedagogy,” and “The Pedagogical Objective of 

the Waldorf School in Stuttgart.” 

rudolf steiner in the 

waldorf school 

lectures and conversations 

stuttgart, 1919-1924 (ga 298) 


Catherine E. Creeger 



224 pageS 

Steiner’s talks in the Stuttgart school from 

1919–1924. Included are speeches at school 

assemblies and parents’ evenings where Steiner 

spoke spontaneously, with warmth and enthusiasm. 

This is a unique glimpse into Steiner’s 

views on the school and the educational philosophy 

he brought into being. 


the genius of language 

6 lectures, stuttgart, dec. 1919-Jan. 1920 

(ga 299) 


Gertrude Teutsch & Ruth Pusch 



144 pageS 

Steiner demonstrates how history and psychology 

combine to form languages and how this 

power has dwindled, but also how the seed 

of language—the penetration of sense into 

sound—can be accessed today. 

faculty meetings with 

rudolf steiner 

vol. 1: 1919–1922 (ga 300a–300b); 

vol. 2: 1922–1924 (ga 300b–300c) 





864 pageS 

Steiner worked with teachers on every detail of 

the first Waldorf school—lesson plans, religious 

education, schedules, resources, administration, 

finance, and child study. Guiding the faculty, he 

moved toward his goal of creating a vehicle for 

social transformation. 

Steiner deals with frustrations, successes, and 

failures. This look behind the scenes will captivate 

anyone interested in the early stages of 

the Waldorf school movement. 

the renewal of education 

14 lectures, 2 talks on eurythmy, 

Basel, april–may 1920 (ga 301) 





224 pageS 

Steiner outlines the child’s gradual development, 

aided by spiritual forces and enlightened educational 

practices which are the basis for Waldorf 

education. He describes the problems that face 

educators today and gives practical solutions. He 

explains the effects of morality on true freedom 

and how the development of a child’s moral 

capacity leads to free, flexible thinking. He also 

describes how teaching methods in the early 

grades have a lifelong effect on children. 

These lectures cover a broad range: the threefold 

human being; the responsibility of teachers toward 

their students’ futures; arts such as music 

and eurythmy; problems in teacher training; 

zoology, botany, language, geography, and 

history. These lectures provide accessible and 

practical ideas for renewing modern education. 

education for adolescents 

8 lectures, stuttgart, 1921 (ga 302) 

Rudolf Steiner, Translated by Carl 

Hoffman 



160 pageS 

In this important collection of lectures, originally 

delivered in 1921 to teachers at the first Waldorf 

school in Stuttgart, Steiner discussed his ideas 

about the developmental stages of children and 

approaches to teaching adolescents. Throughout 

these lectures, Steiner stresses the unity of human 

life and the task of Waldorf education—to help 

mature, responsible beings enter the “real world” 

and work for the common good. An essential addition 

to the literature on adolescent education. 

soul economy 

Body, soul, and spirit in waldorf 

education. 16 lectures in dornach, 

switzerland, dec. 23, 1921-Jan. 7, 1922 

(ga 303) 


Roland Everett 



384 pageS 


Balance in teaching 

9 lectures: stuttgart, sept.-oct. 1923 

(ga 302a) 

Rudolf Steiner, Translated by René 

Querido and Ruth Pusch 



220 pageS 

Speaking to the teachers 

at the first Waldorf school 

in Stuttgart, Steiner asserts 

that the unfortunate 

presence of dishonesty 

and alienation in society 

today cannot be addressed 

without a completely renewed 

and holistic education. 

Successful teaching 

requires a living synthesis 

of the “spiritual gymnast,” the “ensouled rhetorician,” 

and the “intellectual professor.” 

“It’s impossible for true teaching to be boring,” 

declares Steiner, and he offers several examples 

of how teachers can observe a natural phenomenon 

so intimately that its creative life can flow 

into the children through a teacher’s own words 

in the classroom. He also describes how the actions 

of teachers directly affect the physiological 

chemistry of their students. From this perspective, 

education is really therapy, transformed 

to a higher level, and should be seen as closely 

related to the healing arts. Steiner also shows 

how the perception of hidden relationships 

between education and the processes of human 

development can kindle a heartfelt enthusiasm 

and a sense of responsibility in teachers for the 

far-reaching health effects that educational 

activities can produce. 

Steiner shows how Waldorf education emphasizes 

the efficient use of children’s inner energies, 

a method Steiner calls “soul economy,” 

based on knowledge of the whole human being 

in body, soul, and spirit. He explains how to 

nurture children through their natural stages of 

development, giving them just what they need 

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waldorf education and 

anthroposophy 1 

9 public talks, 1921-1922 (ga 304) 


René Querido 



272 pageS 

Steiner presented his ideas to the public with 

surprising directness. He emphasized that 

teaching should be artistic and improvisational, 

not dogmatic, and that the great battle concerns 

the spiritual nature of children. Themes include 

the role of health and illness in education and 

the three major phases in childhood: imitation, 

authority, and freedom. Includes two lectures 

given in England on Shakespeare and new ideals 

in education. 

waldorf education and 

anthroposophy 2 

12 public talks, 1923-1924 (ga 218b, 

304a) 


René Querido 



244 pageS 

By the time of this second collection of public 

lectures, the Waldorf school movement was 

gaining increasing recognition. As in the previous 

volume, Steiner is outspoken about the 

spiritual nature of human beings and Waldorf 

education. 

the spiritual ground of 

education 

9 lectures, manchester college, 

oxford, 1922 (ga 305) 


Christopher Bamford 



160 pageS 

Given at a conference attended by many 

prominent people of the time, Steiner’s Oxford 

lectures gave him a rare opportunity to present 

the principles of Waldorf education at the highest 

cultural level. According to The Manchester 

Guardian: 

Dr. Steiner ... spoke to us about teachers who, 

freely and unitedly, unrestricted by external 

prescription, develop their educational methods 

exclusively out of a thorough knowledge of 

human nature. He spoke to us about a kind of 

knowledge needed by the teacher, a knowledge 

of the being of man and of the world, which is 

at the same time scientific and also penetrates 

into the most intimate inner life, which is 

intuitive and artistic. 

These lectures are among the best introductions 

to Waldorf education. 

the child’s changing 

consciousness 

as the Basis of pedagogical practice 

8 lectures, dornach, switzerland, 1923 

(ga 306) 


Roland Everett 



232 pageS 

In 1923, Steiner gave these lectures to an audience 

of Swiss school teachers, most of whom 

had little knowledge of Anthroposophy. These 

lectures are among his most accessible on the 

subject of education and are ideal for those approaching 

this method for the first time. 

Using language any teacher or parent can 

understand, Steiner goes into the basis of his 

educational philosophy, giving many examples 

and anecdotes to convey his meaning. In this 

way, against the background of the developing 

child, he allows the curriculum and the method 

of teaching to emerge as the commonsense 

conclusion of practical experience. 

a modern art of education 

14 lectures, ilkeley, england, 

august 5–17, 1923 (ga 307) 

Rudolf Steiner, 

Introduction by Christopher 

Bamford 



256 pageS 

Here is a comprehensive introduction to Steiner’s 

philosophy, psychology, and practice of 

education, describing the union of science, art, 

religion, and morality, which was the aim of all 

his work and underlies his concept of education. 

Against this background, Steiner develops a new 

developmental psychology. Having established 

how children’s consciousness develops, Steiner 

discusses how to present various subjects so that 

they grow inwardly. Only when children absorb 

the right subject in 

the right way at the 

right time can real 

inner freedom—so 

necessary for modern 

life—become 

second nature. 

the essentials of education 

5 lectures, stuttgart, 1924 (ga 308) 




128 pageS 

These are the last public lectures Steiner gave 

in Germany. Along with The Roots of Education 

(given three days later), these lectures present 

a synthesis of Waldorf education. The Waldorf 

experiment was five years old and had become 

an established, concrete reality. Steiner had 

guided the school from its beginning, and here 

he distills his observations into the essentials of 

Waldorf education. 

the roots of education 

5 lectures, Berne, 1924 (ga 309) 




128 pageS 

Steiner offers deep insight into the mystery of 

the soul and spirit forces involved in childhood 

development. He describes the transformations 

that take place as these forces unfold, explaining 

how teaching relates to these fundamental 

changes and prepares children to become citizens 

of both the physical and spiritual worlds. 

By recognizing our spiritual citizenship, we can 

become truly social on earth and fully creative 

in building new worlds. 


the light course 

toward the development of a new 

physics. 10 lectures, stuttgart, dec. 23, 

1919-Jan. 3, 1920 (ga 320) 

Rudolf Steiner, Translated by Raoul 

Cansino 



224 pageS 

“The natural scientist has studied only this one 

thing: the observation of outer nature, solely for 

the purpose of tracing it back to the central forces 

and for driving out of nature everything that 

could not be determined by means of central forces 

and potentials. Now the time has actually arrived 

when ... we have a subconscious glimmering of 

the impossibility of the modern approach to nature 

and some sense that things have to change.” 

— Rudolf Steiner 

This course on light explores the phenomena of 

color, sound, mass, electricity, and magnetism. 

It presages the dawn of a new view in the natural 

sciences that turns our notion of the physical 

world upside down. 

This first course in natural science, given to the 

teachers of the new Stuttgart Waldorf School as 

an inspiration for developing the physics curriculum, 

is based on Goethe’s approach to the 

study of nature. Steiner corrects the mechanistic 

reductionism practiced by scientific positivists, 

emphasizing instead the validity of human 

experience and pointing toward a revolution 

in scientific paradigms that would reclaim 

ground for the subject—the human being—in 

the study of nature. 

human values in education 

10 lectures, arnheim, holland, 1924 

(ga 310) 





224 pageS 

The underlying thesis of these lectures is that 

true education must be based on knowledge of 

the whole human being and that such knowledge 

cannot be attained without love. On this 

basis, Steiner presents his understanding of 

every aspect of child development—bodily, 

psychological, and spiritual. At the same time, 

he shows that, to prove worthy of their calling, 

teachers must begin a process of inner development. 

In Steiner’s view, it is human beings who 

give value and meaning to the world. Modern 

education, however, is gradually undermining 

this meaning. These lectures demonstrate that 

education can heal that lack of meaning and restore 

the meaning of humankind for the world. 

Steiner also discusses the practical, day-to-day 

operation of the school. He talks about styles 

of teaching, teacher conferences, parent-teacher 

meetings, and how Waldorf education is related 

to the anthroposophic movement. 

the Kingdom of childhood 

introductory talks on waldorf 

education. 7 lectures, torquay, 

england, 1924 (ga 311) 





160 pageS 

These talks are perhaps the best-known introduction 

to Steiner’s ideas on Waldorf education. 

Given to a small group on his last visit to England 

in 1924, Steiner shows the need for teachers 

to develop themselves by transforming their 

natural gifts, and how teachers can use humor 

to keep their teaching lively and imaginative. 

Above all, he stresses the grave importance 

of doing everything with the awareness that 

children are citizens of both the spiritual and 

the physical worlds. 

the education of the child 

and early lectures on education 

a collection of writings and lectures 





160 pageS 

Around 1884, while tutoring a boy with special 

needs, Steiner acquired an interest in applying 

spiritual knowledge to practical life. The essay 

at the core of this book, originally published 


in 1907, represents the earliest expressions of 

his ideas on education. Here he lays out for the 

first time the soul and spiritual processes of 

human development and describes the need 

to understand how children develop in their 

being through successive “births,” beginning 

with the physical body and culminating when 

the I-being emerges at adulthood. Also included 

in this collection are several early lectures on 

education, given between 1906 and 1911. 

“Spiritual science, by its inherent character and 

tendency, has the task of providing a practical 

concept of the world—one that comprehends 

the nature and essence of human life.... For 

spiritual science is not intended as a theory 

that is remote from life, one that merely caters 

to human curiosity or the thirst for knowledge. 

Nor is it intended as an instrument for a few 

people who for selfish reasons would like to attain 

a higher development for themselves. No, it 

can join and work at the most important tasks 

of modern people and further their development 

for the welfare of humankind.” 

—Rudolf Steiner 

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8 lectures, Dornach, Feb.–Dec. 1924 (CW 348) 

Rudolf Steiner, Introduction by Gunther Hauk, 

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Nigel Hoffmann 

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extract from 

Drawing with Hand, Head, and Heart 

A natural Approach to learning the Art of Drawing 

by Van James 

What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the 

fountainhead of human experience? 

—Rollo May (1909-1994) 

If you want to be creative, stay in part a child with the 

creativity and invention that characterizes children before 

they are deformed by adult society. 

—Jean Piaget (1896-1980) 

Every human being is an artist, a freedom being, called to 

participate in transforming and reshaping the conditions, 

thinking and structures that mold and condition our lives. 

—Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) 

every Child is an Artist: the Beginnings of 

Drawing 

Every child is an artist, the challenge is to remain an artist even 

as an adult. —Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) 

The renowned twentieth-century artist Pablo Picasso was 

fascinated with children’s drawings and believed that every 

child is a creative artist. It doesn’t take much convincing to 

understand why this is so; just observe any young child. The 

child lives in a rich, imaginative inner world that comes to 

expression in the state of being we call play. Everything at the 

child’s fingertips becomes the raw material for free artistic 

expression, a storyboard and dramatic production, spontaneously 

designed and orchestrated by the wondrous faculty of 

childhood imagination. For the child it is not important what 

this creation ends up looking like, it is only important to be 

engaged in the activity of the moment. 

Robert Fulghum, in his best-selling book, All I Really 

Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, 1 pointed out that 

when one asks any group of kindergarten children if they can 

draw, paint, sing, or dance, they will unanimously answer yes 

to all of these questions. Without self-consciousness, even the 

shyest of healthy children feels at home in the creative process, 

the playful condition of artistic creation. Every child is an artist, 

for creativity is one of the most characteristic traits that 

define us as being human. Everything we learn as an infant is 

essentially the result of creative processes: the drinking in of 

sense impressions shapes and forms our organs and faculties of 

understanding. We play with these sense impressions—color, 

sound, texture, taste, aroma—and they teach us what the world 

is about. As children, we imitate all that we see and hear, and 

playfully, creatively give it back to the world. 

Ernst Beuhler, in an essay From Play to Work, says: “Learning 

must never be limited to an outwardly reflective, merely 

rational activity. It must become a formative process that works 

out of the same center that provides the creative forces in play. 

We do not here refer to the questionable ‘playful learning.’ 

Learning must not be allowed to turn into playing: rather, 

the energies active in the full earnestness 

of children’s play should become the basis 

for learning.” 2 Clearly play and the creative 

process are the foundation and first stages 

in the learning process. They are key to becoming 

artistic and being artistic is key to 

developing one’s full cognitive capacities. 

What’s more, creativity has been shown to 

contribute to our staying young, healthy 

and playful even as we grow older. 

scribbles: Initial Drawing 

experiments 

In the case of the visual arts, young individuals participate in 

drawing activities, as creators and perceivers, from an early age, 

manifesting the intuitive first-order symbolic forms of knowing. 

That is, they begin with sensory-motor activities by looking at 

and creating pictures, and they soon become able to “read” pictures 

in terms of their representational meanings and to create 

pictorial works that symbolize the referents and experiences of 

their world. —Howard Gardner 3 

When a child first realizes that a 

crayon, a piece of chalk, or a colored 

pencil is not just something 

to stick in her mouth and try to eat 

but can be used to make marks on 

the surface of a piece of paper, a 

floor or wall, this begins the child’s 

career as a visual artist, as a creator 

of drawn images. This momentous 

occasion usually starts around the 

age of one and a half or two years, 

and is characterized by the rendering 

of loosely controlled looping 

and back-and-forth scribbles (fig. 

1a-b). These first drawings are the 

initial display of the child’s will 

impulses, instinctual drives and 

urges, projected out into three 

dimensional space but oriented 

on to the two dimensional plane 

of the paper. The rounded, circular scribble is combined and 

contrasted with the straight-line scribble. Michaela Strauss, in 

her classic study Understanding Children’s Drawings, observes 

with regard to the first type of scribble: “Is it misleading if, in 

considering these first loops drawn by children, associations 

with the rhythmic movements in the cosmos force themselves 

upon us? Do not these curves remind us of the looping orbits 

of the planets, and don’t we find a form relationship with the 

flowing rhythms of fluids?” 4 Indeed, the curved and looping 

Continued on page 78 



Fig. 1a-b 

linear lines in the young child’s drawing may be seen as an expression of 

the streaming life forces coursing through her organism. 

Within a short time the child begins to contract and concentrate 

the circular scribbled movements into a central focal point while the 

straight-line scribbles form into distinctly vertical and horizontal pendulum 

strokes. This phase eventually gives way to the discovery and 

challenge of completing the single, curved, closed line—creating a circle; 

and the straight, intersecting star or cross form, as well as both impulses 

brought together in the same image (fig. 2). This occurs around the time 

the child begins to refer to herself as “I.” “Around a child’s third birthday,” 

observes Ingun Schneider, “a physiological change is taking place in the 

bones of the skull, as the frontal or forehead bones 

become firmly fused. It is as if the three-year-old 

closes the circle to show that she is experiencing 

her separateness.” 5 The intersecting cross form, or 

sometimes a dot drawn in the center of the circle, 

further underlines this expression of early independence 

and confirmation of self-development (fig. 3). 

Clearly, the entire language of form explored by 

the child arises out of the archetypes of curved and 

straight lines—the two-fold alphabet of all forms. 

Even if the child begins to draw at a later age these 

same phases of scribbling will take place to some 

extent. 6 Ultimately the exploration of these basic 

form gestures, expressions of formative impulses 

in the child, culminate in the varied and numerous 

figurative images of plants, animals, people, landscapes, 

buildings; the most prominent of which is 

the human figure. From the simple Head and Limb 

Man to the Ladder Man and Tree Person (fig. 4), 

these elementary drawings are pictorial expressions 

of the natural growth-forces and developmental processes taking place 

in the child but now related to outer experiences of the external, visible 

world. Formation of the cerebral spinal column and the central nervous 

system (Ladder Person), and the driving will impulses streaming 

through the metabolic organization and limb activities (Tree Man) are 

clearly articulated in the child’s drawings of people at this stage. Drawing 

is essentially a pictorial demonstration of the child’s living, physical 

maturation, a visual picture or snapshot of the incarnation and growth 

process. Rebecca Burrill points out that, “Prior to the age of seven, given 

the chance, children are still immersed in natural, intuitive, contextual, 

and implicit learning. This can be seen in children’s art. Until around the 

age of seven, the art of children universally has the same developmental 

expressions and patterns of scribbling, shape, form, color and design. 

After the age of seven, specific cultural influences begin to take form, 

displacing the universality of their expression.” 7 

Once the circle drawings occur, a face, arms and legs follow, radiating 

out from the circle. Simple hands and feet are then added. Around age 

four the trunk appears; round, oval, triangular or rectangular in shape. 

Fig. 2 

Then, the school-ready child, about six or seven years 

old, begins to include the neck and waist, as well as other 

details such as hands that can grasp things. Every stage 

of the child’s drawing indicates how the young “artist” 

experiences her own bodily development. As the child is 

created, so he or she creates. 

Before Instruction 

Intuitive and first-order ways of knowing will operate 

without the need for anything except rich opportunities. 

—Howard Gardner8 It is important to let very young children draw freely, with 

no systematic program of instruction, no teaching of style or technique 

in the early years. The healthiest approach for pre-nursery through kindergarten 

age children who live almost entirely out of their own world 

of imagination and imitation, is to let them render freely what they 

experience in the world around them—that is, what is within them. No 

instruction beyond the practical matters of how to grip the crayon, how to 

draw on the paper (not on the floor or wall), how to neatly put materials 

away, and so forth, are enough for the young child. In fact, to interrupt this 

natural expression of the creative faculties and the formative, life processes 

active at this time by directing them toward outwardly imposed techniques 

can thwart a healthy, self-learning process that may not be entirely recovered 

later on in life. If parents draw alongside their 

children (see chapter 2 for appropriate techniques), 

this is “instruction” enough, for youngsters will 

pick up themes, imagery and techniques by way of 

imitation. This indirect approach to drawing is the 

most appropriate for young children. Accelerated 

learning programs at this early age generally have 

only short-term results and can actually derail a 

natural learning process and become a disadvantage 

to later skills development. 

What is most important at this stage of the 

child’s development is the process. Once the process 

of a drawing is complete, the picture is no longer 

important to the child. Although the appearance of 

a finished picture is of the utmost importance to an 

adult, the final product is of minimal significance 

to the child. “It is also true that children’s view of 

their works is, on the whole, more accepting and 

less critical than that of adults’,” says Gardner, “that 

often they are interested chiefly in the processes of 

production and not in the final products.…” 9 This relationship to process 

is clearly a key to successful, creative artistry in both children and adult 

drawing. The final product one simply accepts and appreciates as much 

as one can. 

Coloring Books 

Coloring books are a very strong instructional tool and are therefore often 

used not just at home but also in many school settings. They provide a 

ready-made, prefabricated image in strong black outline, in which the 

child is invited to fill with color. Coloring books present the world as a 

fixed phenomenon, finished and unable to be adjusted apart from how 

one colors (feels) it in. The fixity and stability of the image can provide 

a certain security and reassurance, and children often spend many hours 

quietly working in coloring books. 

However, what do coloring books teach children? They dictate that 

one must stay within the lines and not go “outside the box.” In this way, 

coloring books are instructional in the sense that they limit a child’s 

imagination and promote, too soon, the conceptualizing and intellectu- 


alizing of experience. The educational message of coloring books is to 

accept the authority of the given form and follow the provided picture 

of reality without exploring one’s own inner picture-forming options. 

Can the coloring book even be seen as an early childhood textbook and 

indoctrination manual for accepting someone else’s 

picture of the world before discovering it for oneself? 

Isn’t it a first-generation preparation for television, 

movies, and computer games, all scripted and designed 

by an unknown someone else, resulting in 

the distraction from building up one’s own powerful 

capacities of imagination for picture-making? 10 

Does the coloring book become “fast food” instruction 

for on-the-go parents and teachers looking for 

a substitute babysitter and the beginning stages of a 

fill-in-the-blank education? Certainly this wasn’t the 

intended purpose of coloring books, but they have 

become a part of the quantifying and categorizing 

process in contemporary education. They promote 

the same kind of thinking that is behind multiple 

choice and fill-in-the-blank teaching where there 

is only one correct answer to a problem. Real-life 

problems do not have one right answer. Coloring 

books do not inspire innovative problem solving, 

creativity or imagination, those faculties that go 

beyond data collection to genuine learning and 

original thinking. Coloring books are undeniably, 

in the minds of many adults, standard fare as the 

twenty-first century primer in a schooling of young 

children. But to what end? 

Such visual textbooks rob children of free, 

imaginative play in the development of their own 

pictorial thinking, their own visual intelligence. 

They train children to accept the formulations of 

“clip art” concepts and the visual opinions of others 

as fact before they have developed their own capacity 

to discriminate for themselves. Isn’t it better to give 

children blank sheets of paper so they may develop 

their own visual worldview? Children need time 

to simply practice their own facility for expressive 

line and color, creating their own vocabulary of 

meaningful form and imagery, their own visual 

understanding. Visual content is a powerful factor 

in the education of the child, in the work of the teacher, and in the transformation 

of the adult learner. Visual meaning is an essential for all later 

learning, as we hope to make evident in the following pages. 

Materials 

Crayons are a good medium for this age; better than colored pencils that 

have a sharp point (unnecessarily awakening a too-early awareness of 

precise attention to detail) or felt markers (that can’t blend or mix colors 

well and often have an unpleasant odor). Beeswax crayons are good for 

they have a smooth texture, a pleasing aroma, and are entirely natural. 

Make available an assortment of up to a dozen colors at this early age; 

1001 varieties of colors are not necessary. The principle of “less is more” 

holds true for this age. Limit the palette of colors to what is essential. Don’t 

give too much choice at first. This age group needs to feel that there are 

certain “givens,” certain established essentials and not endless possibilities. 

As the findings of modern resilience research have shown, people 

perform with greater confidence and ability later in life, particularly in 

the face of adversity, if as children they are given less choice with regards 

to basic life needs (when to get up or go to sleep, what to eat, what to 

wear, allowed behaviors, etc.). 11 

Fig. 3 

Fig. 4 


Make sure the seven spectrum colors or the three primary and three 

secondary colors (red, yellow, blue, orange, green, and violet) are available. 

Include brown and even black (see below a discussion of black). Avoid dayglow, 

“electric,” dissonant colors. Use your own sense for natural colors in 

your selection. If children repeatedly use one color 

for everything let that color disappear for a while. 

This being said, it is also possible to simply 

provide the three primary colors, red, blue and 

yellow. Often with great success, this may be done 

right through to third grade. Children discover 

in this way how to mix all of their secondary and 

tertiary colors by overlapping the primaries. Brown 

and a pseudo-black can also be achieved in this 

way. So it depends on what the teacher wishes 

to accomplish by means of color and imagery 

whether one provides or restricts certain colors 

for the child’s palette. 

Every material possesses distinctive characteristics, 

and these characteristics affect the choices 

that children make in their drawings. Therefore, 

deliberate selection of materials is important in 

influencing the type of pictures that will be produced 

and the kind of thinking children are likely 

to engage in. Elliot Eisner, Professor Emeritus of 

Art and Education at Stanford University, notes: 

“A pointed pencil makes images possible that could 

not be easily rendered in paint. Conversely, the 

spontaneous expressiveness possible in the act of 

painting is more difficult to achieve with a pointed 

pencil. The pencil invites delineation; a wide brush 

and thick paint foster expressiveness. Thus, materials 

matter because they influence what children can 

think about and how they are likely to engage the 

work.” 12 For this reason avoid letting young children 

use sharp graphite pencils that are more appropriate 

to older students. The pointed lines that are created 

by pencils and related drawing tools focus attention 

on narrow edges and acute incisions. They delineate 

very precise, thin form; a sharp, wiry, caged figure. 

Remember the expression: “If the only tool you have 

is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail.” If 

the only tool you have is a pencil, everything begins 

to look linear, thin and contracted. The grey of graphite emphasizes a 

dull, colorless world, and makes everything the same emotion-neutral 

value. This in turn influences the thinking and emotional life of the artist/child. 

With this age group try stick crayons for drawing and brushed 

watercolor for painting. 

the use of Black as a Color 

Black represents the spiritual image of the lifeless. —Rudolf Steiner 13 

The use of black has been a question of great interest and debate among 

Waldorf teachers and parents of young children, as a tradition has developed 

in many Waldorf kindergartens to exclude the color black from the 

crayons offered to this age group. Although there is no direct indication 

that Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Waldorf schools, suggested such a 

policy it is worthwhile considering the nature of this color. 

Because black (considered by some theorists not to be a color at all 

but the very absence of light) is the most lifeless of the colors, free from 

color-emotion, it is therefore one of the most powerful of hues. Together 

Continued on page 80 



with red ochers it was the first color used in 

prehistoric visual art and children often gravitate 

towards it because of its strong character. 

Some teachers feel black is too strong for this 

early age group and restrict its use from drawing 

and painting. There is justification for this, as 

the color specialist Faber Birren points out that 

children will be more inclined to draw inanimate 

objects—vehicles and buildings—when 

given black crayons. “When the same children 

were given colored crayons, their fancies were 

more inspired to attempt human beings, animals 

and plants.” 14 

Steiner’s color research led him to state 

that “black shows itself alien to life, hostile to 

life…But the spirit flourishes; the spirit can 

penetrate the blackness and assert itself within 

it.” 15 So, although black is a quality devoid of 

life, it nevertheless allows the individuality to 

thrive. This is why adolescents often choose this 

color above all others. The awakening “I” of the 

teenager experiences a sense of freedom within 

the lifelessness of black and therefore it is a 

natural color choice at this age of pre-egohood. 

In one of his notebooks, Steiner wrote, Black 

= Freedom. 

As an “image of the lifeless,” 

black is related to the 

inanimate mineral kingdom 

and the carbon-based element 

in the human being. 

In us, the “dead” element is 

the solid, mineral nature of 

our physical body. If a child 

draws with black it may be 

an expression of the physical 

body’s hardening process. 

Joep Eikenboom notes: 

“Black can indicate that the 

child perceives areas in his 

physical body that he needs 

to work on, which he has not 

yet penetrated sufficiently.… 

A teacher can notice the use 

of this color and can observe 

whether the work she is doing 

with that child is bearing fruit. After a while the 

use of the black crayon will disappear. Children 

will then be able to apply black in the right 

proportions and in the right place (for instance, 

a black cat, crow, or chimney).” 16 

Black is important to the child’s color 

palette just as the witch in the fairy tale is 

necessary to the further development of the 

other characters and the outcome of the entire 

story. The lessons to be taught by black are too 

important to be excluded from even the young 

child. Although the restricting of black during 

the first seven year period of the child’s life 

may be considered an appropriate choice by 

kindergarten teachers, the limiting of this and 

any other color from children after the onset 

of first grade should be carefully considered 

by teachers and parents, particularly from the 

standpoint of the needs of individual children. 

the House, tree, and Person 

Drawing 

By the age of five or six, pictorial elements in 

the child’s drawings are no longer arbitrarily 

strewn about the page but find an orientation 

within the context of skyline, ground and other 

constricting features. “By this age,” according 

to Gardner, “it seems not unreasonable 

to conclude that the young child has a ‘first 

draft’ understanding of how to make—and 

to compose—a picture.” 18 A freeform sense 

of composition is beginning to be established. 

A favorite drawing exercise given by Waldorf 

teachers to children of this age (up to 8 

years old) is the house, tree, and person theme. 

After some warm-up movement exercises, 

necessary to get the child fully connected with 

his or her body, the child is asked to draw a 

picture of a house, a tree and a person. It can 

be any house, tree or person and the drawing 

is not limited to one person or one tree; in 

fact, anything the child feels should be in the 

picture may be drawn in, but at least these 

three elements should be included. The child 

is encouraged to put in everything he or she 

feels is important to make a complete picture 

including as many colors as desired; the more 

colors, and to some extent the more objects, 

the better. In such a picture children often reveal 

many of their characteristic strengths and 

weaknesses, simply by the size, shape, gesture, 

and color of the features they choose to include 

or not include in their drawing. Essentially, 

the house, tree, person picture provides an 

illustration of where the child is in his or her 

development at that particular moment in 

time. Often developmental irregularities and 

potential learning differences can be observed 

from such drawings. However, one needs to be 

very careful not to jump to conclusions or label 

children based on a single drawing that only 

provides a momentary, snap-shot glimpse of 

the child; instead, each drawing must be seen 

within a larger profile or child study. 

Ideally, through such a drawing exercise 

one wants to see that the life functions and 

organic processes of the child have reached 

a certain maturation and that growth forces 

that have been shaping physiological development 

are now ready to be used for learning in 

a more directed and guided manner toward 

more psychological, soul development. Audrey 

McAllen in her book Reading Children’s 

Drawings: The Person, House and Tree Motif, 

describes the healthy stages of this development 

and points to the relevance of the house, tree 

and person as important archetypal images. 

According to McAllen, the archetypal image 

of house, indicating structural (formative) 

changes, and person, suggesting constitutional 

(functional) growth, are pictures of the child’s 

own stages of physiological and psychological 

development. Structural development can be 

seen in drawings of basic geometric forms 

of the early years, while the 

constitutional development 

is suggested in drawings of 

dynamic forms, expressive of 

movement. Drawings at older 

ages demonstrate a general 

maturation and development 

of the child. “Delicate observation 

suggests that when 

the triangle house is drawn, 

the soul and ether [or vital, 

formative] forces preponderate,” 

states McAllen. “When 

the square house is drawn, 

the ego’s physical forces are 

strongly engaged” 19 . One can 

in this way “read” something 

of the structural development 

of the child. The person drawings, 

according to McAllen, 

indicate the capacity of the soul to deal with 

personal heredity and individual destiny, and 

in this way give a picture of the constitutional 

development of the child. The tree drawings are 

pictures of the breathing process, in the broadest 

sense, especially in terms of sense perception 

as a breathing-experience of the world. When 

all of these archetypes, plus additional elements 

spontaneously introduced by the child, 

are brought together in a single composition a 

revealing portrait is disclosed. 

One looks for things in the house, tree, and 

person picture like a full or limited range of 

colors. Is there a substantial experience of the 

earth under foot, indicated by ground drawn 

into the picture, rather than the bottom of the 


page serving as the ground line? Is the sky just at the top of the page or 

is it colored all the way down to the ground? Is there a sun? Is the tree 

devoid of foliage or full of leaves and even fruit? Is there one small person, 

a large person, or a group of people? Does the person appear happy? Does 

the house have a clear façade, a face, with windows (eyes) and a big or 

little door? Do the windows have crossbeams, indicating the ability to 

filter out unwanted sense impressions, to discriminate? Is there a pitched 

roof, a chimney (metabolic activity) and is there smoke coming out of 

the chimney? The combined features of the house, tree, person picture 

can offer insights into the child’s vital signs and dawning soul landscape 

and help to indicate grade-level readiness. 

Such a drawing exercise is good to try as the child begins to lose her 

milk teeth, replacing them with the second dentition. This is when a major 

change in consciousness (thinking, memory, feeling, regulation of will 

impulses and drives) occurs, and drawing can be a very helpful indicator 

of some of these developmental changes in the child. 

Steiner described this time in the following way: “What does the child 

really do when, up to the change of teeth, up to the seventh or eighth year, 

he draws pictures in a playful way? He is actually developing something 

which, later on in his twenties, will mature into faculties of intelligence.... 

These qualities are being developed through the ever-changing forms of 

his drawing activities. The child’s drawing is a kind of play but while engaged 

in it, he is also communicating. We shall gain a real understanding 

of the child’s drawing if we look upon it as a means of his communicating 

with the world. The child wants to tell us something about himself.” 20 It 

is important for the teacher to learn the reading of children’s drawings in 

order to “see” what the child has to say in visual terms. This will aid the 

teacher in knowing how to better teach the individual child. 

Up to the age of seven or eight, themes may be casually suggested to 

the child but they will find many of their own if simply given paper and 

crayons. Still, no formal instruction needs to be given about how to draw. 

Opportunities for the child should be regularly provided to sit down 

with teachers, parents or caregivers and peers in order to see and imitate 

others’ drawings, but no instruction should be necessary until first grade. 

(Parents and teachers can provide a good model for young children by 

drawing simple, colorful pictures as described in the next chapter.) Just 

let the children be freelance artists. Let their own imagination teach them 

by way of artistic freedom. 

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There is the wonderful story of a little girl who was busily coloring 

a picture at her desk in school when her teacher came over and asked 

her what she was drawing. The girl replied, “I am drawing a picture 

of God.” Taken aback, the teacher said, “But no one knows what God 

looks like.” The girl promptly responded, “They will in a minute!” 

notes 

1. R. Fulghum, All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. 

2. E. Beuhler, in M. Martin, and M. Rawson, Educating through Arts and Craft: An Integrated 

Approach to Craft Work in Steiner Waldorf Schools, pp. 4–5. 

3. H. Gardner, Art Education and Human Development, p. 33. 

4. M. Strauss, Understanding Children’s Drawings, p. 14. 

5. I. Schneider, “Let the Little Children Draw,” Renewal, p. 10. 

6. M. Strauss, Understanding Children’s Drawings. 

7. R. Burrill, “Natural Biology vs. Cultural Structures: Art and Child Development in Education,” 

Teaching Artist Journal, p. 35. 

8. H. Gardner, Art Education and Human Development, p. 39. 

9. Ibid., 21. 

10. The negative effects of frequent television viewing have been well documented in the 

research report of Christian Rittelmeyer, Kindheit in Bedrangnis (Stuttgart: Kohlhammerverlag, 

2007), 78–80, cited in AWSNA Research Bulletin 13, no. 12 (Autumn/Winter): 46. 

11. K. Marshall, “Reculturing Systems with Resilience/Health Realization,” Promoting Positive 

and Healthy Behaviors in Children: Fourteenth Annual Rosa-lynn Carter Symposium on 

Mental Health Policy, pp. 48–58. 

12. E. Eisner, The Arts and the Creation of Mind, p. 117. 

13. R. Steiner, Color, p. 21. 

14. F. Birren, Color and Human Response, p. 66. 

15. R. Steiner, Color, p. 21. 

16. J. Eikenboom, “Qualities of Colors that Appear when Working with Extra Lesson Exercises,” 

in A. McAllen, Reading Children’s Drawings: The Person, House and Tree Motif, p. 68. 

17. A. McAllen, Reading Children’s Drawings, p. 29. 

18. H. Gardner, Art Education and Human Development, p.18. 

19. A. McAllen, Reading Children’s Drawings. 

20. R. Steiner, The Renewal of Education, p. 176. 


Recipes from Community Cooks 


House of Colors 

by Pardis Amirshahi 

Here’s a beautiful and practical way to treat your colored pencils with the care they deserve. Children 

appreciate having a house for their belongings, and this holder can house up to 32 pencils. This pencil 

holder is designed exactly for the classic Lyra brand color pencils, so the stitched rows are one-inch 

apart and hold the pencils tightly. You can test one row on a remnant fabric for practice to make sure 

the pencil is secure. Another option is to sew a flap on top to cover the pencils before rolling shut, so 

you can accommodate various size pencils. 

How to Make a Pencil Holder: 

MAteRIAls: 

Backing – 

1/4 yard corduroy, denim, or thick flannel 

Inside – 

1/4 yard yellow flannel 

1/4 yard yellow batik cotton 

10 inches of 1.5” wide elastic 

Light yellow thread 

PAtteRn: 

Cut 1 each of backing fabric [patterned green] and yellow flannel 

10”W x 30”L from A. 

Cut 1 piece of yellow batik 14” W x 27” L from B. 

Cut 1 each of green backing fabric and yellow batik 1-3/4” W x 6” L from C. 

Cut 1 each of backing fabric and yellow batik 2.5” W x 12” L from D. 

InstRuCtIons: 

1) Fold half-inch the two 14”-wide sides of the yellow batik (B), and press. 

2) Fold the 14” Wx 26” L piece in half length-wise and press, with a finished 

size of 7” W x 26” L. 

Living Crafts Magazine – How To 

3) Baste the folded batik 

on yellow flannel, 

centering length-wise 

and matching the 

unfinished seam at 

bottom. 

4) Start by sewing 

on the side and topstitch 

the folded batik onto 

the flannel. On the width, top to bottom, 

reinforcing the top half-inch by sewing forward and backward 

twice (for durability). 

5) Measure one-inch and repeat – sew from top to bottom one-inch apart 

until all spaces are stitched. 

6) With right sides facing, baste on the green backing into yellow part 

leaving a 3” opening on the center of the side (where you will attach the 

wrap strip). Turn inside out and press. 

7) With right sides facing sew the two wrap pieces (D) together lengthwise 

on one side only. 

8) Then fold the piece in half, right sides facing, and sew on the width. 

9) Fold the green part over the yellow, matching wrong sides together. 

Then fold the unfinished edges 1/4” inside and press. Topstitch together, 

leaving a 3” opening. 

10) Place elastic inside the wrap, pull out the ends through the 3” opening 

and sew together, then place back inside. 

11) With right sides facing sew the two strip (1-3/4”W x 6”L) pieces (C) 

together on two long sides. Turn inside out and press, leaving the ends 

un-sewn. 

12) Place the strip into the opening on the pencil holder and topstitch to 

attach. Place the other side into the opening on the wrap and topstitch 

to attach. Now the strip is attached on both sides. 

oPtIons: 

• Instead of sewing a wrap, you can sew a long strip [0.5”W x 20” L], use 

ribbons, or make twisties from wool yarn. 

• You can sew on a 7” W x 26” L flap on top so that you can accommodate 

different size pencils. 

Pardis Amirshahi is Editor of Living Crafts, a family crafts magazine for the 

whole family. To contact her, please email: editor@livingcrafts.com. 


extract from 

I Am Different From You 

How Children experience themselves and the World 

in the Middle of Childhood 

by Peter Selg 

Introduction 

In many of his lectures on education Rudolf Steiner called 

attention to a significant change in the way children experience 

themselves and the world. 1 This change, which is often 

overlooked, occurs in the “middle of childhood,” when the 

children are in their ninth or tenth year. Steiner spoke of a 

“dramatic change in the child’s consciousness,” 2 a crisis that, 

unlike the crises of adolescence, is hardly noticeable to the 

observer. “There comes a time when children show, not in what 

they say but in their whole behavior, that they are struggling 

with a question or a number of questions that are indicative 

of a crisis in their soul life. It is a very subtle experience for 

the child, which requires an equally subtle response. But it is 

there, and it does need attention.” 3 

Rudolf Steiner spoke about this crisis, especially to the 

Waldorf teachers, because it was important to him to make 

those in charge of educating children aware of this phenomenon. 

It was Steiner’s hope that teachers would in the future 

devote more attention to the indi-vidual child, and he offered 

them the necessary tools to do so. He also hoped that less overt 

developmental steps, such as the “subtle” inner crisis of the 

ninth or tenth year, would one day be given the kind of attention 

they require and that is their due. Children experience an 

inner instability of which teachers and educators are in fact an 

integral part. 4 Teachers are therefore called upon to support 

the children in their individual developmental crises, even if 

the “crisis symptoms” are very contained. If there is no outer 

traumatization, children in their ninth or tenth year will pass 

through the developmental stage that belongs to that age without 

displaying alarming signs of distress. But it is all the more 

important, as Steiner pointed out, that we attend with loving 

attention and care to this (physiologically and psychologically) 

crucial stage and to the children who rely on us as adults during 

that time: “Children do not usually express what really 

troubles them, but something else. We must be aware of the 

fact that what they express comes from the depths of their soul. 

And we need to know what to say and how to behave because 

our response will be crucial for the child’s entire future life.” 5 

Rudolf Steiner’s detailed descriptions of this challenging 

develop-mental event refer to the relationship that children 

have with their own self and with the world. In the ninth or 

tenth year, the relationship changes or is newly configured, and 

in that process children experience the loss of the foundations 

that used to “naturally” support and carry them in life. In his 

anthroposophical approach to developmental physiology and 

psychology Rudolf Steiner did not play down the importance 

of the—generally widely discussed—disruptions and crises 

of self-discovery that come with puberty. He devoted much 

attention to the “grand metamorphosis” of adolescence, and 

his thoughts on the theme are still highly relevant today. 6 At 

the same time, Steiner made it quite clear that the various ab- 

errations, failures, inabilities, 

and disorders (if not 

illnesses) of adolescence 

cannot be reduced just 

to the specific difficulties 

and challenges of 

youth. They largely trace 

back to the much more 

“subtle” events that 

occur in the middle of 

the second seven-year 

period. This means 

that what happens 

at the earlier age has tremendous 

prophylactic potential. The forces, (self-) awareness, 

social skills, and general mood of teenagers at the crucial 

stage of puberty and adolescence depend greatly on the inner 

experiences they had in the middle of childhood. Pediatric 

psychologists and psychiatrists know well that many fears and 

weaknesses that rise to the surface later, originate at that time. 

The reductionist or positivist approach commonly applied 

in physiology and developmental psychology is unable 

to discover what really happens in the body, soul, and spirit of 

children in the middle of childhood. 7 What we need is a more 

profound understanding of the situation at this particular age 

if we want to find the right way of helping and supporting 

the child, and if we want to know “what to say and how to 

behave.” 8 Rudolf Steiner’s fundamental contributions to this 

field are not only milestones of a true anthropology, they offer 

viable pedagogical perspectives. As in all his pedagogical 

writings and lectures, he focused here on the situation of the 

child. Steiner did not propose that we leave the—considerable—developmental 

challenges of the middle of childhood 

to psychotherapists. He hoped that teachers and parents, once 

they had gained the necessary insights, would know what to 

do and when to do it. In order to be able to create the right 

conditions and pedagogical relationship for this crisis we 

need profound knowledge of the child’s situation, that is, of 

the child’s inner essence at this time: of the prevailing forces, 

concerns and questions. 

Steiner never encouraged teachers or parents to overwhelm 

children with questions or force them to speak about their soul 

life—which is mostly semi-conscious, in any case. The right 

word, the right behavior toward the child would emerge, as 

he said, out of our heightened attention toward the child, out 

of an atmosphere that we cannot create through the spoken 

word—the main tool of a culture that relies primarily on 

cognition and verbalization—but through intense “selfless 

awareness” of the other person, of the child. 9 The crisis of 

the middle of childhood arises from the transformation of 

the relationship that nine- to ten-year-olds have to the world 

and to their own self. Our response to this crisis must arise, in 


the first instance, from the relationship we have established and fostered 

through our teaching. “The relationship we establish to the child at that 

time is eminently important for the child’s whole life.” 10 If we do not succeed 

in establishing this kind of relationship with the children, they will have 

to continue their journey through life without the experience of being 

carried by a strong attachment. Rudolf Steiner said about this in a lecture: 

When children cross the Rubicon between the ninth and tenth year 

without that feeling, something will be lacking in their later life, and 

they will have to struggle to attain what they should have received 

naturally at that moment in childhood. 11 

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Seeing how much our civilization has changed, it is entirely le-gitimate 

to ask at the beginning of the twenty-first century whether Rudolf Steiner’s 

developmental theory of almost one hundred years ago is still relevant. 

A number of recent publications deal with generational changes and the 

different ways in which children grow up and develop in today’s high-tech 

world. Rudolf Steiner never specified a particular year or age for these 

crises. He knew about developmental acceleration. In a lecture on the 

symptoms of the crisis in the middle of childhood he said: “It can easily 

happen today that children present such symptoms quite early.” 13 Rudolf 

Steiner was not concerned with dates and figures. It was important to him 

to make teachers aware of the situation so that they would recognize it 

and support the children through it in the right way. That aspect is unlikely 

to have changed much during the twentieth century. The forces at 

work in children, who are trying to find their own inner balance at that 

point in their development, have remained the same despite the change 

in outer conditions. It is an undoubted achievement of Rudolf Steiner’s 

anthroposophical anthropology to have identified these forces. He was 

able to found his new approach to education, curative education, and 

medicine on his spiritual-scientific findings. 

This book is an anthology of Rudolf Steiner’s references to the events 

in the “middle of childhood.” Hans Müller-Wiedemann, an excellent 

physician and curative teacher, devoted a comprehensive scientific study 

to the same topic in 1973, in which he discussed in great depth Rudolf 

Steiner’s spiritual-scientific findings and their relevance to developmental 

psychology and physiology.13 I owe Rudolf Steiner and Hans 

Müller-Wiedemann the inspiration for my own, more modest work that 

is published by the Ita Wegman Institute in a series of monographs on 

developmental physiology and pedagogy based on spiritual science. 14 

While Müller-Wiedemann’s work was intended as a contribution to the 

scientific discourse on the various aspects of this particular developmental 

crisis, the present book indicates ways of responding to the crisis in question 

out of a deeper understanding of anthroposophical anthropology. 

For this endeavor Rudolf Steiner’s considerations and methods prove 

invaluable. “We must learn to observe the child. We must feel our way 

into the child […]” (Rudolf Steiner). 15 

I Am Myself 

Changes of the soul life 

People today are much more concerned with the outer than the inner 

life, and they give too little attention to the changes that take place in 

the ninth or tenth year. —Rudolf Steiner 16 

The dramatic changes that mark the middle of childhood were often 

described by Rudolf Steiner as an abrupt occurrence, a distinct “point” 


or “moment” in life, when a conscious or semi-conscious world- and 

self-awareness awakens in the child: “Suddenly children see the world 

with different eyes. It is like an awakening, as if they were entering into a 

very special relationship with their own self.” 17 

In various pedagogical contexts Rudolf Steiner explained that the 

“point in time” for these inner soul changes was usually after the ninth 

birthday. “Around the ninth year,” 18 “around the time when the child 

turns nine,” 19 “at the age of about nine and a half,” 20 children reached a 

turning point. It could happen slightly sooner or later, occasionally even 

before the ninth year, 21 or between the age of nine and ten and a half, 22 

if not eleven…. 23 “Around the ninth year, it could also be in the tenth or 

eleventh year…” 24 “We have to be acutely aware […] of the individuality 

that comes to expression in each child….” 25 According to Rudolf Steiner 

all children experience this change even though it is not always overt, 

or might be prevented or hindered to an extent by cultural influences. 26 

“There is a brief moment between the ages of nine and ten, closer to the 

ninth year, when children begin to see themselves increasingly as separate 

from their surroundings.” 27 In their soul life as well as in their objective 

experience of the world, children begin to “separate their I from the surrounding 

world.” 28 They learn to differentiate between their own self and 

the world of which they used to be an integral part: 

We need to be aware of the fact that before the age of nine or ten children 

are unable to differentiate between their own self and the world 

around them. They might, instinctively, have referred to themselves as 

“I” before, but they nevertheless felt they were an inherent part of the 

world. They experienced the whole world as akin to themselves. […] 

Everything was one for them and they were part of this unity. Only 

when they turn nine or ten do they learn to see themselves as distinct 

from the world around them. 29 

Rudolf Steiner referred to this moment as a “becoming aware that I 

am an I and the world is outside me,” 30 an awakening experience similar 

to being astounded, both in the moment of first awareness and in the following 

weeks and months. “…children come to be truly astounded about 

all that goes on in the world, because they begin to perceive themselves in 

the world .…” 31 With this dramatic moment of separation children lose 

the naïve openness to the world, they no longer inhabit and experience 

the world in natural unawareness. 

Children refer to themselves as “I” much earlier, at around the age 

of three when they take a significant developmental hurdle—“when at 

a deeper level, out of the language, emerges a sense of ‘you are an I’.” 32 

Despite the seeming self-awareness of that gesture, it is the verbal manifestation 

of a step forward in the development of consciousness 33 that does 

not herald the true separation from the world. Children continue to be at 

one with parents, attachment figures, nature, and objects and feel a close 

affinity to the world around them. (“Although the children, somehow 

instinctively, speak of themselves as “I” [at that time], they feel that they 

are an inherent part of the world. They experience the whole world as 

akin to themselves.” 34 ) But then, around the ninth year, the “process of 

separation from the environment” sets in as “world experience and self 

experience become separate.” 35 According to Rudolf Steiner this is an 

unexpected and brief event, an entirely new phenomenon that emerges 

at a particular moment and initiates a development that will go on for 

several years, reaching its intended completion in adolescence when it 

will manifest as inner independence. 


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This dramatic birth of consciousness affects children’s relationship 

with the world and with their own self. It is not a reflective 

process but primarily one of feeling: “It is all in the feeling, but it is


therefore the more intense and the more in 

need of attention.” 36 Children are not able to 

articulate what is going on but they observe 

an “essential enhancement, or compression, 

of their I-experience. 37 This self-experience is 

intensified and deepened in the soul realm, 

in the feeling. 38 Steiner spoke of an actual 

transition from awareness to self-awareness 

in child development, 39 from the burgeoning 

first contact with their own I—in the sphere 

of feeling—to the manifestation of their true 

individuality. Children discover “a very special 

relationship with their own I” 40 and, out of this 

feeling, they begin to form a real I-concept. 41 In 

the third year, when the child first says “I,” the 

I enters the human soul. Now, the I-awareness 

becomes “spiritual” 42 which means that the 

soul life emancipates itself increasingly. 

The experiences that accompany this event 

can be intense and striking enough to be remembered 

in later life. The composer Bruno 

Walter wrote about himself as a child: 

[…] The growing boy was often in a strange 

“dreamy” state, absorbed or engrossed in 

nothing in particular, with all the wheels 

that were usually driven fast by the torrential 

stream of outer and inner impressions 

having come to a halt.—I still remember 

when that stillness occurred for the first 

time within me like a melancholy sensation. 

I still feel what I felt then and can see 

the place in front of me where, as a boy 

of about ten or eleven, I had felt this inner 

shudder. I cannot remember how it came 

about that I stood in the school playground 

all by myself. I might have been returning 

from a period of detention. I stepped out 

onto the huge playground that I had always 

known as filled with the noise of playing 

and running children, and that therefore 

seemed to me doubly empty and deserted. I 

can see myself standing there, overwhelmed 

by the profound silence, and while listening 

to this silence and to the light breeze, I 

feel how, out of the loneliness, something 

unknown and powerful touches my heart. 

It was the first time it vaguely occurred to 

me that I was an I, the first time it dawned 

on me that I had a soul and that something 

was calling to this soul from somewhere. 43 

Walter described the dawning of I-awareness 

in the middle of childhood as occurring in 

“profound silence” and “loneliness,” cul-minating 

in a first conscious or almost-conscious experience 

of his own existence with its particular 

inner and outer circumstances. 

Christy Brown was born in Ireland, the 

tenth of twenty-two chil-dren. He was severely 

disabled, and because of athetosis, could only 

control his left foot. He wrote in his autobiog- 

raphy, My Left Foot, how he grew conscious of 

his special circumstances only in his tenth year: 

I was now just ten, a boy who couldn’t walk, 

speak, feed, or dress himself. I was helpless, 

but only now did I begin to realize how 

helpless I really was. I still didn’t know anything 

about myself: I knew nothing beyond 

the fact that I was “different” from others. 

[…] Up to then I had never thought about 

myself. […] I had gone on playing with my 

brothers, enjoying the little bit of life that 

I saw, all the time unconscious of myself. 44 

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Some children are able to express in words 

what they experience in the middle of childhood 

as they “feel their way into the language.” 45 

The awareness of one’s being separate from the 

world, when it first emerges, is tied to language. 

Children develop “because they struggle with 

language.” 46 Their relationship with language 

changes as they begin to attach a deeper, more 

inward meaning to words. Children now link 

feeling and memory, they become aware of 

the fact that the words originate inside them. 47 

Hans Müller-Wiedemann collected remarkable 

testimonies and poems from children of that 

age (I am a living poem / I write no words 48 ): 

Me, I’m myself, 

no one in this big 

world is like me. 

I am different from you 

and everyone else. 

I’m just plain old 

Me. 

Me, I’m myself, 

no one’s like me, 

and I’m not like anyone, 

I’m just myself 

Little old me. 

I’m not quite sure what 

makes me different, 

I suppose it’s in my ways. 

No one’s the same 

especially me. 49 

Such written testimonies, cautiously communicated 

in private, lyrical messages, are 

unusual. Although there is no doubt that the 

events described by Rudolf Steiner surge up in 

the child’s soul as “vague feelings,” 50 they will 

remain concealed and unexpressed in most 

cases. The changes in attitude and behavior that 

can be observed around the ninth year hardly 

ever find expression in what children are able 

or willing to articulate. It is usually something 

else that first becomes apparent. In a lecture to 

teachers Rudolf Steiner observed: “We notice a 

kind of outer restlessness in the children. They 

cannot cope with the world around them. They 

feel a need to become shy. They somehow withdraw 

from the world. In a subtle and intimate 

way this happens with almost every child.” 51 

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In the twenty-first century with its rapidly 

expanding communication technologies and 

excessive distractions, the subtle changes that 

are part of the middle of childhood often go 

unnoticed. Because the soul is never at rest, 

children, parents, and teachers are hardly 

aware of what is happening. Yet, the ongoing 

externalization and materialization in the way 

we live, the “realism” that seeks to diminish or 

eliminate the sensitivities of the soul, cannot 

prevent the dramatic change altogether. It will 

happen in one way or another. Often it comes 

with a sudden pausing or moment of stillness, as 

described by Bruno Walter (“with all the wheels 

that were usually driven fast by the torrential 

stream of outer and inner impressions, having 

come to a halt …”). 

The tendency to withdraw, to which Rudolf 

Steiner called attention repeatedly in the 

first two decades of the twentieth century, 

is noticeable, as is the augmented (reactive) 

need for parental closeness and support (even 

“clinginess”) of which he also spoke. 52 Children 

might feel lonely or deserted, they might 

develop fears (even anti-social behaviors) that 

will affect all further development. In many 

cases, the naturally carrying foundations of life 

suddenly collapse and are no longer available. 

If, with Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, we define 

crisis as a decisive state “where the old and the 

new are in conflict,” 53 the middle of childhood is 

just such a crisis. For the first time, the life lived 

so far becomes part of the child’s conscious or 

close-to-conscious memory. Rudolf Steiner 

described how, around the ninth year, a “special 

relationship develops between the life of feeling 

and that of memory.” 54 Children begin to realize 

(in a pre-conscious, close-to-conscious, or 

initially conscious way) that they have their own 

biography, their own individual life-story. They 

feel they are leaving behind childhood as they 

knew it. A new relationship to time emerges, 

to their life-time, just as the relationship to 

space changed in the third year with the very 

first awakening of the I. 55 By experiencing time 

and the actuality of existence and sentience, 

and by becoming aware of what belongs to 

the past, what belongs to the life that has been 

experienced and (to an extent) completed, 

children develop a sense of biography. 56 The 

new consciousness of the transience of existence 

is part of this process. The psychiatrist and 

philosopher Karl Jaspers remembered his own 

self-experience in the middle of childhood:

I was ten years old [...] when I first experienced 

the painful, almost total memory 

of the unfathomable having-lived when I 

read a poem by Rückert in a school book: 

“From my youth a song resounds forever; 

alas how far gone is now what was once 

mine.”—It was like having lost something 

and becoming aware at the same time of the 

infinite wealth I had already received. The 

mood of distance, united with the feeling 

of sacredness of the unattainable that was 

still part of me, made my soul grow wider 

and threatened to break my heart at the 

same time. 57 

Jasper’s “total memory of the unfathomable 

having-lived” refers to the child’s own origin, 

the world of childhood as history that precedes 

the present. Around the ninth year many children 

question the authenticity of their parents 

for the first time and worry that they might be 

adopted. Half-consciously, their feeling soul 

looks back, often with melancholy overtones 

(“it was like having lost something”). The experience 

of what is now and what is (irrevocably) 

gone, that first sense of the temporality of one’s 

own life-story as clearly distinguishable from 

the pure present, from the “here and now” of 

the young child, implies the experience of continuity 

and discontinuity. The first awareness of 

what is gone and lost includes the first conscious 

encounter with death and dying. Unlike adolescents, 

children in the middle of childhood do 

not willfully plan their future. Their experience 

of the finiteness of existence—also of their own 

existence—comes out of the meeting of the 

present with the past or with transience. 

The philosopher Ernst Bloch gave a striking 

account of himself in the middle of childhood: 

It came over me on a bench in the woods, 

and I experienced myself as the one experiencing 

himself, as the one who looked out, of 

whom one would never be able to rid oneself, 

awful and wonderful at the same time, 

the one who will sit in his hut with a globe. 

The one whom one will always have in 

reserve, even when he is one among many, 

the one who will ultimately die alone. 58 

The painter Oskar Kokoschka remembered 

his first encounter with death during that developmental 

phase: when he heard that a storyteller 

who had lived very close to his parents’ 

house had passed away: 

I could not quite understand what having 

died meant. I just realized that she had disappeared 

for good … I can never dis-appear, 

I thought. Of course she is not here, but she 

must be somewhere. 

Two days later the young Oskar saw the 

hearse with the white coffin: 

For a long time I watched as the strange 

vehicle passed on. [...] I suddenly had the dull 

feeling that the outside world must have its limits. 

I experienced irretrievability, and it was like 

moving from the light of day to a predestined, 

frightening night. 59 

The following poem was not written by 

an adult reflecting on life, but by a child in the 

middle of childhood: 

The poor tree withers. 

It withers and dies. 

No one cares, they just 

walk by. 

Once it was a lovely 

tree, so high it almost 

reached the sky. 

Just like anything else 

it dies. 

Poor tree. 60 

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With the newly-felt awareness of one’s self 

and of one’s separateness from the world, the 

relationship to the other person, to the “you,” 

also changes. It is not until now that children 

realize the separateness of others. Rudolf Steiner 

often mentioned how children, up to the middle 

of childhood, feel deeply connected with their 

primary attachment figures and with other important 

people around them. Mother and father 

are not only part of the surrounding world, they 

are part of the child’s body. 61 For the child, the 

relationship is based on trust and love. The child 

imitates and looks up to the adults without 

perceiving their inner life or autonomy. The 

ability to see others as personalities in their own 

right only begins in the middle of childhood. 

It arises from the children’s new awareness of 

their own self and their own existence. As they 

develop a true sense of self, children become 

aware of the “you” for the first time. They no 

longer feel they are one with the other, but see 

others as autonomous beings who have an inner 

life of their own. “I am different from you 

/ and anybody else.” 

As part of this process the children’s social 

relationships and playful interactions begin to 

change. 62 We observe how children enter into 

relationships that are increasingly informed by 

a sense of solidarity, loyalty, and friendship that 

is based on mutual recognition. Hans Müller- 

Wiedemann demonstrated this in a compelling 

way: 63 The friendships that the children seek 

and find (“Children now leave the realm of past, 

familiar habits and enter their own individual 

present” 64 ) do not primarily arise from shared 

interests and are hardly acts of intelligence or 


socialization. They are amazing in that they are 

based on mutual acceptance without any expectations. 

If the friendships are not distorted due 

to inappropriate cultural influences, they arise 

from a waking up to the other’s differentness, 

to the significance of friendship as such, from 

an atmosphere of equality and togetherness that 

enables the individuals involved to find themselves 

and not lose faith in themselves. “The 

deep mystery and stillness of these friendships 

rest on a reassuring sense of ‘being together’ 

which, in itself, confirms one’s own existence” 

(Müller-Wiedemann). 65 The other, the You, 

the friend, becomes the mirror and support of 

one’s own present and evolving existence and 

individuality. 66 The other is not only a necessary 

instrument of this process, but an indispensable 

part of it. The other’s perception and condition 

are crucial to the friendship and to life. Children 

who witness their friends being accused 

or hurt, neglected or treated unfairly at school 

are often more upset than if they were objects 

of injustice themselves. “The self grows beyond 

its boundaries. 

The other’s wellbeing becomes as important 

as one’s own,” as Theodor Lidz wrote. 67 Hans 

Müller-Wiedemann referred to the theologian 

Schleiermacher, who said that “love always 

wants to make one out of two, while friendship 

wants to make two of everything.” 68 The 

comradeship of the middle of childhood is real 

friendship, and very different from the highly 

dynamic love-relationships of youth and adult 

life. It possesses a special social element that 

lives in the modest, quiet respect for the other, 

for the friend who is different. This element will 

not return in later life in this purity, but it will 

profoundly affect all future relationships. (“The 

ability and will to form friendships rely on that 

practice in the middle of childhood.” 69 ) The 

pedagogical value of friendships at that time 

must be recognized and fostered. They offer 

children far more potential for biographical 

experience and inner growth than what is generally 

advertised and propagated in the outside 

world. (“Faced with the manifold temptations 

of the ‘edutainment’ industry that is spreading 

like a disease, today’s school children are struggling 

to find a legitimate way of overcoming 

their loneliness through friendship” (Müller- 

Wiedemann). 70 


u 

“Me, I’m myself / No one in this big / world is 

like me / I’m dif-ferent from you / and everyone 

else.” As inner and outer conditions change 

dramatically at this “developmental moment” 71 

and “turning point in life” 72 that will result in 

deepened self-awareness, children experience 

their I in a new way and sometimes sense what


destiny holds in store for them. 

But these experiences remain in 

the sphere of moods or premonitions. 

As part of the incarnating 

process and of the biography, the 

soul has found a new orientation. 

u 

References to the works of Rudolf 

Steiner refer to the pages of the 

German edition (GA). 

1 See, for instance, The Child’s Changing 

Consciousness and Waldorf Education. 

Tr. Roland Everett. Hudson, NY 1988. 

2 GA 301, p. 124. 

3 GA 310, p. 73. 

4 GA 304, p. 161. 

5 GA 311, p. 41. 

6 Cf. Peter Selg: A Grand Metamorphosis. 

Contributions to the Spiritual-Scientific 

Anthropology and Education of Adolescents. 

Tr. M. Saar and A. Meuss. Great 

Barrington MA 2008. 

7 Cf. Hans Müller-Wiedemann’s discussion 

of the deficient Fliessian “concept 

of latency” and of Erikson’s psychoanalytical 

anthropological descriptions in: 

Mitte der Kindheit. Das neunte bis zwölfte 

Lebensjahr. Beiträge zu einer anthroposophischen 

Entwicklungspsychologie. Stuttgart 

1989, p. 18ff. Müller-Wiedemann 

summarized: “Classical psychology, 

with its method of defining child development 

as a biological continuity in 

terms of gradually emerging intelligence 

structures, remained insensitive to the 

crises of childhood, as well as to the 

motifs and pedagogical needs arising 

from them. Behavioral psychology with 

its focus on adaptation and conditioning 

has continued the process consistently.” 

(Ibid., p. 37). 

8 GA 304a, p. 45. 

9 Cf. Peter Selg: The Therapeutic Eye. How 

Rudolf Steiner Observed Children. Tr. A. 

Meuss and M. Saar. Great Barrington MA 

2008. 

10 GA 310, p. 107f. 

11 GA 297, p. 264. 

12 GA 302, p. 131. 

13 Cf. Hans Müller-Wiedemann: Mitte 

der Kindheit. Das neunte bis zwölfte 


Entwicklungspsychologie. 

Stuttgart 1973. 

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15 GA 302, p. 134. 

16 GA 294, p. 106. 

17 GA 302, p. 131; emphasis added. 

18 Ibid. 

19 GA 24, p. 88. 

20 GA 302, p. 132. 

21 GA 294, p. 96. 

22 GA 297a, p. 56. 

23 GA 305, p. 21. 

24 GA 304, p. 47. 

25 GA 304a, p. 45. 

26 Cf. GA 302, p. 133f. 

27 GA 306, p. 89. 

28 GA 301, p. 83. 

29 GA 311, p. 37f. 

30 GA 306, p. 109. 

31 GA 302, p. 133. 

32 Ibid., p. 134f. 

33 For details concerning the balance of 

forces, cf. Peter Selg, “Der Wendepunkt 

des dritten Lebensjahres – Beiträge zur 

Genese des kindlichen Ich-Bewusstseins” 

in: Peter Selg, Vom Logos menschlicher 

Physis. Die Entfaltung einer anthroposophischen 

Humanphysiologie im Werk 

Rudolf Steiners. Dornach 2006, vol. 1, p. 

352ff. 

34 GA 311, p. 38. 

35 GA 309, p. 74. 

36 GA 307, p. 136. 

37 GA 150, p. 17. 

38 GA 294, p. 106. 

39 GA 307, p. 202. 

40 GA 302, p. 131. 

41 GA 297a, p. 26. 

42 GA 297, p. 172f. 

43 Bruno Walter: Thema und Variationen. 

Erinnerungen und Gedanken. Quoted 

in Hermann Koepke: Das neunte Lebensjahr. 

Dornach 1997, p. 62f.; emphasis 

added. 

44 Christy Brown: My Left Foot. London 

1954, p. 53f. 

45 GA 310, p. 67. 

46 GA 304a, p. 45. 

47 GA 294, p. 106. 

48 Johnnie Quarrell. Quoted from Hans 

Müller-Wiedemann: Mitte der Kindheit. 

Das neunte bis zwölfte Lebensjahr. 

Beiträge zu einer anthroposophischen 

Entwicklungspsychologie, p. 73/287. 

49 Pat Kirk. Ibid., p. 288. 

50 GA 305, p. 19. 

51 GA 307, p. 126. 

52 GA 305, p. 19. 

53 Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm: Deutsches 

Wörterbuch. Leipzig 1873. Vol. 5, column 

2332. 

54 GA 297, p. 179. 

55 “Children who refer to themselves as ‘I’ 

for the first time, gain in this experience 

I-awareness within the spatial world of 

perception. It is remarkable that this 

experience, unlike that of the ninth year, 

is not remembered as self-experience but, 

as Jean Paul described, as light appearing 

in space: ‘One morning, as I stood 

in the doorway as a very young child 

and looked to the left at the wood piled 

up there, a thought suddenly appeared 

before me like lightning from heaven that 

‘I am an I’, and it has remained there as 

a shining light ever since. My I had seen 

itself for the first time and for ever.’ […] 

Around the third year the experience of 

one’s own I seems to connect to the light 

of consciousness as ‘from above.’ Now 

the child says ‘yes’ to the earthly environment.” 

(Hans Müller-Wiedemann: 

Mitte der Kindheit. Das neunte bis zwölfte 


Entwicklungspsychologie, p. 

19). Elsewhere in his monograph Hans 

Müller-Wiedemann also quoted Jacques 

Lusseyran: “I see myself on my fourth 

birthday, as clearly as the picture that 

hangs before me on the wall. I was running 

on the pavement toward a triangle 

of light formed by the intersection of 

three roads, […] toward the triangle of 

sunlight that opened onto Square Rapp 

like onto the sea. I was projected to this 

pond of light, absorbed by it, and while 

I still flailed my arms and legs about I 

said to myself: ‘I am four years old, I am 

Jacques.’ Call it the birth of the personality 

if you like. I did not feel any panic 

whatsoever while this happened. A ray 

of all-encompassing joy had hit me like 

lightning out of a blue, cloudless sky.” 

(Ibid., p. 126). 

56 For the concept of “biographical experience,” 

cf. Hans Müller-Wiedemann 

in-depth study: “Was ist biographische 

Erfahrung?” in: Mitte der Kindheit. Das 

neunte bis zwölfte Lebensjahr. Beiträge 

zu einer anthroposophischen Entwicklungspsychologie, 

p. 28-37. 

57 Karl Jaspers: Schicksal und Wille. Quoted 

from Hans Müller-Wiedemann, Ibid., 

p. 17. The German poet mentioned is 

Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) and the 

original words of his poem are: “Aus der 

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58 Ernst Bloch: Spuren. Ibid., p. 22. Available 

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59 Oskar Kokoschka: Mein Leben. Quoted 

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61 “We can express this in quite a radical 

way by saying: Children do not perceive 

other people whose movements, 

language, even feelings they used to 

imitate in an imponderable way before 

the change of teeth, as separate entities 

with their own inner essence. Up to the 

age of seven, children experience others 

as they do their own arms and legs. They 

do not see themselves as separate from 

the world. With the change of teeth, 

when the feeling life becomes independent 

through breathing and circulation, 

children separate themselves from others 

and others become individuals with a 

soul life of their own.” (GA 303, p. 172f.). 

62 Cf. GA 301, p. 207f. 

63 Cf. chapter “Individuelle Reifung und 

Gruppenbildung” in: Hans Müller- 

Wiedemann: Mitte der Kindheit. Das 



p. 38-80 (in particular 

“Genius der Freundschaft,” p. 38-47). 

64 Ibid., p. 39. 

65 Ibid., p. 40. 

66 Hans Müller-Wiedemann pointed out 

that, already in the friend-ships of this 

lifetime, children experience aspects of 

the “duality” of their “identity,” “of what 

I am and of what I can be, and what 

wants to manifest itself and grow in the 

everyday social intercourse with friends.” 

(Ibid., p. 46). 

67 Theodor Lidz: “The Person.” Quoted 

from Hans Müller-Wiedemann: Mitte 

der Kindheit. Das neunte bis zwölfte Lebensjahr. 

Beiträge zu einer anthroposophischen 

Entwick-lungspsychologie, p. 41. 

68 Ibid., p. 46. 

69 Ibid. 

70 Ibid., p. 45. 

71 GA 303, p. 177. 

72 Ibid., p. 178. 

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Index 

A 

A Bell for Ursli 28 

A Calf for Christmas 39 

A Child is Born 52 

Adams, Judith 14 

Addiction’s Many Faces 64 

Addictive Behaviour in 

Children and Young Adults 2 

Adolphi, Sybille 43 

Advent Craft and 

Activity Book 10 

Adventures in Steiner Education 59 

Aeppli, Willi 13, 58 

A Farm 37 

A Felt Farm 42 

African and Caribbean 

Celebrations 41 

Age of Discovery, The 74 

Age of Revolution, The 74 

Alcott, Amos Bronson 56 

Aldinger, Cynthia K. 56 

Al-Gailani, Noorah 41 

Allan, Jo 8 

Allen, Jon 12 

Allerton, Jill 45 

All the Dear Little Animals 24 

All Year Round 41 

Almon, Joan 56 

Am I Really Different? 27 

Ancient Greece 74 

Ancient Mythologies 74 

Ancient Rome 74 

Andersen, Hans Christian 6, 32 

Anderson, Bryan 45 

Anschutz, Marieke 58 

Anthroposophical Care for the 

Elderly 66 

Anthroposophical Therapeutic 

Speech 65 

An Unchanged Mind 64 

Any Room for Me? 24 

Apple Cake 28 

Arbuthnott, Gill 8 

Archbold, Tim 8 

Archipova, Anastasiya 32, 33 

Artzybasheff, Boris 31 

Ashes to Gold 2 

A Stranger Came Ashore 36 

A Thought Is Just a Thought 68 

Auer, Elizabeth 11 

Auragole and the Last Battle 35 

Auragole of the Mountains 35 

Auragole of the Way 35 

Autumn 15 

Avison, Kevin 13 

Awakening to Child Health 53 

B 

Bacchus, Gill 11 

Bagpipes, Beasties and Bogles 8 

Baking Bread with Children 44 

Balance in Teaching 71 

Baluschek, Hans 29 

Bamford, Christopher 72, 73 

Baric, Maija 49 

Barnes, Diane Ingraham 11 

Bartges, Carol Ann 63 

Barton, Matthew 34 

Bauer, Dietrich 69 

Bauer, John 33 

Bedtime Storytelling 67 

Beecoming Sophie 9 

Beejum Book, The 35 

Being Human 65 

Bennett, Susanne 11 

Beskow, Elsa 5, 21 

Biedermann, Edith 10 

Big Bottom Hunt 25 

Big Summer Activity Book, the 41 

Biodynamic Food & Cookbook 50 

Birth and Breastfeeding 52 

Birthday 14 

Birthday Book 41 

Black Tide 36 

Blackwood, John 12 

Blythe, Sally Goddard 52, 55 

Boekelaar, Els 30 

Bogade, Maria 25 

Bom, Paulien 53 

Book of Fairy Princes 30 

Botany 74 

Boys Will Be Boys 67 

Bramley, Sarah 31 

Breathing Circle 55 

Bremen Town Musicians 32 

Breslin, Theresa 7 

Bringing the Best out in Boys 67 

Brothers and Sisters 3 

Brothers Grimm 32 

Bryan, Angela 14 

Bryan, Daniel C. 14 

Bryer, Estelle 40 

Burton, Michael 34 

C 

Calm Kids 2 

Care and Development of the 

Human Senses 13 

Carey, Diana 41 

Carigiet, Alois 28 

Carlgren, Frans 62 

Carpenter’s Daughter 14 

Celebrating Christmas 

Together 40 

Celebrating Festivals with Children 

48 

Celtic Wonder Tales 31 

Children and Their 

Temperaments 58 

Children of Hat Cottage 5 

Children of the Forest 21 

Children’s Party Book 44 

Children’s Year 41 

Children Who Communicate 

Before They Are Born 69 

Children with Special Needs 66 

Childs, Gilbert 58 

Child’s Play 1 & 2 48 

Childs, Sylvia 58 

Child with Special Needs 65 

Chönz, Selina 28 

Christian Year in Pictures for Children 

37 

Christmas Angels 38 

Christmas Craft Book 40 

Christmas Plays from Oberufer 40 

Christmas Story Book 40 

Christopher’s Harvest Time 20 

Clarke, P. 66 

Cloudberry Castle 36 

Clouder, Christopher 59, 63 

Cohen, Warren Lee 44 

Cohn, Diana 23 

Cohn, Jutka Harstein 11 

Colum, Padraic 31 

Come Follow Me 48 

Coming of the Unicorn 7 

Community Cooks 11 

Compresses and other Therapeutic 

Applications 53 

Cooking for the Love of 50 

Cook, Wendy E. 50 

Cooper, Stephanie 41 

Corby, Angus 25 

Córdova, Amy 23 

Cowan, Tom 54 

Crafts through the Year 47 

Creative Felt 43 

Creative Wool 42 

Crebbin, Jennifer 49 

Crossley, Diana 69 

Curious Fish 20 

D 

Daemon Parallel 36 

Davidow, Shelley 29 

Davy, Annie 48 

Davy, Gudrun 68 

Dawson, Janine 28 

de La Fontaine, Jean 33 

DeLisa, Patricia 32 

Demeter Cookbook 50 

Denjean-von Stryk, Barbara 65 

Desperate Journey 36 

Developing Child 58 

de Wolf, Alex 4 

Discussions with Teachers 70 

Dohm, Christel 10 

Don, Lari 8, 25 

Dragon Feathers 28 

Dragon’s Gift 9 

Drawing with Hand, Head, and 

Heart 3 

Dream Song of Olaf Asteson 40 

Dreißig, Georg 39 

Drescher, Daniela 16, 17, 30, 38 

Druitt, Ann 41 

Druon, Maurice 9 

Dugin, Andrei 28 

Dugina, Olga 28, 33 

Dusíková, Maja 6 

Dyslexia 65 

E 

Earth 47 

Earth, Water, Fire, and Air 47 

Edmunds, Francis 59 

Educating As an Art 63 

Educating through Art 63 

Educating through Arts and Crafts 13 

Educational Tasks and Content of the 

Steiner 13 

Education: An Introductory Reader 

59 

Education As a Force for Social 

Change 70 

Education for Adolescents 71 

Education for Special Needs 65 

Education in Search of the Spirit 63 

Education of the Child 73 

Education towards Freedom 62 

Eight-Year-Old Legend Book 30 

Eliot, Winslow 51 

Ellis, Mark 9 

Ellis, Melissa Martin 9 

Elsa Beskow 2013 Calendar 5 

Elves’ Big Adventure 16 

El Wakil, Mohamed 22 

Emily and Daisy 20 

Emperor’s Vision 39 

Encountering the Self 63 

Eriksson, Eva 24 

Essence of Waldorf Education 57 

Essentials of Education 72 

Esterl, Arnica 28 

Eurythmy Therapy 66 

Evans, Russell 55 

F 

Fables of La Fontaine 33 

Faculty Meetings with Rudolf Steiner 

71 

Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the 

Beautiful Lily 37 

Fairy Worlds and Workers 7 

Fallon, Sally 54 

Favourite Grimm’s Tales 33 

Favourite Tales from 

Hans Christian Andersen 33 

Felce, Josie 3 

Fergus Finds a Friend 25 

Fern, Brad 2 

Festivals, Family, and Food 41 

Festivals Together 41 

Findus and the Fox 19 

Findus at Christmas 39 

Findus Goes Camping 19 

Findus Moves Out 6 

Fingado, Monika 53 

Finger Strings 44 

Finser, Torin M. 61 

First Book of Knitting for Children 45 

First Three Years of the Child 59 

Fitzjohn, Sue 41 

Five Plays for Waldorf Festivals 13 

Florina and the Wild Bird 28 

Flower Heaven 28 

Flowers’ Festival 21 

Food Full of Life 11 

Foodwise 50 

Forrester, Margaret 8, 25 

Forsslund, Karl-Erik 27 

Foundations of Curative Eurythmy 65 


Series 70 

Fourfold Path to Healing 54 

Francis Gladstone 13 

Free to Learn 55 

Frog, Bee and Snail 

Look For Snow 27 

Frommherz, Andrea 10 

Fynes-Clinton, Christine 41 

G 

Gardening With young Children 49 

Gavin, Jamila 34 

Genius of Language 71 

Genius of Natural Childhood 60 

Genius of Play 55 

Geology and Astronomy 74 

Geometry in Nature 12 

Ginger Nut 25 

Glanville, Caroline 41 

Glockler, Michaela 53 

Gnome Craft Book 47 

Goebel, Wolfgang 53 

Goerg, Hartmut 69 

Goldberg, Raoul 2, 53 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears 26 

Gollogly, Eugene 23 

Goodbye Mr. Muffin 9 

Goodnight 15 

Good Sleep Guide 52 

Goral, Mary 59 

Goran’s Great Escape 24 

Gosse, Bonnie 45 

Gosse, Dave 45 

Go to Sleep, Little Bear 26 

Grand Metamorphosis 57 

Grant, Gabby 25 

Graves, Julia 53 

Green Fingers and Muddy Boots 49 

Grigaff, Anne-Dorthe 45 

Gross, Stephanie 56 

Guarducci, Iris 35 

Guéret, Frédérique 46 

Guide to Child Health 53 

H 

Hairy Hettie 8 

Hamed, Maissa 22 

Handbook for Waldorf Class 

Teachers 13 

Hannah on the Farm 15 

Hansel and Gretel 32 

Harvest Story 14 

Hay for My Ox and Other Stories 5 

Healing Forces in the Word and Its 

Rhythms 13 

Healing Stories for 

Challenging Behaviour 67 

Healthy Body, Healthy Brain 66 

Healthy Medicine 54 

Heaven on Earth 56 

Held, Wolfgang 12 

Helpful Elves 24 

Helping Children to Overcome 

Fear 55 

Henderson, Angela 52 

Herbert, Tom 44 

Hettie, Hungry 25 

Hildreth, Lisa 51 

Hoffmeister, Max 69 

Hoglet and the Spinless Hedgehog 

25 

Holistic Special Education 65 

Homemaking As a Social Art 67 

Home Nursing for Carers 54 

Homer’s Odyssey 30 

House, Richard 2 

Howell, Alice O. 35, 39, 56 

How I Feel 68 

How Like an Angel Came I Down 56 

How to Make a Golem (and Terrify 

People) 36 

How to Make a Heron Happy 25 

Huber, Machteld 53 

Huff, Andrea 51 

Human Being and the 

Animal World 74 

Human Values in Education 73 

I 

I Am Different from You 57 

Ice Horse 26 

Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk 

and Fairy Tales 7 

In Blue Mountains 29 

Incarnating Child 59 

Initiative 61 

In Search of Ethical Leadership 61 

In the Land of Elves 17 

In the Land of Fairies 17 

In the Land of Merfolk 17 

In the Land of Twilight 6 

In the Light of a Child 34 

Iscador 54 

Islamic Year 41 

J 

Jabulani! 48 

Jacquet, Hélène 40 

Jaffke, Freya 47, 55 

James, Van 3 

Jantzen, Cornelia 65 

Jarman, Heather 14 

Jenkinson, Sally 55 

Johnson, Gail 41 

Jonathan’s Journey 1 

Jordan, Janet 40 

Journey through Time in Verse and 

Rhyme 34 

Journey to Gameland 48 

Jumping Mouse 31 

K 

Keay, Claire 8 

Kiel-Hinrichsen, Monika 68 

Kiersch, Johannes 13 

Kindergarten Education 55 

King Beetle-Tamer 30 

Kingdom of Childhood 73 

King of Ireland’s Son 31 

Kirchner-Bockholt, Margarete 65 

Kischnick, Rudolf 48 

Klaassen, Sandra 8, 26 

Knijpenga, Siegwart 31 

Knitted Animals 45 

Knitting for Children 45 

Knottles 1 

Koepke, Hermann 63, 64 

Kofsky, H. 66 

König, Karl 59, 65 

Koopmans, Loek 24, 27, 38 

Kornberger, Horst 60 

Kovacs, Charles 74 

Kroll, Linda 22 

Kuhlewind, Georg 58 

Kuiper, Nannie 4 

Kurz, Susan West 9 

Kurzyca, Krystyna Emilia 29 

Kutik, Christiane 53 

Kwant, Admar 15 

Kyber, Manfred 35 

L 

Lagerlof, Selma 27, 39 

Lai, Hsin-Shih 32 

Land of Long Ago 20 

Language of Plants 53 

Language Teaching in 

Steiner Waldorf Schools 13 

Lantern Vegan Family Cookbook 50 

Lara’s First Christmas 39 

Large, Judy 41 


Large, Martin 58 

Last Night of Ramadan 22 

Latessa, Shirley 35 

Lauruol, J. 66 

Leeuwen, M. V. 46 

Legendre, Bokara 9 

Legends of King ARthur 30 

Leiper, Kate 7 

Lewis Clowns Around 25 

Lieberherr, Ruth 1, 22 

Lievegoed, Bernard 58 

Lifeways 68 

Light Course 73 

Light in the Lantern 39 

Lily the Little Princess 16 

Lincoln, Hazel 26 

Lindgren, Astrid 6, 24, 27 

Little Christmas Tree 38 

Little Dolphin’s Big 26 

Little Fairy Can’t Sleep 16 

Little Fairy’s Christmas 38 

Little Red Riding Hood 32 

Little Snow Bear 26 

Living Kitchen 11 

Living Literacy 60 

Locker, Thomas 29 

Lockie, Beatrys 49 

Lombardi, Elizabeth 1 

Long-Breipohl, Renate 2 

Looking for a Fairy 14 

Lost at the Zoo 8 

Louhi, Kristiina 49 

Lundburgh, Holger 33 

Lutz, Tom 2 

Luxford, Michael 66 

Lyons, Nick 63 

M 

Mac’s Christmas Star 8 

Magical Window Stars 46 

Magic Wool 46 

Magic Wool Fairies 42 

Magnus Fin and the 

Moonlight Mission 36 

Magnus Fin and the 

Selkie Secret 36 

Mailer, Maggie 39 

Making a Family Home 68 

Making Fairy Tale Scenes 43 

Making Geometry 12 

Making More Flower Children 43 

Making Soft Toys 10 

Margulies, Paul 22 

Marjorie Spock 7 

Marnoch, Allyson 25 

Marshall, Denise 32 

Martin, Michael 13 

Martyn Rawson 13 

Mary’s Little Donkey 39 

Mason, Caroline 14 

Masters, Brien 13, 34, 59 

Mathematics in Space and Time 74 

Matthews, Paul 60 

Matthews, Penny 28 

Maze Running and other Magical 

Missions 36 

McBain, Chani 25 

McCarthy, Brian 50 

McKay, Elizabeth 25 

McKinnon, John A. 64 

McMillan, Jaimen 54 

Meekelorr 35 

Mellon, Nancy 1, 48 

Merlina and the Magic Spell 17 

Meyerbröker, Helga 46 

Miedzian, Myriam 67 

Milon and the Lion 35 

Mirocha, Paul 23 

Mistletoe Therapy for Cancer 54 

Mizon, Bob 12 

Modern Art of Education 72 

Moeskops, J. 46 

Mogensen, Jan 26 

Moore, C. J. 33 

Moore, Richard 13 

More Lifeways 68 

More Magic Wool 46 

Mr. Goethe’s Garden 23 

Muddles, Puddles, and 

Sunshine 69 

Mullen, Gerda 15 

Muller, Gerda 24 

Müller, Heinz 13 

Murphy, Christine 54 

Murray, Lorraine E. 2 

Muscles and Bones 74 

Music through the Grades 11 

Mutsaars, Anjo 44 

My Cat Mac 25 

My First Root Children 4 

Myths of the World 31 

N 

Namaste! 23 

Natural Birth 52 

Nature Corner 46 

Neall, Lucinda 67 

Nethercott, Joanne 8, 25 

Nettle and the Butterfly 14 

Neuschütz, Karin 10, 43 

Newbatt, David 37 

Newton, Lucy 14 

Nicholson, Mike 8 

Nicol, Janni 40 

Nilsson, Ulf 9, 24 

Nobel, Agnes 63 

Nordqvist, Sven 6, 19, 38 

Norse Hero Tales 30 

Norse Mythology 74 

Now you see it… 48 

Nurturing Potential in the 

Kindergarten Years 62 

O 

O’Byrne, Nicola 25 

Odent, Michel 52 

Old Age 69 

Oldfield, Lynn 55 

Ollie’s Ski Trip 21 

Olson, Michael 68 

On Christmas Eve 38 

One Thousand and One Nights 33 

On the Threshold of Adolescence 64 

Oppenheimer, Sharifa 56 

Orange Juice Peas 8 

Organizational Integrity 61 

Out of the Blue 69 

Over the Hills and Far Away 30 

P 

Padraic Colum 31 

Painting and Drawing in 

Waldorf Schools 10 

Painting with Children 46 

Pancakes for Findus 19 

Papercraft 44 

Parallel Process 64 

Parsifal and the Search for the 

Grail 74 

Parzival 37 

Patten, Brian 31 

Peck, Betty 55 

Pelle’s New Suit 21 

Perrow, Susan 3 

Peter and Anneli’s Journey to the 

Moon 29 

Peter and Lotta’s Adventure 20 

Peter and Lotta’s Christmas 20 

Peter in Blueberry Land 21 

Peter’s Old House 21 

Phases of Childhood 58 

Physiology of Eurythmy Therapy 66 

Pip the Gnome 15 

Poems for Younger Children 34 

Portrait of Camphill 66 

Post, Marsha 51 

Power of Stories 60 

Practical Advice to Teachers 70 

Primal Health 52 

Princess and the Pea 6 

Princess 

in the Forest 18 

Princess Sylvie 20 

Pudding and Chips 28 

Pull the Other One! 48 

Puppet Theatre 49 

Q 

Quality of Numbers One to 

Thirty-One 12 

Querido, René 72 

R 

Raising Waldorf 58 

Rawson, Martyn 13, 55 

Ready to Learn 55 

Really Weird 

Removals.com 36 

Red Fever 36 

Renewal 71 

Renewing Education 59 

Renne 26 

Reppel, Elizabeth 14 

Republican Academies 13 

Reuben and Barney’s Day on the 

Farm 4 

Rhythms of Learning 63 

Richter, Tobias 13 

Rickards, Lynn 25 

Rime of the Ancient Mariner 37 

Rochut, Jean-Noel 33 

Romer, Norah 14 

Roots 72 

Rosalind and the Little Deer 5 

Rose, Michael 55, 60 

Rose Windows 46 

Rowling, Marije 41 

Rowling, Marjie 44 

Rudolf Steiner in the Waldorf School 

70 

Rudolf Steiner’s Curriculum for 

Waldorf Schools 13 

S 

Sacranie, Magdalene 31 

Sagarin, Stephen 63 

Sagarin, Stephen Keith 59 

Santer, Ivor 49 

Sardello, Robert 50 

Saunders, Kerrie K. 50 

Schaefer, Signe E. 68 

Schilling, Karin V. 69 

Schmidt-Brabant, Manfred 67 

School As a Journey 61 

School Renewal 61 

Schubert, Jan 14 

Schweizer, Sally 49, 62 

Sealey, Maricristin 47 

Sehlin, Gunhild 39 

Selg, Peter 65 

Set Free Childhood 58 

Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book 30 

Sewing Dolls 43 

Shephard, Carol 48 

Sheppard, Kate 69 

Sherpa, Ang Rita 23 

Shifty Lad and the Tales He Told 31 

Shillan, Margaret 60 

Silence Is Complicity 61 

Singing Year 41 

Sireau, Christine 22 

Sleigh, Julian 64 

Slemons, Jeff 9 

Smith, Chris 41 

Smith, Patti 68 

Smyth, Nell 55 

Snow, P. L. 31 

Snow White and Rose Red 32 

Soul Development through 

Handwriting 49 

Soul Economy 71 

Spindler, Hermann 50 

Spirit of the English 

Language 60 

Spirit of the Waldorf School 70 

Spiritual Ground of Education 72 

Spiritual Tasks of the Homemaker 67 

Spock, Marjorie 62 

Spring 15, 34 

Star Children 58 

Stargazers’ Almanac 2013 12 

Start Now! 88 

Stedall, Jonathan 40 

Steiner Education and 

Social Issues 62 

Steiner, Rudolf 

13, 59, 63, 65, 70, 71, 72, 73 

Stockmeyer, E. A. Karl 13 

Stockton, Anne 14 

Stories of the Saints 31 

Stormont, Bobbie 48 

Story of Little Billy Bluesocks 4 

Story of the Butterfly Children 18 

Story of the Rabbit Children 18 

Story of the Root Children 18 

Story of the Snow Children 18 

Story of the Wind Children 18 

Story of Waldorf Education 

in the United States 59 

Storyteller's Way 88 

Storytelling for Life 3 

Storytelling with Children 48 

Strauss, Michaela 56 

Streit, Jakob 35 

Stress-Free Parenting in 

12 Steps 53 

Summer 15 

Sun and Seed 14 

Sun Egg 21 

Sun Seed 14 

Swedish Folk Tales 33 

T 

Tale of the Little, Little Old Woman 21 

Tales from African Dreamtime 31 

Talking Eagle and the Lady of 

Roses 23 

Talley, Leslie 68 

Tannenbaum, Rose 22 

Taylor, Michael 44, 48 

Teaching as a Lively Art 62 

Theo, The Blue Rider Pigeon 22 

Therapeutic Eye 57 

Therapeutic Storytelling 3 

Thirteen to Nineteen 64 

Thistle Street 8 

Thomas, Anne and Peter 41, 44 

Thomas, Heather 34 

Thompson, William Irwin 62 

Thorkill of Iceland 30 

Three Candles of Little Veronica 35 

Three Grimms’ Fairy Tales 37 

Thumbelina 32 

Tidholm, Anna-Clara 9 

Tistou 9 

To a Different Drumbeat 65 

To Change a Mind 64 

Toddler Years 53 

Tomten 27 

Tomten and the Fox 27 

Tomtes’ Christmas Porridge 38 

Tomtes of Hilltop Farm 4 

Tomtes of Hilltop Wood 24 

Too Much, Too Soon? 2 

Törnqvist, Marit 6 

Towards Creative Teaching 13 

Towards Religious Education 13 

Toymaking with Children 47 

Transformational Teaching 59 

Transforming History 62 

Traveling Light 69 

Trostli, Roberto 63 

Turner, Kristina 52 

Tyler, Brenda 4, 24 

U 

Uan the Little Lamb 26 

Unbornness 57 

Uncle Blue’s New Boat 20 

Index 

Understanding Children’s Drawings 

56 

Understand Your Temperament! 88 

Under the Sky 49 

Under the Stars 2 

V 

Vaccination Dilemma 54 

Valens, Jo 51 

van Bentheim, Tineke 54 

van Duin, Veronika 67 

Van Haren, Wil 48 

van Hichtum, Nienke 28 

van Zeyl, Marjan 15 

Vegan Diet as Chronic 50 

Verney, Candy 41 

Verschuren, Ineke 30, 40 

Vogt, Felicitas 64 

von Bassewitz, Gerdt 29 

von Bonin, Dietrich 65 

von Olfers, Sibylle 4 

Voors, Bons 68 

W 

Waldorf Alphabet Book 22, 51 

Waldorf Book of Bread 51 

Waldorf Curriculum 13 

Waldorf Education 63 

Waldorf Education and 

Anthroposophy 1 72 

Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy 

2 72 

Waldorf School Book of Soups 51 

Waldorf Song Book 34 

Ward, Lorraine 25 

Ward, William 22, 69 

Wee Granny’s Magic Bag 25 

Welburn, Andrew 40 

Well Balanced Child 55 

Well, I Wonder 62 

Wendy the Whale 14 

Wenz-Viëtor, Else 28, 38 

Westerink, Gerda 27 

Weston, Minda 41 

What Babies and Children Really 

Need 52 

What Is a Waldorf Kindergarten? 56 

What Is Waldorf Education? 63 

What Julianna Could See 22 

What’s Hiding In There? 16 

When Findus Was Little 19 

Where Are You? 69 

Where Do They Go When It Rains? 

24 

Where Is My Sister? 19 

Why Children Don’t Listen 68 

Wiberg, Harald 27 

Wiboltt, Anne-Marie Fryer 50 

Wildgruber, Thomas 10 

Williams, Alexander 14 

Williamson, Duncan 7 

Williamson, Linda 7 

Winding Road 34 

Winter 15, 22 

Wise Enchanter 29 

Wolf, Lorraine Nelson 48 

Wolk-Gerche, Angelika 43, 44, 46 

Wonderful Adventures of Nils 27 

Wonder of Trees 10 

Woody, hazel, and little pip 21 

Words in Place 60 

Work and Play in Early Childhood 55 

Wulsin Jr., John H. 60 

Wyatt, Isabel 5, 30 

Wynstones Press 34 

Y 

You Can’t Play Here! 25 

Young, Ella 31 

Your Reincarnating Child 58 

Z 

Zieve, Robert 54 

Zonneveld, Famke 22 

zur Linden, Wilhelm 52 


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