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A comprehensive selection of 

titles on Waldorf education, 

folk tales, picture books for 

children, child development, 

early childhood education, 

curative education, family 

and child health, teaching 

resources, and more. 

BookS For ParentS, 

teacherS, and 

children 

SteinerBooks 

The Education Resource Catalog 

tel (703) 661-1594 • www.steinerbooks.org 

Plus: 

* An extract from The Story 

of Waldorf Education in 

the United States by 

Stephen Sagarin 

* An educator’s guide to 

Roses for Isabella 

* A craft project from 

Living Crafts magazine

Contents 

New Books p. 1 

Picture Books for the Young Child p. 11 

Story Books p. 26 

Folk Tales p. 27 

Verses and Poems p. 30 

Young Adult p. 31 

Gift Books p. 33 

Christmas Books p. 34 

Celebrating Festivals p. 38 

Activities with Children p. 39 

Cookbooks p. 46 

Family and Child Health p. 48 

Early Childhood 

Education and Child 

p. 51 

Development p. 53 

Special Care p. 61 

Parenting and Family 

Foundations of Waldorf 

p. 64 

Education 

Waldorf Education Resources 

p. 67 

Series p. 71 

Teacher Resources p. 72 

ARTiClES: 

The Story of Waldorf Education – Extract 

By Stephen Sagarin p. 74 

Living Crafts Magazine – How To p. 78 

Educator’s Guide for Roses for Isabella p. 79 

index p. 86 

Order Form p. 88 

Please note: all Prices are subject to change 

without notice. 

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Photos on pp. 68 & p. 84 by Daniel hindes, p. 70 by David Mclain 

from What is a Waldorf Kindergarten? 

cover image by amy córdova from Roses for Isabella 

inside front cover background by Daniela Drescher 

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Dear Parents and Teachers, 

Thank you for opening this new Education Resource 

Catalog, reading our articles, reviewing our books, and 

hopefully buying some! I always am astounded as I write 

this letter how many books we have and what good quality 

they are – Believe me, if you read just a few of them 

you will be entertained and educated! This is not because 

of the work I have done but because of the imagination, 

industry, and creativity of our wonderful authors and illustrators. 

However, both Mary Giddens, our art director and managing editor, 

and Rose Tannenbaum, a talented graphic artist, have been equally creative in 

putting this catalog together, and I want to thank them for their selflessness 

and painstaking work in presenting so beautifully and clearly the great books 

we have to offer you. 

I am also very happy that we can present an extract from Stephen Sagarin’s 

wonderful work The History of Waldorf Education in the United States, Past, 

Present, and Future. Stephen recently received his Ph.D. from Columbia University, 

which he earned alongside teaching full time at the Waldorf High School 

in Great Barrington! In addition, we have included a Guide for Educators by 

Ellen Myrick for our new children’s book Roses for Isabella, written by former 

Waldorf school teacher Diana Cohn and illustrated by Amy Córdova. Roses 

for Isabella introduces children to the cultural traditions of Ecuador through 

the experience of a young girl who keeps a diary and loves to write, as well as 

bringing attention to the importance of the Fair Trade movement within the 

flower industry! And we are grateful to have another fabulous project from 

Living Crafts magazine editor Pardis Amirshahi. 

So please enjoy our offerings, and feel free to contact me with comments or 

suggestions. 

Very best wishes, 

Eugene Gollogly 

P.S. Your financial gifts are vital to our efforts to bring you a wide range of 

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Mexico, a baby boy was born. 

was named Talking Eagle, 

ple, the Nahuas. 

rn, beans and squash on their 

wasn’t hoeing and digging 

e sturdy sleeping mats made 

Diana Cohn (l) and Amy 

Córdova (r) with Marcela 

Chorlango, President of 

the Workers Committee 

Roses foR Isabella 

Diana Cohn, Illustrated by Amy Córdova 

Afterword by Lynn Lohr 

iSBN: 9780880107310 HARDCOVER STEiNERBOOkS $17.95 32 PAGES 

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. We 

learn about Isabella’s parents who work on one of the hundreds 

of farms growing beautiful roses that are sold all over the world. 

But not all of these farms are fair to workers and kind to the earth. 

Through Isabella, we learn how her 

family’s life changes for the better when her parents find work 

at a Fair Trade farm. 

Written by award-winning author Diana Cohn and brilliantly 

illustrated by award-winning artist Amy Córdova, Roses for 

Isabella will touch the hearts of children and parents, as well 

as introduce them to the cultural traditions of Ecuador and 

the importance of making choices that support Fair Trade 

products. (Ages 5-8) 

For over two decades Diana Cohn has worked on environmental, 

economic, and global justice issues as a teacher, a media activist, and 

a program director for foundations with social change philanthropy missions. 

Read the Educator’s Guide on page 90 

talkIng eagle and the 

lady of Roses 

the story of Juan diego and our lady of guadalupe 

Amy Córdova, with Eugene Gollogly 


Long ago, in a small village in old Mexico, a baby boy was born. A child 

of the Great Eagle Clan, he was named Talking Eagle, Cuahuhtitlan, 

in the language of his people, the Nahuas. He was a kind boy and a 

dreamer of visions, and like the eagle, he could rise above and see 

things that others could not. He loved to wander alone among the 

hills, and was always the first to greet the dawn, to find the newborn 

fawn in its secret resting place and gather the wild and glorious roses 

of Castilla that dotted the hillsides near his village. 

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

Amy Córdova and 

Eugene Gollogly 

Talking Eagle 

and the 

Lady of Roses 

The Story of Juan Diego and 

Our Lady of Guadalupe 

by Amy Córdova with Eugene Gollogly 

New Books 

“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 

of how Talking Eagle became 

Juan Diego and met 

the beautiful Lady of Roses, 

Nuestra Señora Guadalupe. 

The Lady filled Juan’s cloak 

with full-blooming roses and 

impressed her image on its 

fibers as a sign for the bishop 

to fulfill her request to build 

a house of prayers where all 

people could come to receive 

her blessings. 

Also included is an informative 

afterword by Eugene 

Gollogly. (Ages 5-8) 

Amy Córdova is an artist and 

storyteller whose art reflects soul and spirit. She has been recognized for her 

work as an illustrator of children’s books. Amy lives in Taos, New Mexico. 

Eugene Gollogly is CEO and President of Booklight Inc. and Lantern Books 

and Director of Steinerbooks. He lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. 

“Depth…and rich art.” —School Library Journal 

“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 

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New Books 

CelebRatIng festIvals wIth 

ChIldRen 

Freya Jaffke 

iSBN: 9780863158322 PAPERBACk FlORiS BOOkS 

$18.95 144 PAGES 

Freya Jaffke describes festival celebrations in 

relation to child development in the first seven 

years. She considers in detail 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 festivals 

in a meaningful way with children, both at 

home and in school. Every festival is prefaced 

with a deeper contemplation for adults before 

considering preparations with children. This 

is followed by the actual organization of the 

festival—with 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. 

the PaRallel PRoCess 

Growing Alongside Your Adolescent 

or Young Adult Child in Treatment 

Krissy Pozatek 

iSBN: 9781590562369 PAPERBACk 

lANTERN BOOkS $20.00 192 PAGES 

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 

nuRtuRIng PotentIal In the 

kIndeRgaRten yeaRs 

A Guide for Teachers, Carers, and 

Parents 

Cornelis Boogerd 


$29.95 256 PAGES 

The kindergarten years—between about three and 

six years of age—are some of the most formative 

in a child's development. At the heart of 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 is essential reading for any teacher or 

parent. It 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 and to 

stimulate healthy and active development. 

Cornelis Boogerd studied social sciences at Driebergen. 

He has helped establish Waldorf schools and 

teacher training in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. 

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 

iSBN: 9781590562345 PAPERBACk lANTERN 

BOOkS $23.00 224 PAGES 

In this companion to his first book, An Unchanged 

Mind (see p. 63), 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 in the first place. 

The book is packed with examples and sensible 

the genIus of natuRal 

ChIldhood 

Secrets of Thriving Children 

Sally Goddard Blythe 

iSBN: 9781907359040 PAPERBACk HAWTHORN 

PRESS $28.00 240 PAGES 

“Sally Goddard Blythe is an inspiration to the 

growing number of people who see a genuine 

holistic developmental perspective as essential 

to understanding and supporting young 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, playing 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 the author of The Well Balanced Child (see p. 

51) and Reflexes Learning and Behaviour, as well as 

numerous professional papers and articles. 

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. 

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I aM dIffeRent 

fRoM you 

How Children Experience 

Themselves and the World in the 

Middle of Childhood 

Peter Selg 


STEiNERBOOkS $12.00 80 PAGES 

In many of his lectures to teachers on education, 

Rudolf Steiner called attention to 

a significant but often overlooked change 

in the way children experience themselves and the world that occurs in 

the middle of childhood, in the ninth or tenth year. “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.” 

In this deep and concise book, Peter Selg illuminates this momentous 

phenomenon in child development, this “dramatic change” in the child’s 

consciousness. Though it is “hardly noticeable” to the observer, Steiner 

reveals that children experience a sudden inner instability, the loss of the 

foundation that they felt had been naturally supporting and carrying 

them. It is a crisis that pediatric psychologists and psychiatrists know 

well, as many fears and weaknesses that rise to the surface later—in adolescence—can 

be traced back to this subtle event. Parents and educators 

need to know what to say and how to act because their response at this 

time will be crucial for the child’s entire life. Through Rudolf Steiner’s 

profound wisdom of a child’s inner essence, they can learn to give children 

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 to struggle to attain what they should have received 

naturally at that moment in childhood. 

I Am Different from You is an absolutely vital book for all parents and teachers 

to read, and well before the crisis in the middle of childhood, in order 

to recognize what is necessary to support children in 

the right way during this decisive event in their lives. 

Peter Selg is Director of the Ita Wegman Institute for Basic 

Research into Anthroposophy in Arlesheim, Swizterland 

and Professor of Medicine at Alanus University of Arts 

and Social Sciences in Germany. See pp. 53, 61, and 73 for 

more books by Peter Selg. 

ColouR 

Seeing, Experiencing, Understanding 

Ueli Seiler-Hugova 

iSBN: 9781906999230 HARDCOVER TEMPlE lODGE $40.00 144 PAGES 

Beginning with simple sensory experiences and experiments, the author leads 

readers to an understanding of colors, rainbows, and color circles. He provides 

clear explanations of basic colors, complementary colors, and the mystery of 

colored shadows; offers commentary on the psychology and mythology of 

colors; and demonstrates connections between them, the planets, and the signs 

of the zodiac. 

Packed with full-color images, this book is ideal for parents and teachers. 

Ueli Seiler-Hugova offeres courses on Goethe’s theory of color, on sensory theory according to Rudolf Steiner and 

Hugo Kuekelhaus, and on integral star studies (astronomy, astrology, and astrosophy). 

New Books 

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, both Waldorf and general education, to imagine the direction 

in which Waldorf education may move in the future. 

Part one shows how the number of Waldorf schools grew slowly and 

steadily and how they have evolved through four generations, changing 

gradually from “experiments” to “alternatives” and, in the process, forging 

and re-forging Waldorf education itself. 

Part two examines the methods and myths of Waldorf education, showing 

what is essential and what is extraneous. Peeling away layers of convention 

and even misunderstanding, the author reveals Waldorf education as 

what many believe Rudolf Steiner, its founder, intended it to be: a living 

method of education that may be employed by any teacher or any school. 

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. 

The Story of Waldorf Education in the United States is a fresh, insightful, 

analytical, and valuable resource for parents, teachers, and educators who 

would like to know more about Waldorf education—whether they have 

extensive experience in the Waldorf education or have only just heard of it. 

Stephen Keith Sagarin, Ph.D., is Faculty Chair, a cofounder, and a teacher at the 

Great Barrington Waldorf High School in western Massachusetts, 

where he teaches history and life science. He is also 

a former teacher and administrator at the Great Barrington 

Rudolf Steiner School and the Waldorf School of Garden 

City, New York, the high school from which he graduated. 

Dr. Sagarin writes, lectures, mentors teachers, and consults 

with Waldorf schools on teaching and administration. He 

is an associate professor of the M.S. education program 

in Waldorf teacher education at Sunbridge 

Institute, New York, and has taught at Teachers 

College, Columbia University; the City University 

of New York; and Berkshire Community 

College. Dr. Sagarin has a Ph.D. in history 

from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 

Columbia University, and a bachelor’s degree 

in art history, with a certificate of proficiency 

in fine art, from Princeton University. 

Read an excerpt on page 74 


New Books 

hannah on the faRM 

Marjan van Zeyl 

iSBN: 9780863157882 BOARD BOOk FlORiS BOOkS $9.95 14 PAGES 

Hannah the hen spends a whole day on the farm looking 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... Where 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) 

Marjan van Zeyl was born in amsterdam. She is also the illustrator of Goodnight 

(see p. 11) and The Apple Cake (See p. 23). 

PIP the gnoMe 

Admar Kwant 

board book 

board book 

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. 

The colorful illustrations and simple words introduce very young children 

to the seasons, with bright green leaves in spring, warm sunshine in summer, 

blustery wind in autumn, and falling snow in winter. 

A perfect bedtime story that ends with “good night” to Pip. (Ages 1-3) 

Admar Kwant lives with her husband and two children in the Netherlands. She 

regularly creates illustrations for Educare, a Dutch parenting magazine. 

the helPful elves 

August Kopisch, Illustrated by Beatrice Braun-Fock 

iSBN: 9780863158155 HARDCOVER FlORiS BOOkS $17.95 32 PAGES 

After the people of Cologne go to sleep, the Helpful Elves do their work. 

They measure and saw for the carpenter, knead and mix for the baker, 

carve and chop for the butcher, taste and pour for the winemaker, and 

snip and sew for the tailor. However, no one ever sees them—until one 

day the tailor’s wife becomes curious. 

This classic picture book is based on a poem 

by August Kopisch, with delightfully humorous 

illustrations by Beatrice Braun-Fock. (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. 


elsa beskow 2012 CalendaR 

iSBN: 9780863158162 $13.95 NoN-rEtUrNABLE 

This monthly calendar is beautifully illustrated 

with seasonal artwork from Elsa Beskow’s wonderful 

books for children. 

Special dates include the main US, UK, and 

Swedish public holidays. 

goRan’s gReat esCaPe 

Astrid Lindgren, Marit törnqvist 

iSBN: 9780863157936 HARDCOVER 

FlORiS BOOkS $17.95 32 PAGES 

Goran the bull is angry. He breaks loose from 

his stall and charges out into the yard. 

People gather from miles around to see the 

raging bull. But who 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) 

PRInCess sylvIe 

Elsa Beskow 

iSBN: 9780863158131 HARDCOVER FlORiS 


Princess Sylvie has persuaded her father the 

King to leave the palace gardens and walk in 

the woods with her. When Sylvie’s dog Oskar 

runs off after a long-eared hare, Sylvie’s adventures 

begin. 

Princess Silvie is a delightful story for young 

children about exploring new places and making 

new friends...and about the comforts of 

home. (Ages 4-7) 

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. 

New Books 

goldIloCks and the thRee 

beaRs 

Gerda Muller 



This charming interpretation of the classic story 

offers extra details for children and parents 

to enjoy. Besides the usual big, medium, and 

little sizes of porridge bowls, chairs, and beds, 

Gerda Muller includes big, medium, and little 

birds, squirrels, mice, plates, mugs, umbrellas, 

brooms, slippers and robes, and more. (Ages 

3-6) 

Gerda Muller was born in 1926 in Holland. She attended 

the Fine Arts School of Amsterdam and the 

Ecole Estienne of Paris. She has illustrated over 120 

books for children, including four board books for 

young children — Spring, Summer, Autumn, and 

Winter — and Where Do They Go When It Rains? 

(See pp. 11 and 20). 

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New Books 

gIngeR nut 

Chani McBain, Illustrated 

by Joanne Nethercott 



Calum McGregor is a blond boy in 

a family of redheads. His mum and 

dad have red hair, his big sister and 

brother have red hair, his grandpa 

had red hair before he went bald, 

and he even has a red-haired cat 

called Ginger. 

Calum is fed up with being the 

odd one out, so he decides to take 

matters into his own hands. He 

tries eating carrots, and coloring 

his hair with felt tips. But all his 

hair-brained plans fail. (Ages 3–6) 

Chani McBain lives in Edinburgh, 

where she works in publishing. 

Joanne Nethercott studied illustration 

at Duncan of Jordanstone College of 

Art and Design in Dundee. Her work 

has been commissioned by the National 

Theatre of Scotland. 

how to Make a 

heRon haPPy 

Lari Don, Illustrated by 

Nicola o’Byrne 



Hamish is worried about the heron 

in the park because the heron 

always looks sad and grumpy, so 

Hamish decides to cheer the heron 

up. First, he brings bread crusts to 

the park. Next, he brings his family 

to clean the heron’s polluted 

pond and tidy up the park. Then 

he plants flowers and throws a 

party for the heron. Everyone else 

is happy, but the heron still looks 

sad and grumpy. Finally Hamish 

wonders: Maybe the heron actually 

is not unhappy after all? 

(Ages 3-6) 

lewIs Clowns 

aRound 

Lynne rickards, Illustrated 

by Gabby Grant 



Poor Lewis hates being a puffin. His 

brother Harris is great at catching 

fish, flying, and doing puffin things. 

Lewis, however, just doesn’t fit in. 

He longs for a different life, but 

what else can a puffin do? 

Lewis finds the answer and heads 

off to the circus to become a 

clown. He meets many incredible 

creatures—Carla Koala, Zorro 

the Highwire Cat, the Flying Blue 

Monkeys, and Daredevil Pat. 

A charming and hilarious rhyming 

picture book about a young misfit 

puffin who learns that it’s okay to 

be different. (Ages 3-6) 

Lynne Rickards’s picture book Pink! 

was nominated for a Royal Mail Book 

Award in the UK. 

Gabrielle “Gabby” Grant combines 

illustration with graphic design and 

prop-making for TV and film. 

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. Last summer 

they were on the beach and Granny 

rummaged around in her tartan 

bag and pulled out a deckchair for 

each of them to sit on. 

When Granny is asked if she’ll bake 

some cakes for the school fair, an 

incredible afternoon begins. With 

surprises on every page, you’ll 

never guess what will appear next 

from Wee Granny’s magic bag. 

(Ages 3-6) 

Elizabeth McKay has had more than 

300 stories and articles published. 

Maria Bogade is an award-winning 

3-D animation artist. 


the toMtes’ 

ChRIstMas PoRRIdge 

Illustrated by Sven Nordqvist 

iSBN: 9780863158247 HARDCOVER FlORiS BOOkS $17.95 32 PAGES FUll COlOR 

THROUGHOUT 

New Books 

Every Christmas Eve, the Master always puts out rice pudding for the tomtes 

to say thank you for their help around the house during the year. Recently, 

however, the Master has forgotten, and 

Mama tomte knows he will forget again 

this year. 

The elves hatch a plot to steal a bowl of Christmas porridge, without being seen, so that 

Papa tomte doesn’t get angry. 

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

great humor and is filled with delightful details, as the tomte family scurry around their 

Master’s house one busy Christmas Eve. (Ages 4-7) 

wheRe Is My sIsteR? 

Written and Illustrated by Sven 

Nordqvist 

iSBN: 9781903458921 HARDCOVER HAWTHORN 


In this magnificent picture book, printed in 

a special, extra-large format, Sven Nordqvist 

invites you on a balloon journey through a 

fabulous fantasy world with a little mouse who 

goes looking for his sister. The sister is hidden 

on each richly illustrated full page spread. Can 

you find her? 

This is an art book 

for both children 

and adults—with 

stunning pictures, 

a poetic text, and 

subtle art historical 

references. 

(Age 3 and up) 

Sven Nordqvist is a leading 

Swedish children’s illustrator 

and writer. His books have 

won many awards in Sweden 

and Germany. His bestselling 

series of stories about Findus 

the cat and Farmer Pettson 

draws on his own playful adventures 

with his two young 

sons. See more books in the Findus series on p. 15. 

fIndus at ChRIstMas 

Written and Illustrated by 

Sven Nordqvist 


HAWTHORN PRESS $17.95 28 PAGES 

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 Old Farmer 

Pettson sprains his ankle. 

How can they celebrate Christmas now — with 

no tree, no ham, no meatballs, and worst of all, 

no gingerbread? 

For all their prodigious resourcefulness, Findus 

and Pettson are about to give up, when suddenly 

there is a knock at the door… 

Findus at Christmas 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) 


New Books 

MIlon and the lIon 

Jakob Streit 


$16.95 208 PAGES 10 BlACk AND WHiTE 

illUSTRATiONS 

In this exciting story for middle-school readers, 

a young slave Milon begins his adventures in 

Athens on a ship bound for Italy. He narrowly 

escapes with his life in Pompeii as the great 

volcano Vesuvius erupts and destroys the town; 

he experiences the colorful life of the metropolis 

of Alexandria in Egypt; and he faces a battle for 

life and death in the Coliseum in Rome. 

When he meets a small community of Christians 

in Rome, he finally gains his freedom and 

finds his purpose in life. At the center of the 

story is Milon’s relationship with a wounded 

lion that he bravely helps. 

This classic story presents the world of the early 

Christians in a historical context. It is ideal for 

use in Waldorf class 6 (ages 11-12). 

Jakob Streit grew up in Spiez, Switzerland. He studied 

natural history and the history of art. He is a longtime 

teacher of child and adult education. 

PoeMs foR youngeR ChIldRen 

David Donaldson 

iSBN: 9780946206650 PAPERBACk WYNSTONES 


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 England, the author 

chose this collection, which 

teachers will find useful in 

recitation, to accompany 

movement, or as inspiration 

for their own verses. 

legends of kIng aRthuR 

Isabel Wyatt 


$16.95 144 PAGES 

Enter a world of duels and jousting, feasts and 

pageants, where knights meet in fellowship at 

Camelot. Honor and chivalry are valued above 

all else, and courageous knights fight strange, 

unearthly foes to prove themselves worthy of a 

place at King Arthur’s table. 

These ancient tales have been told since the 

fifth century, when Welsh bards traveled the 

countryside entertaining lords and ladies with 

stories and songs. 

Legends of King Arthur was previously published 

by Lanthorn Press as Tales the Harper Sang: 

Medieval Stories. (Ages 9-12) 

Isabel Wyatt (1901-1992) was born in England and 

spent many years teaching young children. Until her 

retirement in 1965, she was codirector of studies at 

Hawkwood College, Gloucestershire (See her other 

storybook collections on p. 26). 

the RIMe of the anCIent MaRIneR 

by Samuel taylor Coleridge 

Illustrated by Sophia Montefiore 

iSBN: 9780946206629 HARDCOVER WYNSTONES 

PRESS $29.95 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. 

the ChRIstIan yeaR In PICtuRes 

foR ChIldRen 

A large-Format Color Portfolio and 

Booklet in English 

Brigitte Barz, Paintings by Gabriela 

de Carvalho 

iSBN: 9780863158476 BOOk FlORiS BOOkS 

$60.00 12 COlOR illUSTRATiONS liMiTED 

EDiTiON OF 100 iN A PRESENTATiON FOlDER 

NoN-rEtUrNABLE 

This is a collection of twelve beautiful pictures 

that can be a companion for children throughout 

the year. The picture for each month is 

connected to a corresponding Christian festival 

or saint or to the mood of the season, providing 

a gentle, inspiring overview of the rhythm 

through the Christian year. 

An English-language, 24-page booklet accompanies 

the large-format pictures, which parents 

and teachers can share with children and use as 

a basis for storytelling. 

Brigitte Barz (1938–2003) was a priest of The 

Christian Community in Tübingen and the author 

of many books on religion for parents and children. 

Gabriela de Carvalho was born in São Paulo, Brazil. 

She has been a teacher at Rudolf Steiner School São 

Paulo, where she taught art and practiced art therapy. 


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 

three-dimensional felting. She leads felting workshops 

and offers lessons in schools and kindergartens. She 

is the author of several books on felting. 

New Books 

CReatIve wool 

Making Woolen Crafts with Children 

Karin Neuschütz 


$19.95 80 PAGES COlOR illUSTRATiONS 

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 and 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. 


Picture Books for the Young Child 

the veRy old donkey 

by Michael Hedley Burton, 

Illustrated by David Newbatt 

iSBN: 9780946206728 WYNSTONES PRESS 

$9.95 20 PAGES 

There is a Very Old Donkey, too old to pull his 

master’s cart. With his best friend, Robbie, he 

goes on a search to find new work. (Ages 4-8) 

sun and seed 

Written and illustrated by 

Daniel C. Bryan 


$9.95 16 PAGES 

This illustrated poem by Daniel C. Bryan captures 

the beauty and atmosphere of the growing 

seed as it wakes from Winter sleep and grows 

through Spring sun and rain to the splendour 

of Summer blossom. 

Books for children 

ages 3–6 

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 


lookIng foR a faIRy 

by Judith Adams, 

Illustrated by Caroline Mason 

iSBN: 978-0946206667 WYNSTONES PRESS 

$8.95 8 PAGES 

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, but only after 

she promises to show perfect behavior in such a special place. This 

story deals with the importance of keeping promises and the sense of 

belonging to family and community through one’s work. 

Over branches and through a muddy stream, a 

boy with gentle curiosity goes looking for a Fairy. 

I went to the woods today 

where the trees reach up to the clouds 

at the edge where the vines tangle you up 

and the partridge dives at dusk. 

. . . 

I went to see if I could find a 

a Fairy anywhere. 

All of these Wynstones Press 

books are printed in color 

on recycled paper with 

vegetable-based inks. 

wendy the whale 

by Alexander Williams, 

Illustrated by Lucy Newton 

iSBN: 9780946206711 WYNSTONES PRESS $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. 

Today Hermanus is known as the Whale Capital 

of the World because it is the best place from 

which to watch whales from the land. Hermanus 

is proud of its whale-crier, who uses a kelp bugle 

to let everyone know that the whales are home 

once again. 

bIRthday 

Written by Norah romer, Illustrated by Heather Jarman 

iSBN: 9780946206407 PAPERBACk WYNSTONES PRESS $10.00 

16 PAGES 

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, 

script by Kristin ramsden 


This story, written in verse, is a delightful journey through the seasons 

with the farmer, from winter rest through to autumn harvesting. 

Along the way, we meet the four elements as they bring help for the 

seeds to grow. 



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

delightful pictures of seasonal activities. (Ages 1-5) 

goodnIght 

a concertina board book 

Illustrated by Marjan van Zeyl 

iSBN: 9780946206612 WYNSTONES PRESS $16.95 

10 PAGES 

A “concertina” board book with five sections that 

fold out to about four feet long. 

The soft watercolor pictures by Marjan van Zeyl 

and the lovely lullaby verse follow a child’s journey 

into sleep, through the night, and to waking 

in the morning. (Ages 3-6) 

sPRIng 

Illustrated by Gerda Muller 

iSBN: 9780863151934 BOARDBOOk 


Spring shows children playing with 

lambs, sowing seeds, painting Easter 

eggs, and watching baby birds. 

suMMeR 




Summer shows children fishing for 

tadpoles, playing at the beach, eating 

ice cream, and enjoying an evening 

picnic. 

autuMn 




Autumn shows children playing in 

leaves, collecting conkers, flying kites, 

and making jam. 

wInteR 




Winter shows children shovelling 

snow, ice-skating, feeding birds, 

being cozy inside, and celebrating 

Christmas. 


Picture Books for the Young Child – Daniela Drescher 

lIttle faIRy Can’t sleeP 


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 either. Then she meets 

the sandman, filling sacks with magic dust to help children 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 


PlUS 4-PAGE FOlDOUT FlORiS BOOkS 

$17.95 24 PAGES 

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) 

Lift the 

fLap book 

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) 

new! 


In the land of faIRIes 



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 

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) 

See more books illustrated by Daniela Drescher: 

Little Fairy’s Christmas (p. 34) and 

Over the Hills and Far Away (p. 26) 


Picture Books for the Young Child – Sibylle von olfers 

the stoRy of the wInd 

ChIldRen 



George is playing with his boats, but there is no 

wind to make them sail. Then, one of the wind 

children comes and blows just for him. 

The wind child blows the dandelions in the 

meadows, shakes apples from the tree, and 

blows the leaves around. Then they ride two 

fluffy cloud horses across the sky until George 

is back home. (Ages 3-5) 

the stoRy of the Root 

ChIldRen 



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) 

bestseLLer! 

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 RabbIt 

ChIldRen 



When the woodsman’s children fall out of 

their cradle 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) 

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 kingdom, so they can take part in the grand 

flying procession of peacock, swallowtail, red 

admiral, and many other butterflies. (Ages 3-5) 

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) 

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) 

“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 

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 4-8) 

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. 

The Findus series 

written and illustrated by 

sven nordqvist 

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 


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) 



Picture Books for the Young Child – Elsa Beskow 

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) 

ChRIstoPheR’s 

haRvest tIMe 



Christopher meets the little spirit 

of September in the garden, and 

he is introduced to all the harvest 

folk. (Ages 4-6) 

eMIly and daIsy 



Emily is 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 meadowd 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 have an exciting 

adventure when they and their 

three eccentric aunts are invited 

to an island 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 him 

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 give away 

one of their kittens, they find 

themselves having a day full of 

adventures, including the excitement 

of going to a fair. (Ages 5-8) 

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 

PeteR and lotta’s 

ChRIstMas 

iSBN: 9780863153723 


$17.95 32 PAGES 

As Christmas approaches, Peter 

and Lotta discover all kinds 

of new surprises, but the best 

one of all is when they discover 

where Christmas presents come 

from. (Ages 5-8) 


ChIldRen of the foRest 



The children of the forest live deep in the roots 

of an old pine tree. This book invites children to 

follow their engaging adventures through each 

season as they play hide-and-seek 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 a single one. Suddenly 

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 nestled on the forest floor. Soon she 

and her friends find out what it really is, but 

Picture Books for the Young Child – Elsa Beskow 

not before the little elf goes off on one of the 

best adventures she has ever had. (Ages 4-9) 

Mini edition 

iSBN: 9780863155857 $9.95 

PeteR’s old house 



Peter lives in a shabby, little old house in the 

village. He builds boats for the children, shows 

visitors around in ten different languages, and 

is the village doctor and handyman. (Ages 4-5) 

Pelle’s new suIt 



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 



This is a simple little tale about a little, little old 

woman who has a little, little cottage and a little, 

little table and a little, little chair and a little, 

little stool and a little, little pail—and a little, 

little cat who makes BIG trouble. (Ages 3-4) 

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 



This is the story of six-year-old Ollie who is 

given his first pair of real skis. 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 

Elsa Beskow (1874-1953) 

was a pioneering author 

and illustrator of children’s 

books in Sweden—perhaps 

the best known of all Swedish 

children’s book artists. 

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 Sireau 

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 is 

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 



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 the collections 

of museums, galleries, and private collections in 

the United States, France, and her native Switzerland. 

what JulIanna Could see 

Story by Paul Margulies Illustrated by Famke 

Zonneveld 

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) 


naMaste! 

By Diana Cohn, Illustrated by Amy Córdova 

Afterword by Ang rita Sherpa 


Nima Sherpa lives in Nepal where the tallest mountain 

on earth towers above the clouds. Every day, on 

the long walk to school, Nima passes porters and 

their caravans, travelers trekking, and monks on 

their way to their monestery. 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. 

Watch the video of Diana Cohn and 

Amy Córdova speaking about Namaste! 

and read the Educator’s Guide at 


the sun seed 

Written and illustrated by Jan Schubert 

iSBN: 9780880105859 HARDCOVER BEll POND BOOkS $17.95 

32 PAGES illUSTRATED iN COlOR FElT PiCTURES 

One spring morning, a little seed woke up after her long winter sleep. 

She yawned and stretched. With a loud crack her hard brown jacket 

fell away. “Oh!” said the surprised seed.” 

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) 

“When you say ‘Namaste’ try to see the special spark 

of light that shines within every person’s heart,” her 

mother tells her. In Namaste! Nima learns that she 

brightens the day for friends and strangers alike 

every time she says “Namaste.” 

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) 

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 she learns to draw and to look at 

the world in a very special way. As their 


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. 

bond of friendship grows, young readers 

experience with Anna a new way of 

seeing the natural world. 

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) 

Amy Córdova, Ang Rita 

Sherpa, Diana Cohn 

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.” 



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 whimsical 

story of three children responding to death. 

(Ages 4-7) 

Ulf Nilsson is a celebrated children’s writer in Sweden 

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

illustrators of children’s books. 

wheRe do they go when It RaIns? 

Gerda Muller 

any RooM foR Me? 

Loek Koopmans 



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! 

This traditional Ukrainian folk tale is retold by 

Polly Lawson. (Ages 3-7) 



Marion and Luke go to a pond near their 

grandma’s house with their cousin Stef 

to get some plants for his fish tank. On 

the way they see geese and sheep, and a 

donkey, chickens, some sparrows, a spider, bees, a pony and 

pigs, butterflies, midges, and ladybirds. Suddenly it starts to 

rain. In this wonderfully detailed picture book for young children 

you can find out just what happens to of all the animals 

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 perennial favorite series of boardbooks, 

Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring. 

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—very special 

creatures 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) 

Brenda Tyler grew up in the New Forest in southern 

England and her love of trees and woodland flourished 

from there. She lives in York, England. 


hungRy hettIe 

Illustrated by Jo Allen, 

Story by Polly Lawson 


$11.95 24 PAGES 

Hettie the Highland cow is always hungry. She 

eats grass, thistles, hedges, and even Granny 

Macleod’s wash! When Callum and Kirsty visit, 

they give her treats to eat—porridge, sandwiches, 

shortbread, fish suppers, and ice cream! 

Watch Hettie grow and grow until she and the 

children finally learn their lesson. (Ages 3-6) 

My Cat MaC 

Margaret Forrester 

iSBN: 9780863157479 

PAPERBACk FlORiS BOOkS $11.95 

32 PAGES 

More adventures of Mac the Cat, 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. But 

when Catriona dresses up Mac in 

doll’s clothes he is not pleased. 

My Cat Mac, is a very funny story 

about learning to respect animals 

and about the importance of friendship. 

(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) 

the bIg bottoM hunt 

Lari Don, Illustrated by 

Gabby Grant 


FlORiS BOOkS $11.95 

32 PAGES 

Sandy and Ella are out playing on 

the beach one day when they see a 

funny shape in the sand—and realize 

it’s a bottom print! They trace 

the print and then the big bottom 

hunt begins, as they ask each villager 

in turn, “Is this your bottom?” 

(Ages 3-6) 

you Can’t Play heRe! 

Angus Corby 

iSBN: 9780863157462 

PAPERBACk FlORiS BOOkS $11.95 

32 PAGES 

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!” And 

then he has to go from house to barn 

to hillside until he finally finds acceptance 

in the most unlikely place. 

(Ages 3-6) 


uan the lIttle laMb 

Sandra Klaassen 


PiCTURE kElPiES $11.95 32 PAGES 

iSBN: 9780863155611 HARDCOVER $16.95 

28 PAGES liMiTED STOCk 

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) 

hoglet the sPIneless 

hedgehog 

Allyson Marnoch, 

Illustrated by Lorraine 

Ward 


FlORiS BOOkS, kElPiES $11.95 128 

PAGES 

With no prickles to defend himself, 

Hoglet is a problem hedgehog! 

A heartwarming tale of one little 

hedgehog’s attempts to conquer 

adversity with politeness—and a 

certain amount of luck! (Ages 4-6) 



go to sleeP, lIttle beaR 


Jan Mogensen 

iSBN: 9780863154904 HARDCOVER FlORiS BOOkS 

$17.95 32 PAGES 

How many ways can a Little Bear find to avoid 

settling down for his long winter sleep? Lots! 

But if he goes to sleep 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 snow beaR 


Hazel Lincoln 


$17.95 32 PAGES 

Little Snow Bear lives with his 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) 

the ICe hoRse 

renne 


lIttle dolPhIn’s bIg 

adventuRe 

renne 


$17.95 28 PAGES 

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 fact boxes about dolphins 

and their behavior, which will appeal to any 

child’s curiosity about these gentle, intelligent 

creatures. (Ages 4-7) 

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 and the snow starts to fall, 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 animal-loving children. (Ages 5-8) 


the wondeRful adventuRes 

of nIls 

Selma Lagerlof 



In this gorgeously illustrated edition of the wellloved 

classic Swedish folktale, Nils is shrunk to 

a tiny size by a dwarf and is carried off across 

Sweden by a flock of wild geese to their summer 

home in the far North. (Ages 5-9) 

fRog, bee and snaIl 

look foR snow 

Loek Koopmans 



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 their winter sleep, the three 

friends are astonished to hear of something 

called snow! Where is it hiding now? Determined 

to discover all about snow, they set off on 

a journey of discovery that takes them through 

the seasons. (Ages 4-7) 

aM I Really dIffeRent? 

Illustrated by Gerda Westerink 


$16.95 24 PAGES 

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) 


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 


$17.95 32 PAGES 

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 

Story retold by Arnica 

Esterl 



The classic story of the adventures 

of a poor woodcutter’s son who 

must go on a dangerous mission 

into the forest to pluck three feathers 

from the dragon’s back, so that 

he can marry the rich 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 

Illustrated by 

Else Wenz-Viëtor 



What happens to the poor flowers 

when they get sick? They go to 

Flower Heaven. 

This delightfully 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. 35. 

a bell foR uRslI 

Selina Chönz, Illustrated by Alois Carigiet 

iSBN: 9780863156144 HARDCOVER FlORiS BOOkS $17.95 

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 

iSBN: 9780863155277 PAPERBACk FlORiS BOOkS $16.95 144 PAGES 

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, Rufusi Ryneker, 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, conjures up a rich world of Eastern legend, 

ruled by courtly kings and sages and populated by brave princes, 

faithful elephants, and cunning monkeys. The stories tell of great 

adventures and heroes, of danger and courage, and, most important, of 

how wisdom and thoughtfulness triumph over selfishness and greed. 

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) 

kIng beetle-taMeR 

and other lighthearted wonder tales 

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: 9780863157301 2ND EDiTiON HARDCOVER FlORiS BOOkS $30.00 240 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. 


A collection of 15 fairy 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) 

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. 

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. 

In this thrilling, classic story, we follow Odysseus’s many trials and 

adventures as he faces one danger after another on his long journey. 

(Ages 7-10) 


CeltIC wondeR tales 

& other stories 

Ella Young 

iSBN: 978086315353501 PAPERBACk FlORiS 

BOOkS $30.00 224 PAGES 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 


$19.95 176 PAGES 

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) 

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 the cultures of the 

past 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 

An invaluable treasury of the tales and legends 

of over forty saints—stories of devotion 

and 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) 

one thousand and one nIghts 

Illustrated by olga Dugina, text by C. J. Moore 

iSBN: 9780863156007 

HARDCOVER FlORiS 


COlOR illUSTRATiONS 

THROUGHOUT 

This exquisitly 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) 

Stories and Folk tales 

tales fRoM afRICan 

dReaMtIMe 

Edited by Magdalene Sacranie, 

Illustrated by Sarah Bramley 

iSBN: 9780863156762 HARDCOVER FlORiS 

BOOkS $30.00 96 PAGES COlOR illUSTRATiONS 

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. 

Discover how human beings lost their tail; 

puzzle over riddles; and meet a variety of animals, 

from a lazy rabbit to a wicked leopard. 

(Ages 7-10) 

JuMPIng Mouse 

Brian Patten, Illustrated by 

Mary Moore 



This is the touching story of Jumping Mouse, 

a remarkable Native American folk tale and 

teaching story that has captivated people of all 

ages for many years. It tells how a mouse has the 

courage to leave the security of its nest in the 

roots of a giant tree, 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 and the award-winning 

novel, Mr. Moon’s Last Case. 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. 


Folk tales 

thuMbelIna 

Hans Christian Andersen, 

Illustrated by Hsin-Shih Lai 

iSBN: 9780880105927 HARDCOVER BEll POND 

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. One day, she is kidnapped 

by a frog and seems doomed to marry a 

mole. The story’s happy ending comes because 

of Thumbelina’s act of kindness. (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. 

lIttle Red RIdIng hood 

the Classic grimm’s fairy tale 

Illustrated by Patricia DeLisa 



This well-known fairy tale includes a commentary 

for parents and teachers. (Ages 5-8) 

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) 

hansel and gRetel 

Illustrated by Anastasiya 

Archipova 



These classic tales from the Brothers 

Grimm are sensitively illustrated 

by the Russian artist Anastasiya 

Archipova. (Ages 5-8) 

snow whIte and Rose Red 

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Illustrated by Denise Marshall 


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One winter morning, two devoted sisters, Snow 

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story of this strange guest unfolds with rich 

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

Denise Marshall worked as lead artist in the creation 

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favouRIte tales fRoM 

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Illustrated in color by Anastasiya 

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Included are “The Little Mermaid,” “The Little 

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

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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 

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Unashamedly borrowing his inspiration and material from Aesop’s fables, Jean 

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and familiar creatures. Each tale contains a moral for living, as 

brilliantly relevant today as they were 300 years ago. 

This large-format volume, which gathers more than a hundred 

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swedIsh folk tales 

Illustrated by John Bauer 

translated from Swedish by 

Holger Lundburgh 

Folk tales 


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John Bauer’s original and evocative illustrations 

bring over twenty classic Swedish folk tales to 

life. This is a great gift for anyone at any time 

of the year! (Ages 7-10) 


Verses and Poems 

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 


HAWTHORN PRESS, FESTiVAlS 

SERiES $26.00 224 PAGES 

A wealth of more than two hundred 

poems, verses, blessings, and 

meditations on childhood and 

growing up. This rich anthology 

comes from folk sources, poets, 

and many different religious traditions. 

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. 

sPRIng suMMeR autuMn wInteR sPIndRIft gateways 

Poems, songs and stories for young Children 

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Written specifically for the Waldorf kindergarten movement, this series 

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Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter 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 

the waldoRf song 

book 

Edited by Brien Masters 



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 

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“This is a rich resource for anyone working with 

young children.” –Joan Almon, Waldorf Early 

Childhood Association of North America. 

material for use the whole year round, including over forty stories from 

different cultures around the world. Gateways has sections on morning, 

evening, birthdays and fairytales. 

These books are now in their third edition. Most songs are in the scale of 

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includes a most enlightening introduction to music in the Mood of the 

Fifth, written by Jennifer Aulie. 


the fIRe bRIngeR 

Sam Mills 



Learn about our Western mythological roots 

from Prometheus who tells his students his 

eye-witness account of humanity’s creation, 

and experience our all-too-human archetypes 

in the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece. 

(Age 12 and up) 

the deMon slayeR 

Sam Mills 



In this coming-of-age tale, learn about Hindu 

mythology, village life in ancient India, and 

what it means to live a dharmic life, true to 

your word and respectful of your obligations 

and duties. (Age 12 and up) 

Samuel Mills earned a graduate degree 

in Transpersonal Counselling 

at JFK University in San Francisco, 

and is a founding philanthropist 

and board member for Equal 

Access. 

the beeJuM book 

Alice o. Howell 


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“Sheer magic and pure delight. This book 

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—Philip Zaleski, editor of The Best Spiritual 

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The story of Teak, a child living abroad between 

the two World Wars. Teak’s mother tells her 

not to worry because every night, 

when she goes to sleep, they can 

meet in the magical world of 

Beejumstan. (Ages 8-11) 

Alice O. Howell is a wise woman who 

can present deep truths in simple and 

engaging ways. Through this enchanting 

tale, she suggests that within us are 

many worlds as real and compelling as 

the one we know outside. 

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auRagole of the way 

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the thRee Candles of lIttle 

veRonICa 

the story of a Child’s soul in this 

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Manfred Kyber 

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This is a remarkable 

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Events of joy and 

terror lead Veronica to 

a real understanding 

of the mystery of the 

three candles that mark 

the turning points in 

her life. 

sPIRIt of the MountaIn 

Shelley Davidow 



Young Adult 

The AurAgole QuArTeT by Shirley latessa 

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Latessa, a gifted storyteller, creates an unforgettable saga on a cosmic scale, peopled with clear 

and colorful characters, overcoming obstacles and evil at every turn, as they travel forth to 

a final climactic battle. These books are for all readers interested in personal journeys, ready 

to join the quest, fight the good fight, solve riddles, and enjoy the thrill of high adventure in 

search of wisdom and truth. 

— Rebecca Schacht, M.A., teacher and author of Lights Along the Path, Jewish Folklore 

Through the Grades 

An epic new myth…. A modern day Parsival. Reading the Auragole quartet is an exciting 

journey into the questions facing humanity. Using powerful imaginations 

it speaks to the deepest challenges and struggles of the spiritual 

journey of each human being. —Jonathan Hilton, CEO of Creative 

Alternatives of New York 

Shirley Latessa has coedited two books of nonfiction, The Changing Countenance 

of Cosmology and Isis Sophia and written two novels, Eighteen Days till Home 

and Dancing in the Fire, as well as a book of poetry, Summing Up. She lives in 

Greenwich Village in New York City. 

Emily has an eating disorder, and each day 

she slips further away from those around her. 

Only Anna can help her—Anna the healer, 

the herbalist, who possesses the wisdom of 

ancient customs and traditions. Anna offers 

Emily knowledge of a world she could scarcely 

imagine. 

Shelley Davidow is 

also the author of The 

Wise Enchanter. 


Young Adult – Kelpies 

Red feveR 

Caroline Clough 



WInnER of ThE KELpIES pRIzE 

of 2011 foR nEW SCoTTISh 

WRITIng foR ChILdREn 

A terrible virus has wiped out 

much of the human population, 

and Scotland is now a wasteland. 

Toby’s family must set out in a boat 

along the Aberdeenshire coast in a 

desperate search for medicine. On 

their journey, they battle for food 

and fuel, outwit lawless pirates, and 

struggle to stay one step ahead of 

the ever-more powerful dogs. 

the wIshCatCheRs 

Carol Christie 



In Antonia’s seaside village there is 

a special way of making wishes... 

children write down their wishes, 

put them in a lobster creel, and 

row it out to Wishcatchers Point. 

Any wishes that disappear really 

do come true. 

This is a wonderful story of friendship 

and magic that will enchant 

young readers. (Ages 7-11) 

CloudbeRRy Castle 

Ballet School Secrets 

Janey Louise Jones 



In this second story about Katie’s 

ballet adventures at Cloudberry 

Castle, a brilliant but pampered 

ballerina arrives and threatens to 

ruin everything. (Ages 6-9) 

CloudbeRRy Castle 

Janey Louise Jones 



stoRM sIngIng and 

otheR tangled tasks 

Lari Don 



Helen and her fabled-beast friends 

help Rona the selkie win a Storm 

Singer competition. Then she must 

compete in three grueling challenges 

and carry an important message 

between deep sea powers, which will 

stop them from going to war. 

Fans of Helen’s first two adventures 

will be eagerly awaiting this third 

installment. (Ages 8-12) 

wolf notes and otheR 

MusICal MIshaPs 

Lari Don 



fIRst aId foR faIRIes and 

otheR fabled beasts 

Lari Don 



RoCkIng hoRse waR 

Lari Don 



dRagon seekeR 

Anne Forbes 



Witches, wolf people, MacArthurs 

and magicians join forces with Neil 

and Clara MacLean in this final 

dragon-filled adventure. (Ages 

8-12) 

dRagonfIRe 

Anne Forbes 



the wIngs of Ruksh 

Anne Forbes 



wItCh sIlveR 

Anne Forbes 



the undeRgRound CIty 

Anne Forbes 



fIRestaR 

Anne Forbes 



Magnus fIn and the 

MoonlIght MIssIon 

Janis Mackay 



Although he looks like a boy and 

lives on land, Magnus Fin is half 

selkie. When he discovers his initials 

scratched into the rocks by the shore 

and finds dead seals washed up on 

the beach, he knows his selkie family 

needs his help. This is the exciting sequel 

to Kelpie Prize-winning Magnus 

Fin and the Ocean Quest. (Ages 8-12) 

Magnus fIn and the 

oCean quest 

Janis Mackay 



soldIeR’s gaMe 

James Killgore 



Based on the true story, the “Heart 

of Midlothian Battalion,” this 

moving book brings a fascinating 

moment of Scottish history to life, 

interweaving the present-day life of 

a soccer-crazy boy with a story of 

young men who were sent to fight 

in the First World War at the Battle 

of the Somme. (Ages 8-12) 

See more books in the 

Kelpies series for young 

readers on our website, 



thRee gRIMMs’ faIRy tales 

Paintings by Gerard Wagner 

Afterword by Peter Stebbing 



The illustrations in Three Grimms’ Fairy Tales for 

“Briar Rose”; “Jorinde and Joringle”; and “The 

Star-Taler” 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, and a lecture by Rudolf 

Steiner on fairy tales. 

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, which became the essence of his 

life’s work for more than seventy years. With Elisabeth 

Wagner-Koch he established The Painting School at 

the Goetheanum in Arlesheim, Switzerland. 

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a faRM 

Paintings from a bygone age 

Carl Larsson 


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the faIRy tale of the gReen 

snake and the beautIful lIly 

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 



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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. This tale tells 

of magical transformation, 

one which, 

when the time is ripe, 

can be experienced by 

every human being. 

This book arises out of 

the inspiration of David 

Newbatt to bring 

together the original 

English translation by 

Thomas Carlyle with 

a series of pictures, to 

help reveal the seven-fold process that unfolds 

within Goethe’s Fairy Tale of a path of inner development 

and personal transformation. 

Includes an introduction by Tom Raines. 

a faMIly 


Carl Larsson 



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 his time. The paintings depict Carl Larsson’s family—his 

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PaRzIval 

the quest for the holy grail 



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Parzival is one of the great classic stories of 

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time of knighthood, full of romance, love and 

adventure. It is also a deep and intense piece of 

literature in which is portrayed the universal 

archetypal human biography. 

David Newbatt’s stunning full-page color illustrations 

bring a refreshingly vivid and direct 

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The accompanying text gives a clear and concise 

introduction to some of the many characters 

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David Newbatt is an artist, mural 

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He lives and works at a Camphill 

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Carl Larsson 



wife Karin and their eight children—and offer a fascinating view 

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Christmas Books 

lIttle faIRy’s ChRIstMas 

Daniela Drescher 


a Calf foR ChRIstMas 

Astrid Lindgren, Illustrated 

by Marit törnqvist, 

translated by Polly Lawson 

On Christmas Eve, a little fairy gets lost in a snowstorm and is blown far 

away from home. As she looks for shelter, she meets a friendly robin and 

owl who give her food and clothes. Then 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) 

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It’s the last day of school before Christmas 

and snow is falling heavily. Johan 

heads to school on his sled, but he 

can’t stop thinking about the terrible 

thing that happened yesterday—his family’s only cow died, and they have no money 

to buy another. 

The rich farmer Peter Jonsson has come to town today for the Christmas market. He 

buys a calf then, after spending some time in the local inn, 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. 

A charming story by acclaimed author Astrid Lindgren, set in a traditional Swedish 

landscape. (Ages 4–7) 

the lIttle ChRIstMas tRee 

Loek Koopmans 

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32 PAGES 

The Little Christmas Tree is the story of how a little pine 

tree in a deep forest becomes a beautiful Christmas tree. 

Once upon a time the little tree was not at all happy with its 

pointed needles. It wished instead for shimmering leaves of 

pure gold. But when its wish came true, a man came along 

and took away all of its beautiful golden leaves. Then the 

little tree wished for leaves of glass, but a mighty storm 

came, and all of its leaves broke into tiny pieces. Then the 

little tree wished for soft tender leaves, but a mother goat 

and her hungry kids came along and ate all of its delicious leaves. The 

little tree finally wished to have its own needles back because they were 

the best after all. And so it did, and now the little tree was happy and 

its joy shone through the whole forest. 

One winter night something very special happens to the little tree—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. He also 

illustrated Any Room for Me? (p. 

20) and Frog, Bee and Snail Look for 

Snow (p. 23). 


CelebRatIng ChRIstMas 

togetheR 

nativity and three kings Plays with 

stories and songs 

Estelle Bryer, Janni Nicol 


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 

the ChRIstMas CRaft book 

2nd Edition 

thomas Berger 

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on ChRIstMas eve 


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. 


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PAGES 

Father Christmas is starting his rounds on Christmas Eve, but 

his little helper has forgotten to bring the gifts and sweets! 

Can she collect them all in time? Or will some children have 

no presents this year? 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 



$17.95 32 PAGES 

It is Christmas Eve, and most people are safely tucked 

in their beds. However, 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 


PRESS FUll COlOR COVER $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. 

a ChIld Is boRn 

Jindra Capek 



A shepherd boy follows the three kings on 

their journey to Bethlehem. On his way, he 

gathers the simple gifts of poor people for the 

newborn child. 

Here is a beautifully illustrated traditional 

Christmas legend, retold for young readers. 

(Ages 4-7) 

the MIRaCle In bethleheM 

a storyteller’s tale 

Sarah Burton, Illustrated by 

Katriona Chapman 



“Once upon a time, perhaps two thousand years 

ago, or maybe only yesterday, a man stood under 

a tree and waited. As he waited, people began to 

arrive: old people, young people, children, parents 

with babies, and even a couple of dogs. They 

settled on the cool grass under the shade of the 

great tree, all around the Storyteller, for that is 

who the man was.” 

The storyteller’s tale is one we all think we 

know—the story of Mary and Joseph and the 

birth of a very special baby. However, do we 

really know it? The Miracle in Bethlehem offers 

a unique retelling that weaves largely forgotten, 

ancient nativity legends into today’s more 

familiar narrative. (Ages 6-9) 

Sarah Burton has written for BBC History Magazine, 

the Spectator, and the Independent. 

Katriona Chapman’s work has been published in 

Illustration magazine, Leisure Painter, and Artists 

& Illustrators. 

the way to the stable 

a Christmas story 

Max Bollinger, Arcadio Lobato 



There once was a shepherd who lived in the hills 

near Bethlehem. This shepherd was surly and 

unhappy because he was lame and could only 

walk with crutches. So he kept to himself, tending 

the fire… until the amazing night when the angel 

voices led the other shepherds away to Bethlehem, 

leaving him alone on the hillside. (Ages 4-7) 

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 anyoneat 

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. 

“Our family has read 

this story every advent 

for years. I can’t think of 

a better way to celebrate 

that time of year.” 

—Nancy Parsons, Bob 

and Nancy’s Bookstore 


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—each in their own way—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, Edzard Schaper, Jakob Streit, 

and Henry Van Dyke. (Ages 5-12) 

laRa’s fIRst ChRIstMas 

Alice o. Howell, 

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 

PREViOUSlY PUBliSHED AS: CHRiST lEGENDS 

AND OTHER STORiES 

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 on the 

colorful history and landscape of the Holy 

Land, from the time of Jesus to the Crusades. 

(Ages 7-12) 

ChRIstMas Plays fRoM 

obeRufeR 

Paradise Play | shepherds Play | kings Play 

Edited by Hélène Jacquet 


RUDOlF STEiNER PRESS $16.00 128 PAGES 


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 dReaM song of 

olaf Åsteson 

an ancient norwegian folksong of the 

holy nights 

Preface by Jonathan Stedall, 

Introduction by Andrew Welburn, 

Illustrated by Janet Jordan 

Poem translated by Eleanor Merry 



The Dream Song of Olaf Åsteson is a haunting 

folksong which first came to light only 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. 

The Dream Song of Olaf Åsteson speaks to us 

with natural authenticity, yet it touches on matters 

that also take us to the heart of great religious 

documents 

and the 

nature of 

human 

existence. 

– Andrew 

Welburn, 

from the 

Introduction 


Celebrating Festivals 

all yeaR Round 

Ann Druitt, Christine 

Fynes-Clinton, Marije rowling 



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 IslaMIC yeaR 

suras, stories, and Celebrations 

Noorah Al-Gailani, Chris Smith 



illUSTRATED 

Created by a Muslim educator and a British 

storyteller as a tool for multicultural education, 

this book offers both information and activities to 

promote understanding of Islam to non-Muslims 

at home, in schools, and other community settings. 

Six festivals are discussed, and the ways that 

they are celebrated in various countries. Each 

chapter begins with a quote from the 

Qur’an and a story from the life of 

the Prophet Mohammed. There are 

instructions for simple, engaging activities, 

with traditional folktales that 

illustrate the theme of each festival. 

Includes a glossary, references, further 

reading list, resources, and special suggestions 

for teachers. 

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 

The history and traditions of Jonkunnu, Kwanzaa, 

Crop Over, and other key festivals of the 

African and Caribbean world are beautifully illustrated 

and described, with anecdotes, folk stories, 

songs, games, recipes, crafts, and activities. 

festIvals, faMIly, and food 

Diana Carey, Judy Large 



This classic family favorite is a unique, well-loved 

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 

iSBN: 9780863155451 

HARDCOVER 

FlORiS BOOkS 

$30.00 224 PAGES 

500 COlOR 

illUSTRATED 

Packed with summer 

fun ideas! 

the bIRthday book 

Celebrations for everyone 

Ann Druitt, Christine 



HAWTHORN PRESS, FESTiVAlS SERiES 

$33.00 254 PAGES 


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. 

You will recognize many of the flower children 

from Elsa Beskow's popular picture books. 

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 



$20.00 80 PAGES 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 



FlORiS BOOkS $25.00 96 PAGES COlOR 

THROUGHOUT 

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 

Activities with Children 

sewIng dolls 

Karin Neuschütz 


$25.00 112 PAGES 

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 special tools. The 

author includes an even wider range of toys and gifts 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, slippers, 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 



$25.00 112 PAGES COlOR THROUGHOUT 

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 children 

and parents. They have three children and live in the Netherlands. 

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 helpful 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 


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 


$19.95 80 PAGES 

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 



$15.95 80 PAGES 

This is a sequel to the popular Magic Wool on 

creative activities with plant-dyed sheep’s wool. 

MagICal wIndow staRs 

Frédérique Guéret 


$20.00 96 PAGES 

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 twentyfive 

window stars allow the beginner to progress 

easily from simple to difficult. Additional color 

accents allow the sunlight to create a dazzling 

veined effect. 

MakIng dolls 

Sunnhild reinckens 


$15.95 56 PAGES REViSED EDiTiON. 

Many color photographs and simple diagrams 

show how to make seventeen different kinds of 

dolls—a cuddly doll for toddlers, a large baby 

doll, finger puppets, gnomes, dolls for a doll’s 

house, and many others. Included are clear 

instructions on how to form the head, create 

various hairstyles, draw facial features, and 

form the doll’s body. 

the natuRe CoRneR 

2nd edition 

M. V. Leeuwen, J. Moeskops 


$20.00 88 PAGES 

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. 

PaIntIng wIth ChIldRen 

Brunhild Müller 


$15.95 48 PAGES COlOR PHOTOGRAPHS 

4TH EDiTiON 

A vital factor in every child’s development is the 

stimulation of active imagination and creativity. 

This book presents ideas that encourage selfexpression 

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 

self-expression—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 


$15.95 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 

iSBN: 9780863158285 2ND EDiTiON PAPERBACk 


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 

third 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 large-format edition includes detailed, 

step-by-step 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. Includes 

an introduction, a section on origins, hints 

for teachers and performers, an “invented by 

children” section, and a Rainbow String. 

now you see It… 

string games and stories 

book 2 



PRESS $19.95 128 PAGES liMiTED STOCk 

Following the success of Pull the Other One!, 

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. 

Includes a beautiful rainbow string. 

woRk and Play In eaRly ChIldhood 

Freya Jaffke 


Rhythm and repetition, example and imitation, are the pillars of 

early learning. Jaffke applies these principles as well as planning 

the day, festivals, rhythms, play, stages 

of development, environment, and 

temperament. 

Freya Jaffke is a kindergarten teacher at a 

Waldorf school in Germany. She lectures 

widely on early childhood education. Her 

highly popular books include Work and 

Play in Early Childhood; Toymaking with 

Children; and, with Dagmar Schmidt, 

Magic Wool: Creative Activities with Natural 

Sheep’s Wool. 

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, Come Little Leaves, Michaelmas, 

When Mary Goes Walking, The North Wind 

Doth Blow, White Coral Bells, I Had a Little 

Sailboat, Lula-lula-bye, and more. 

All songs are beautifully 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 

Volume Two in the award-winning series presents 

more delightful songs including: Early One 

Morning, All the Birds, I Had a Little Nut Tree, 

Blow Wind, Blow, The Pine Tree Swing, I Walk 

With My Little Lantern, Saint Martin, Autumn 

Goodbye, On a Frosty Morning, and more. 

All songs are simple and beautifully arranged, 

with piano, accordion, harp, or guitar accompaniment. 

ChIld’s Play 1 & 2 

games for life for Children 

Wil Van Haren, rudolf Kischnick 


PRESS $25.00 94 PAGES liMiTED STOCk 

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 

stoRytellIng wIth ChIldRen 

Nancy Mellon, Foreword by thomas Moore 

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. 

iSBN: 9781903458082 PAPERBACk HAWTHORN PRESS $17.95 192 PAGES 

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. 


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 

288 PAGES 16 COlOR illUSTRATiONS 

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 


COlOR THROUGHOUT 

PuPPet theatRe 

Maija Baric, Color illustrations by 

Kristiina Louhi 




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 

iSBN: 9780880105873 PAPERBACk STEiNERBOOkS 

$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 



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 Mc- 

Carthy 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, 

Illustrated by Jo Valens 



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, 

Illustrated by Jo Valens 

Introduced and arranged 

by Andrea Huff 



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 



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. 

baby’s fIRst yeaR 

growth and development from 

0 to 12 Months 

Paulien Bom and Machteld Huber, 

Foreword by Dr. Marga Hogenboom 


$19.95 144 PAGES 

Written by medical professionals qualified in 

both allopathic and anthroposophically extended 

medicine, this book discusses subjects 

such as feeding and growth, diet and weaning, 

and bathing and sleeping. It also includes sections 

on physical and spiritual development and 

presents an overview of childhood vaccinations. 

Paulien Bom is a nursing consultant in Amsterdam. 

Machteld Huber, M.D. was the director of the Dunamis 

Institute in Holland for ten years, providing 

information on health and organic food. 

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. 



This is a definitive resource for childcare professionals 

and parents. Drawing deeply on Rudolf 

Steiner’s understanding of child development, 

health, and holistic medicine, the author provides 

a comprehensive account of child and 

adolescent development, informed by embryology 

and spiritual psychology. 

Dr. Raoul Goldberg 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, 

translated by Matthew Barton 


$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 brief, easy to absorb, 

and simple to implement, offering a step-bystep 

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. 

stRange looPs and gestuRes 

of CReatIon 

Joseph Chilton Pearce, 

Foreword by robert Sardello 



new 

“Offers what could become the basis for a 

new social order, education, parenting, and 

ultimately a world that really works.” —Jean 

Houston, author of A Passion for the Possible 

We live today in a collective society that lacks all 

true meaning of nurturing. The author points 

to the inherent capacity of the physical heart 

to bring the survival-oriented brain—which 

functions through violence, manipulative 

perception, and calculative cleverness—into 

balance and to new creative capacities. 

The key to a creative culture lies in the phenomenon 

of the “strange loop,” between potential 

and actuality, the relation between the heart as 

the palpable presence within us of the universal, 

and the mind as the individual aspect of phenomena. 

With both neurological research and 

personal stories Pearce demonstrates that the 

spirit can be approached with all of the rigor 

of observational science and that spirit is not 

“out there” in the universe, but within our very 

being, both in our hearts and brains. 

World-renowned thinker, lecturer, and author, and 

longtime advocate of Waldorf education and homeschooling, 

Joseph Chilton Pearce has been a seminal 

figure for over thirty years in the study of human 

consciousness and what he calls the unfolding of 

intelligence in children. He was a faculty member on 

child development at the Jung Institute in Switzerland 

and is now a member of the Scientific Advisory 

Board of the Institute of HeartMath and a faculty 

member at the Omega Institute. Author of, among 

others, The Crack in the Cosmic Egg, Magical Child, 

Evolution’s End, and The Biology of Transcendence. 

Robert Sardello, Ph.D., is cofounder of the School 

of Spiritual Psychology, an independent worldwide 

teacher, and author. 



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, arthritis, back 

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 treatments, 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. 

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 



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 

about the vaccination dilemma 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 


PRESS, EARlY YEARS SERiES $27.00 224 PAGES 

“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, reflexes, learning, 

and behavior in early education; 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 

Lynn oldfield 

Foreword by Sally Jenkinson 



“A powerful message for anyone concerned with 

the state of childhood today.” —Dr. Helen Prochazka, 

Chairman of Montessori Education, UK 

Free to Learn is a unique guide to the principles 

and methods of Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood 

education. The author draws on kindergarten 

experiences from around the world, with 

stories, helpful insights, lively observations and 

pictures. Includes a 16-page color section. 

helPIng ChIldRen to 

oveRCoMe feaR 

the healing Power of Play 

russell Evans 


PRESS $19.95 128 PAGES illUSTRATED 

Should become mandatory reading for pediatricians 

and play therapists—indeed, any adult who 

is serious in their desire to be alongside a child 

needing to face their fear. —Julie Stokes, psychologist 

and founder of Winston’s Wish, a grief support 

program for children. 

The insights of Jean Evans, a play leader, 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 touching and 

useful examples, Helping 

Children to Overcome 

Fear serves 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 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 method and the 

practical ways in which it is applied by teachers 

in the classroom. Throughout the book, the 

reader is guided by the sure and compassionate 

hand of longtime kindergarten teacher Sharifa 

Oppenheimer as she introduces 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 

Alice o. Howell 



“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 

Boston 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. 


unboRnness 

human Pre-existence and the Journey toward birth 

iSBN: 9780880107181 PAPERBACk STEiNERBOOkS $15.00 88 PAGES 

“Not only do we pass through the gate of death as immortal beings, 

we enter through the gate of birth as unborn beings. We need the term 

unbornness as well as the term immortality, to encompass the whole 

human being.” —Rudolf Steiner 

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. It extends not only from conception to birth, but also 

includes the whole existence and history of one’s “I” in its long journey 

from the spiritual world to Earth. Unbornness, “the other side of eternity,” 

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

a new and striking way, poses the mystery of our human task on earth. 

It was one of Rudolf Steiner’s great gifts that he returned the concept of 

“unbornness” to human consciousness and language. 

In this brief, but stunning and almost poetic work, Peter Selg gathers the 

key elements and images needed to begin to understand—and wonder 

at—the vast scope of our unbornness. 

Drawing on the work of Rudolf Steiner, as well as Raphael’s Sistine Madonna 

and the poems of Nelly Sachs and Rainer Maria Rilke, Selg unveils 

this deepest mystery of human existence. 

the theRaPeutIC eye 

how Rudolf steiner observed 

Children 

iSBN: 9780880105941 PAPERBACk STEiNER- 


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. 

He spoke of this ability as a precondition 

for all forms of healthy childhood education—including 

special education—and 

suggested that teachers should develop such 

a capacity within themselves. 

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 

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 new 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 


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 and psychotherapist 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. 

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 I Am Different from You (see p. 2), The Fundamental 

Social Law; The Child With Special Needs; The Agriculture Course; Seeing Christ 

in Sickness and Healing; and Rudolf Steiner as a Spiritual Teacher. He is married, 

with five children. 


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 

PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT 

* SHORT 20% DiSCOUNT TO BOOkSEllERS 

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. 


adventuRes In steIneR 

eduCatIon 

an Introduction to the waldorf 

approach 

Brien Masters, Ph.D. 



In Adventures in Steiner Education, 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. 

eduCatIon: an IntRoduCtoRy 

ReadeR 

a collection 

rudolf Steiner 

Edited by Christopher Clouder 

iSBN: 9781907359033 PAPERBACk RUDOlF 

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 InCaRnatIng ChIld 

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 one concerned with childcare. Joan 

Salter addresses physical and spiritual development, 

environment, immunization and health, 

and the acquisition of skills and thinking ability. 

the fIRst thRee yeaRs of the 

ChIld 

Karl König 


$17.95 138 PAGES 

This is a classic by the founder of the Camphill 

Movement, an international movement 

of therapeutic intentional communities. It is 

a must-read for every new parent and earlychildhood 

teacher. 

Karl 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, to 

speak, and to think. These three basic faculties 

are what make us human, and their acquisition, 

König argues, is “an act of grace” in every child. 

He goes on to provide a detailed analysis of this 

extraordinarily complex process. 

RenewIng eduCatIon 

writings on steiner education 

Francis Edmunds 



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. 


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, and 

not through what many educators call “best 

practices,” but by applying Waldorf-inspired 

practices into the public-school setting. 

Rudolf Steiner initiated Waldorf schools to 

counteract certain trends of his time, which 

continue to move toward an increasingly mechanistic, 

analytical, and intellectual educational 

environment. Waldorf students do not learn 

in a fragmentary ways, nor is the curriculum 

prepackaged. Their education is centered in 

creativity and social values, forming a solid 

foundation for learning the skills needed to 

integrate into society and the workplace. 

Mary Goral explores ways that Waldorf 

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 the “Waldorf-inspired 

Cadre”—a group of “public-school teachers 

who have agreed to go on such a journey, take 

risks, and learn new skills along with their 

students”—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 into places of learning that truly focus 

on the educational and life needs of children 

adn the communities in which they live. 

Mary Barr Goral, Ph.D., received both her master’s 

and doctorate in curriculum studies and math education 

from Indiana University. Her 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 PoweR of stoRIes 

nurturing Children’s Imagination and Consciousness 

Horst Kornberger 


208 PAGES 

“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. ” —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. 

Horst Kornberger first 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, and discusses the art and practicalities of creating new stories to help children 

with particular needs. 

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. He lives in Western Australia. 

woRds In PlaCe 

Reconnecting with nature through 

Creative writing 

Paul Matthews, 

Drawings by Margaret Shillan 



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. 

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 and a tutor for the North of England Steiner 

Teacher Training Course. He coauthored Ready to 

Learn (2002). 

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 diamond-distilled 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. Torin 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 


$19.95 192 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 




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 example, young people are not pressured 

to achieve academically until their teens. In 

contrast, educators in the US and UK generally 

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. 

This wise and informative guide tackles a wide 

range of modern social issues, from drugs and 

nutrition to boredom to the influence of television 

and multicultural societies. 

Brien Masters, Ph.D., is presently director of the 

London Waldorf Teacher Training Seminar, as well as 

a new seminar in Gran Canaria, the Canary Islands. 

teaChIng as a lIvely aRt 

Marjorie Spock 



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 was a student of anthroposophy from 

her teenage years when she met Rudolf Steiner in 

Dornach, Switzerland, in 1923, and trained there to 

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

at Columbia University, writing her thesis on 

Waldorf education. For the next two decades she 

taught in Waldorf and private schools, and in her 

later years established two bio-dynamic farms. She 

wrote and translated numerous books. She died at 

the age of 103 on January 23, 2008. 

well, I wondeR 

Childhood in the Modern world: a 

handbook for Parents, teachers, and Carers 

Sally Schweizer 



illUSTRATED 

Sally Schweizer calls for a reevaluation of childhood 

and an awakening to the real needs of 

children. Being a mother of four and having 

spent more than thirty years in education, she is 

qualified to ask the hard questions and offer real 

solutions. Well, I Wonder is packed with practical 

suggestions, anecdotes, and delightful quotes 

from Schweizer’s students. Her approach is based 

on the study and practice of Rudolf Steiner’s educational 

philosophy, as well as personal, firsthand 

knowledge gained from long experience. 

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. 

eduCatIon towaRds 

fReedoM 

Frans Carlgren 


$30.00 272 PAGES 40 BlACk AND WHiTE 

illUSTRATiONS 75 COlOR 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. 


RhythMs 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 

iSBN: 9780880105316 PAPERBACk RUDOlF 

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. 


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. 

tRansfoRMIng hIstoRy 

a new Curriculum for a Planetary 

Culture 

William Irwin thompson 



reAd The AuThOr’s FOreWOrd (PdF) 

@ 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, author of Meditation as Contemplative 

Inquiry and Catching the Light. 

“Read Thompson, a silver thrush among pterodactyls.” 

—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New 

York Times 

“…anyone can see that he is some kind of 

mage.” —Charles Eliot, Time Magazine 

Education is currently a foremost concern for 

many Americans. Education, however, is about 

more than teaching children skills for earning 

a living and how to function in life. It is really 

a means of transmitting both a culture and a 

heritage. 

William Irwin Thompson offers us a mindrattling 

tour of our potential as human beings, 

from the Gilgamesh epic of 2000 B.C.E. to 

Disney, popular music, current politics and 

social crises, and beyond. He not only presents a 

far-reaching system of knowledge and teaching, 

but also suggests how we can stimulate the best 

and healthiest patterns of development in our 

children and teenagers. Transforming History 

will enlighten today’s educators and anyone 

concerned with improving our legacy and 

our children’s place in it. 

William Irwin Thompson, Ph.D., a poet and 

cultural philosopher, received his doctorate 

from Cornell. He has written many books, essays, 

and poems, has lectured on contemporary 

affairs, cultural history, social science, history, 

philosophy, and myth, and was a founding member 

and president of Lindisfarne Association. He 

was short-listed for the National Book Award in 

1972 and received the Oslo International Poetry 

Festival Award in 1986. 

addICtIon’s Many faCes 

tackling drug dependency amongst 

young People: Causes, effects, and 

Prevention 

Felicitas Vogt 



Drugs are pervasive—pushed at school, at parties, 

in the street. 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 secrets of helping young people 

learn about the many faces of addiction? What 

lessons do addictions have for us? And what 

about other forms addiction, ones that are 

often socially sanctioned, such as shopping, 

sex, or fame? 

Here are young people and parents who speak 

powerfully from personal experience. They 

offer practical insights into prevention, how 

to cope with family drug problems, and treatment 

options. 

Felicitas Vogt has worked in drugs education since 

1988, giving seminars all over the world on addiction, 

prevention and personal growth. 

an unChanged MInd 

the Problem of Immaturity in 

adolescence 

Dr. John A. McKinnon 



An Unchanged Mind begins with a clinical 

riddle: Why are American teenagers failing to 

develop normally through adolescence? Using 

case studies from a therapeutic boarding school 

for troubled teenagers, Dr. McKinnon shows 

how teens who find themselves unprepared for 

the challenges of modern adolescence inevitably 

fail—at school, at home, and among their 

peers socially. 

An Unchanged Mind is the discovery of 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. 

John A. McKinnon, M.D. is 

also the author of To Change 

a Mind on p. 2. 


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. 

In this book, Cornelia Jantzen explores the 

basis of 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. Her 

interest in a new approach is based on her study of 

the Davis Method, Waldorf education, and a broad 

overview of current practices. 

a PoRtRaIt of CaMPhIll 

from founding seed to worldwide Movement 

Edited by Jan Martin Bang 

iSBN: 9780863157417 PAPERBACk FlORiS BOOkS $40.00 208 

PAGES 150 COlOR illUSTRATiONS 

The Camphill Movement is a worldwide network of homes and villages 

for children and adults with special needs. 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. 

This book, with more than 150 photographs, is a joyful celebration 

of the story of Camphill. The fascinating feature articles cover everything 

from the history of Camphill to the development of individual communities 

around the world, as well as the future challenge of sharing Camphill’s 

message in an even wider world. 

the ChIld wIth sPeCIal needs 

letters and essays on Curative 

education 

Karl König, Edited by Peter Selg 


$25.00 224 PAGES 

iN THE kARl köNiG ARCHiVE SERiES, VOl. 4 

SPECiAl NEEDS EDUCATiON, TRANSlATED FROM 

GERMAN 

In this remarkable collection of Dr. König’s 

letters and essays, he considers and discusses 

the fundamentals of special needs education. 

He shows that there are three core aspects of 

a successful holistic approach to healing. First 

is a positive social environment, which in the 

context of Camphill arises through small family 

units of caregivers and children. Second, 

the caregivers’ work is based on insightful 

understanding of the nature and potential of 

each disability. And third, medical treatment is 

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. Based on the educational ideas of Rudolf 

Steiner, the special education schools for children 

and villages for adults with special needs are now 

established all over Britain and Europe, North and 

South America and Southern Africa. 

Special Care 

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. On 

the one hand, there is an ever-more profound 

incarnation, or “inhabitation,” of the physical 

body. On the other hand, there is the increasing 

discrimination of the individual objects of 

the world. 

Difficulties and obstacles 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. From this point of 

view, “disabilities” are exaggerated forms of 

ways we all use to cope with life. 

“The point is not only to see the deviations, 

but to see them against the mighty backdrop 

of a comprehensive child anthropology.” Being 

Human presents the outline of just such a 

comprehensive 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. 

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. 


Special Care 

eduCatIon foR sPeCIal needs 

the Curative education Course 

12 lectures, dornach, June 25-July 7, 

1924 (ga 317) 




In 1924, when attitudes toward people with special 

needs were radically different, Steiner gave 

this seminal course to a small group of teachers 

and doctors as a basis for their work. The 

movement he inspired has grown enormously, 

with hundreds of homes around the world 

for children and adults with special needs. 

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. 

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 therapeutic 

eurythmy exercises and indications. For 

those who were unable to attend the original 

courses, Dr. Kirchner-Bockholt published the 

basic principles and an authentic collection of 

Steiner’s advice. 

This is Dr. Kirchner-Bockholt’s comprehensive 

handbook. It is both a guide for curative eurythmists 

in their therapeutic work as well as an 

introduction to this effective mode of therapy. 

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. 

Speech formation, or creative speech, is based 

on the ancient art of recitation and drama, and 

was revived and fundamentally redeveloped by 

Rudolf and Marie Steiner in the early 1920s. 

This work is based on their speech exercises 

and indications on how to use them. 

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. How do we deal with grief or guilt, or 

our own unrealized expectations? Where will 

we find the help we need? How can we meet 

the wholeness of a special needs child? Can you 

breastfeed if your baby has a cleft plate? What 

about adolescence in a handicapped child? 

This book offers suggestions to those whose 

children have conditions ranging from autism 

to cerebral palsy, to learning difficulties, 

to hearing or visual handicaps. 

It has sections on sleep, feeding, 

incontinence, play, learning behavior, 

siblings, travel, and more. 

In an age dominated by illusions of 

perfection, the theme here is a bold 

one: Look what we can do. See how 

life and society are richer through 

diversity, and how much we can learn 

from our children. 

ChIldRen wIth sPeCIal needs 

Michael Luxford 



A concise, illustrated introduction to Steiner’s 

ideas on the education of children with special 

needs. These insights have led to the creation 

of special schools, communities, and villages 

throughout the world, collectively known as the 

“curative education movement.” An important 

part of this network is made up of the Camphill 

schools and communities in twenty countries. 

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. 

autIsM 

a holistic approach 

Bob Woodward and Marga 

Hogenboom 


$45.00 288 PAGES 

Autistic children present a challenge for educators 

and care providers. Through an extensive 

program of physical, sensory, social, and play 

therapies, autistic children can begin a path 

toward self-discovery and 

healthy social skills. This book 

is essential for everyone involved 

with autistic children. 

Bob Woodward, M.Ed. M.Phil., 

has lived with and taught children 

with severe learning difficulties, 

including autism, since 

1970. 

Dr. Marga Hogenboom, MRCGP 

(Utrecht), lives and works at the 

Camphill Rudolf Steiner School 

near Aberdeen, Scotland. 


the PhysIology of euRythMy 

theRaPy 

Hans-Broder von Laue, Elke von 

Laue 



Eurythmy is a modern art of movement, and 

eurythmists work in the areas of art, healing, 

and education. The benefits as a healing social 

art are well known for both children and adults. 

Rudolf Steiner gave a course on eurythmy 

therapy in which he described the process of 

“re-enlivening the whole physiology.” The authors 

of this book have researched eurythmy 

therapy for many years and The Physiology of 

Eurythmy Therapy is a comprehensive overview 

of their work. 

Hans-Broder von Laue was born in North Germany 

in 1937. He is a doctor specializing in anthroposophic 

medicine. He lectures on cancer treatment 

and teaches therapeutic eurythmy and has been 

widely published. 

Elke von Laue was born in Dresden, Germany, in 

1938. She trained as a nurse and has worked as an 

anthroposophical therapist for many years. She 

teaches eurythmy therapy and has published several 

papers on the subject. 

the ChIldRen of the CuRatIve eduCatIon 

CouRse 

Wilhelm Uhlenhoff 

iSBN: 9780863156601 PAPERBACk FlORiS BOOkS $35.00 304 

PAGES 

This book offers seventeen detailed case studies of children 

with special needs, dating back to the early twentieth century 

with the clinical and social backgrounds of each child. It describes 

the interactions of children with Rudolf Steiner with 

great warmth and meaningful anecdotes. 

Dr. Uhlenhoff also documents Steiner’s recommendations for 

each case relating to medication, therapeutic eurythmy, and 

other educational therapies. He then traces the progress of 

each child over the following months and years. 

Wilhelm Uhlenhoff was the doctor at the Lauterbad home for children 

with special needs near Kassel, Germany from 1952 to 1984 

and on the board of the German Association of Curative Education. 

anthRoPosoPhICal CaRe foR 

the eldeRly 

Annegret Camps, Brigitte 

Hagenhoff, Ada van der Star 



Anthroposophic medicine recognizes the individuality 

of each human being, a philosophy 

that is essential to caring for the elderly if we 

consider it important to see beyond the outer 

signs of the ageing body and ensure dignity 

for everyone. 

Anthroposophical Care for the Elderly describes 

specific approaches for professional nurses and 

caregivers and offers practical care plans. While 

care cannot itself heal, it can provide a foundation 

for the healing process to work. This book 

will help those who work with the elderly with 

invaluable guidance and advice. 

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 trained in care for the elderly and 

has a master’s degree in care work. 

Ada van der Star lectures on care for the elderly in 

Germany. 

Special Care 

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, 

who has suffered from senile dementia for. 

Jenny discusses the importance of valuing and 

caring for the elderly, encouraging mobility 

and independence for as long as possible. She 

emphasizes prevention of Alzheimer’s 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 also 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. Her mentor was the well-known 

naturopath and osteopath Tom Moule. In 1986, 

she established the Eden Centre for Holistic Health 

and Creative Development. She lives near Exeter in 

Devon, England. 

euRythMy theRaPy 

8 lectures, dornach & stuttgart, 

april 1921-october 1922 (Cw 315) 

iSBN: 9781855842243 PAPERBACk RUDOlF 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. 

Steiner describes the qualities of language and the dynamism 

contained in the individual vowels and consonants, 

elucidating their relationship with eurythmy movements 

and human experience. Through such movements, 

individuals are able to access the healing etheric forces. 

Previously published as Curative Eurythmy, this new 

edition includes an appendix of reminiscences by early 

eurythmists and a commentary by Dr. Walter Kugler. 



healIng stoRIes foR 

ChallengIng behavIouR 

Susan Perrow 

iSBN: 9781903458785 PAPERBACk HAW- 

THORN 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 tales includes 

advice on how 

to tell stories to 

children—how to 

establish a routine, 

create a mood, 

involve children, 

and personalize 

stories. The stories 

are suitable for children from three to 

seven years of age. Many are old favorites 

that are told regularly in kindergartens, 

nurseries, and schools. There are tales 

about magical creatures and exotic animals, 

as well as stories from everyday life. 

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. 


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 

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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 

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a thought Is Just a thought 

a story of living with oCd 

Leslie talley, Foreword by Michael 

A. Jenike, M.D. 


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MoRe lIfeways 

sharing Parenting & family Paths 

Patti Smith, Signe E. Schaefer 



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

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wheRe aRe you? 

Coming to terms with the death of 

My Child 

Karin V. Schilling 



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ChIldRen who CoMMunICate 

befoRe they aRe boRn 

Conversations with unborn souls 

Dietrich Bauer, Max Hoffmeister, 

Hartmut Goerg 


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old age 

Journey into simplicity 

Helen M. Luke 


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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 

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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 

Foundations of Waldorf Education 

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 

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WAlDORF EDUCATiON (VOl. 11) $24.95 220 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 

hindes 

at the right time. These detailed and accessible 

daniel 

lectures give parents and teachers alike the keys 

to a much-needed renewal of education. photo: 


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. 

teaChIng language aRts In 

the waldoRf sChool 

rudolf Steiner, 

Edited by roberto trostli 

iSBN: 9781888365566 PAPERBACk AWSNA $18.00 

316 PAGES 

Compiled by Roberto Trostli, editor of Rhythms 

of Learning: What Waldorf Education Offers 

Children, Parents & Teachers, this compendium 

of excerpts from the Foundations of Waldorf 

Education series aids Waldorf teachers by 

offering comments from Rudolf Steiner on 

teaching the language arts, including spelling, 

reading, composition writing, handwriting, 

left-handedness, literature, grammar, speech, 

and recitation. 

Rudolf Steiner 

Teaching 

Language arTs 

in The 

WaLdorf 

schooL 

COMPILED BY ROBERTO TROSTLI 



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 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 talks abound in practical illustrations, 

showing the need for observation 

in the teacher, the need in young 

children for what is concrete and 

pictorial, the dangers of stressing the 

intellect, and the difference it makes 

when imagination first grasps a whole 

so that the parts then later enter into 

their proper relation. 

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. 

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 

firest 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. 

eduCatIon, teaChIng, and 

PRaCtICal lIfe 


iSBN: 9781888365719 AWSNA $25 144 PAGES 

Available in English for the first time, these 

lectures by Rudolf Steiner describe a way of 

educating and teaching children and youth 

that aims toward educating the whole person 

according to body, soul and spirit in a balanced 

way. Such an education can be carried out only 

if the educator is aware how in evolution the 

physical is formed out of the soul and spirit. 

For one can participate in the education of a 

being only if one understands the laws of this 

education. This book is filled with gems to be 

mined by teachers, parents, students of spiritual 

science, and scholars 

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MatheMatICs In natuRe, sPaCe, 

and tIMe New Edition 

John Blackwood 


$29.95 216 PAGES FUll-COlOR illUSTRATiONS 

AND DiAGRAMS THROUGHOUT 

Mathematics in Nature, Space, and Time is a 

Waldorf teacher resource for math in Class 7 

(ages 12-13) and Class 8 (ages 13-14). This new 

edition combines Mathematics around Us and 

Mathematics in Space and Time. 

John Blackwood worked in mechanical engineering 

design for nearly thirty years. Inspired by Lawrence 

Edwards (author of Projective 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. His ideas were 

adopted by the school board of New South Wales. 

geology and astRonoMy 

Charles Kovacs 


$19.95 176 PAGES 

This book describes the different kinds of rocks, 

soil, and mountains and explores how they 

came into being. It also examines the movements 

of the Sun, Moon, and stars.Throughout, 

Kovacs links the phenomena he is describing to 

human experience and how they affect people 

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Extract from 

The Story of Waldorf Education in the United States 

Past, Present, and Future 

Stephen Keith Sagarin, Ph.D. 

WHAT MAKES WALDORF, WALDORF? 

What is essential to the practices and understandings 

of Waldorf schools and Waldorf school teachers? 

If Rudolf Steiner’s work on teaching and learning is not 

to be seen partially, inaccurately, or superficially, how 

can it be seen? Can we see Waldorf education whole? 

The Essence of Essence 

The word that Steiner most frequently used to 

describe what I am talking about is the German noun 

Wesen, which translates as “being,” as in “human being.” The 

German is less concrete than its English counterpart, however, 

and may also be translated as “nature,” as in Socrates’ “medicine 

has to define the nature of the body.” And it may further 

be translated as “essence,” as in Zoolander’s “moisture is the 

essence of wetness.” When Steiner uses the word Wesen, we 

mistake ourselves in English if our minds leap to a concept 

of corporeality, too often associated in English with the word 

“being.” The essence of being, we may say, is of an immaterial 

nature. 

I am aware, however, of a large literature, including especially 

Fuchs (2001), that limns the dangers of thinking that 

approaches essentials, giving rise to a 

new form of prejudice, “essentialism.” 

I take the central argument here to be 

that so often in history what we have 

believed contained some essential 

quality—whiteness or maleness, for 

example—turned out later on, or on 

careful inspection, not to. Much of 

the world that seems so given and so 

real is, in fact, contingent, or at least 

created, situational, and symbolic; and is likely to change from 

time to time and context to context. So we must approach 

“Waldorfness” with great care, ready to find that it’s not what 

we thought it was, and may not be anything at all. 

As Samuel Taylor Coleridge said, however, and as so many 

have quoted, we can distinguish in the mind what we cannot divide 

in the world. (1969-present) My aim here is to distinguish 

what for Waldorf teachers is central to their understanding of 

what we do, recognizing that this may change over time, or 

with changing contexts. I am not burrowing into the center 

of a planet to find its core; I am examining a box of artifacts, 

if you will, to discover those that (in my estimation) better 

reveal the unique qualities of the person to whom it belongs. 

We must approach 

“Waldorfness” with great care, 

ready to find that it’s not what 

we thought it was, and may 

not be anything at all. 

Imagining the Best 

What, then, is essential to teaching and learning, according 

to Steiner’s work, according to his images of human beings and 

the world? One method for approaching the question of the 

core of what we call Waldorf education is to imagine what we 

could not do without, in a broad and durable sense. Which 

aspects of our work, if we were forbidden to implement them, 

might lead us to close our doors or declare that we could no 

longer call ourselves Waldorf teachers or a Waldorf school? 

I will posit, hesitantly, 

that there are 

five categories, each of 

which is taken to be essential 

to what we do 

in Waldorf schools. 

Readers will note 

that any teacher, any 

school, could adopt 

these practices and 

understandings. I 

will let others determine 

at what 

point, level, or 

degree of commitment 

a person 

becomes a 

Waldorf teacher, 

a school becomes a Waldorf 

school. My own view is that anyone courageous 

enough to want to work with Steiner’s ideas on education 

deserves our support and admiration, regardless of setting 

or circumstance. 

I say “hesitantly” because I may well have the number 

wrong. Biologists who count species, for example, may be 

termed “lumpers” (those who overlook minor differences in 

favor of underlying sameness) or “splitters” (those who see 

relatively minor differences as significant). I attempt neither 

a lumper nor a splitter to be, and I acknowledge that I may be 

overlooking something important, a sixth or seventh essential; 

or I may be including too many, separating characteristics that 

would better be combined. I welcome correction. 

Fortunately, these five aspects of education may be seen as 

facets of one encompassing whole. While the myths of Waldorf 

education multiply beyond counting, the essentials tend 

toward one. I end by considering characteristics of this whole. 

Five Gifts 

One way to picture the five essentials is to see them as 

gifts that Waldorf school teachers give their graduates; I mean 

primarily high school graduates. Lower school parents and 

graduates will recognize these gifts, but they will also recognize 

that none comes fully to fruition by the end of eighth grade. 

I previously quoted Peter Curran on what he saw as the 

four “essentials…without which no school (by whatever name) 

is a Waldorf School and with which any school is a Waldorf 

School.” His essentials are essentially the same as the first 

four gifts I describe below; and are noteworthy in omitting 

consideration of the last, social health. I believe this omission 

is a symptom of Curran’s generation; it is really only in 

the last couple of decades, in the United States, at least, that 

a serious conversation about the “social mission” of Waldorf 

education has been reinvigorated. Talk of a social mission was 

somewhat forgotten, we may posit, during the tension of the 

Cold War. Consideration of that hypothesis here would take 

us too far afield. 

Continued on page 76 


1. Ideas and Ideals 

The first gift is a source of ideas and ideals. Waldorf education does 

not provide beliefs, ideology, culture, or worldview, although it necessarily 

manifests a collection of cultures and can devolve into ideology. 

(The “Waldorf worldview,” at least in its mundane expression, is an 

expression of time and place, and is not essential. Countercultural or 

alternative education only came into being in the 1960s, for example.) 

Belief, knowledge, and worldview may be “about” spiritual matters, but 

they should not be mistaken for them. An intellectual understanding of 

Waldorf education does not make a teacher, and highly gifted teachers 

may be poor at discussing what they do and how they do it. 

What teachers provide, more important than any knowledge about 

a way of life or a worldview, is a pathway or method for discovering 

these ideas and ideals, should a student wish later in life to pursue them. 

Choosing this path, following it, and putting into practice the results 

of such a journey involve human freedom, moral imagination, ethical 

individualism; or call it what you will. 

As teachers, all we can give of value with regard to spiritual realities 

is a path that can be followed or retraced. In geometry, I can show how 

the steps of a proof lead to a logical conclusion, but you must take that 

final intuitive leap yourself. If you do not “see” that these steps constitute 

a proof, all I can do as a teacher is retrace the path, perhaps using different 

language or different symbols, in order to help you again to the 

brink of intuitive understanding. Anthroposophically-gained knowledge 

of the world, given to us in Steiner’s books and lectures, for example, can 

provide stepping stones akin to the statements in a geometric proof. They 

attain meaning, however, only as we use them to focus our attention, to 

trace and retrace a path to the spirit, to meaning, and to understanding. 

This first point encompasses Steiner’s work in education and also the 

anthroposophic method and knowledge that underlies it (understandings 

of destiny, reincarnation, the place of human beings in the cosmos and in 

evolution, and so on). To treat these understandings as part of an ideology 

or worldview is to belittle them, to turn them into a religion. If they are 

true, they are true for all people and they are facts about the world; they 

are evidence of a science and a scientific method. 

If the freedom to teach toward this path of understanding were denied, 

a teacher would have to feel that she could no longer teach as a “Waldorf” 

teacher. In this regard, I will add for more philosophical readers that I 

see Steiner’s work primarily as work in method, and that considerations 

of epistemology or ontology arise secondarily to this focus on method. 

2. Development 

All instruction must be built upon psychology developed from an 

anthroposophical understanding of the world (Steiner, 1996b, 49). 

What lives in human beings tends toward metamorphosis. If 

you can bring it about that the children have concepts of respect 

and honoring, concepts of all that we can call, in an all encompassing 

sense, a prayerful attitude, then such thoughts will be living in 

children permeated with a prayerful attitude, and will remain into 

old age. In old age, these concepts will be transformed into a capacity 

to bless and to give others the results of a prayerful attitude (155). 

You must be a good friend of natural development. (180) 

Second, teachers address their students as developing human beings, 

beings who transform themselves unconsciously in youth and later become 

uniquely capable of self-transformation. In nature, metamorphoses 

and transformations are primarily visible. We can see a plant grow from 

shoot to leaves to flower, each stage presenting unforeseen changes of form. 

No one looking at a caterpillar for the first time would guess that it would 

soon be a butterfly. In human life, especially after childhood, however, 

transformation and development are not so readily visible. 

Story of Waldorf Education 

Waldorf teachers seek patterns in human development, and they also 

seek to be sensitive to the unique development of each student. They may 

fruitfully seek a common language with developmental psychologists. If a 

teacher in a Waldorf school were prohibited from addressing his students 

according to a developmentally appropriate model, he might well feel he 

could no longer call himself a Waldorf teacher. The question of development 

leads naturally to the question of the relationship of Rudolf Steiner’s 

concepts of development to those of Jean Piaget. 

In the course of my research on the history of Waldorf schools in the 

United States many people with whom I spoke, admissions directors and 

teachers among them, casually compared Steiner’s ideas on the development 

of children in stages with the developmental research of Piaget. 

My initial reactions were that this comparison must be meant allegorically 

and that it wouldn’t bear scrutiny. Steiner and Piaget’s reputations 

were simply too dissimilar; what could the seer and the scientist have 

in common? The intention, it seemed, was to lend Piaget’s weight as a 

scientist to Steiner’s less familiar reputation as an educator. Comparing 

the two has not changed my suspicions regarding the intentions behind 

the comparison, but it has thrown some light on the intersection of, for 

education, arguably the two most important developmentalists of the 

twentieth century. The ways in which Steiner and Piaget’s ideas on child 

development are similar, and dissimilar, were not what I had expected. 

Piaget on Education 

Ignoring the many inferences regarding education that may be drawn 

from Piaget’s research, he wrote surprisingly little on education. Only one 

essay, begun in 1935 and completed in 1965(!), examines education in 

general, including the application of Piaget’s research to education. The 

essay is a curious hodge-podge of explanation, correction, and opinion. 

Called “Science of Education and the Psychology of the Child” (1935 

and 1965), it begins by examining the psychological foundations of “new 

methods” in education, and concludes that “active” learning is superior 

to “passive” learning. It contains, however, the warning that “memory, 

passive obedience, imitation of the adult, and the receptive factors in 

general are as natural to the child as spontaneous activity.” (696) This fine 

distinction between “passive” and “receptive” shows Piaget’s attention to 

children’s inner worlds. 

Piaget goes on to bemoan the degree to which education professionals 

in general have not applied to teaching what is known of child 

development. He remarks that many profound education reformers were 

philosophers or doctors, not pedagogues, Comenius, Rousseau, Froebel, 

Dewey, and Montessori among them. And their thinking and research 

has not become the foundation for a science of education: 

The general problem is to understand why the vast army of educators 

now laboring throughout the entire world with such devotion and, in 

general, with such competence does not engender an elite of researchers 

capable of making pedagogy into a discipline, at once scientific and alive, 

that could take its rightful place among all those other applied disciplines 

that draw upon both art and science… (699). 

Much of the rest of the essay gives Piaget’s opinions on teaching 

mathematics, philosophy, and the humanities, concluding with a look at 

four categories of teaching methods: receptive, active, intuitive, and programmed. 

(By “intuitive,” Piaget means a method that asks the student to 

infer an educational lesson from an external representation; manipulatives, 

filmstrips, and pottery would each be intuitive by Piaget’s definition. For 

Piaget, the meaning of intuitive is literal and technical, not transcendental). 

The last category, the programmed, includes especially early use of 

computers in the classroom, and has been fostered in the United States 

especially by Piaget’s pupil, Seymour Papert (See Papert, 1980). Piaget 

notes that many people confuse active and intuitive methods because 

they take activity too literally, forgetting or ignoring inner, mental activity. 




Ginsburg on Steiner and Piaget 

Despite the number of times I have heard Steiner and Piaget mentioned 

in one breath, I am aware of only one published consideration of 

their work. This is a brief but excellent article by Iona Ginsburg (1982) 

that compares the stages of child development as conceptualized by Rudolf 

Steiner and by Jean Piaget. She correlates Piaget’s stages of cognitive development 

(sensori-motor, concrete operations, and formal operations), 

with Steiner’s descriptions of human development (imitative, imaginative, 

and intellectual phases). A note on stages: Piaget is clear regarding his 

definition of “stage,” while Steiner uses a less technical vocabulary. For 

development to occur according to a change from one stage to another, 

according to Piaget, the order of succession may not vary; developed 

characteristics must be cumulative; periods of change must be followed 

by periods of equilibrium; and so on (Piaget, 1955). These requirements 

apply, too, to Steiner’s descriptions of development. Growth alone, as 

simple accumulation, is not developmental. “Phases” that come and go 

often do not meet the criteria for stage development. “Age appropriate” 

learning or behavior may or may not occur within the context of stage 

development. Stage development is at once more rigorous and more global 

than common understandings of maturation. Stage development provides 

evidence of “metamorphosis,” a change in form that signals a concurrent 

change in quality; the physical and physiological changes of puberty are 

accompanied by emotional and intellectual changes, and vice versa. 

Among Ginsburg’s concerns, shared with Piaget himself, is the degree 

to which Piaget’s work, despite its apparent implications for education, 

has not been applied to classroom practice. She locates this lack in that 

Piaget’s research “leaves out vivid and vital aspects of 

the child’s total development—feeling, attachment, 

impulse, fantasy, and their impact on cognition itself” 

(328). Because Steiner focused on “the totality of development” 

(329), Ginsburg believes his work, despite 

its lack of conventional scientific rigor, has had greater 

success in influencing classroom practice. 

In comparing Piaget and Steiner’s descriptions of stage development, 

Ginsburg is more specific with regard to ages than either Steiner or Piaget. 

Steiner (1965 and many other places) refers to a transformation “about 

age seven” (20), more accurately associated with the loss of milk teeth, 

a process that often takes more than a year and can begin at age five or 

be prolonged well past age seven. Similarly, Piaget (1955) is at pains to 

emphasize “not the timing, but the order of succession [of acquisition]” 

in stage development. Chronology, he writes, “is extremely variable; it 

depends on the previous experience of the individuals, and not only on 

their maturation, and it depends especially on the social milieu that can 

accelerate or retard the appearance of a stage, or even prevent its appearance” 

(815). Steiner tacitly acknowledges this characteristic of a stage, too. 

While many Waldorf teachers speak of Steiner’s stages as if they possessed 

some concrete reality, Steiner acknowledged not only their relevance to 

a specific cultural here-and-now, but also their variation based on both 

spiritual and physiological variations among people. (See, for example, 

Curative Education, 1972.) The point of Steiner’s descriptions was not 

to normalize a child’s place in a class, which is a constant danger of a 

developmental point of view, regardless of the developmentalist (see 

Morss, 1995). Steiner’s point was to provide insight for better teaching. 

(“Normalizing” is the process of comparing one child to others with 

regard to some characteristic that is (or is thought to) be distributed 

normally—that is, according to a bell curve—throughout the population 

of all children. The danger when we do this is that we lose sight of 

the unique individual in our attempt to say something general about all 

children; we treat a human being as a statistic.) 

Ginsburg recognizes that 

Many of the contrasts [between Steiner and Piaget] are based on 

The child…does not learn 

by instruction or admonition, 

but by imitation. 

profound differences in frame of reference and worldview. Piaget, 

who was not a teacher, focused single-mindedly on the development 

of the structures of cognition in children, from the perspective of 

a scientist who studied the changes with age and the growth of the 

capacity to know. Steiner and the education based on his insights have 

a view of the stages of child development based largely on intuition, 

which encompasses awareness of the impact of feeling, fantasy [almost 

certainly a British mistranslation of what is meant by “imagination”], 

form, color, and human relatedness in cognitive development. 

Five Similarities 

While I agree with Ginsburg’s recognition of the differences between 

Steiner and Piaget, I also believe that there are similarities, which she has 

overlooked. I will examine four of these points below and quote from 

Steiner’s early essay, The Education of the Child in the Light of Spiritual 

Science. Readers familiar with Steiner’s work will recognize that he made 

similar points in dozens of other lectures and writings. More to the point, 

The Education of the Child was actually written by Steiner, not transcribed 

from the shorthand notes of a lecture, and can therefore be held to be 

more precisely what he intended to say. 

First, both Steiner and Piaget recognize the importance of imitation in 

the development of children. Steiner writes, “There are two magic words 

that indicate how the child enters into relations with the environment. 

They are: Imitation and Example… For no age in life is this more true 

than for the first stage of childhood, before the change of teeth… The 

child… does not learn by instruction or admonition, but by imitation” 

(24-25). Piaget (1962) regards “imitation as the process 

that ensures the transition from sensori-motor intelligence 

to representative imagery.” (509) That is to say, 

for example, that it is through imitation that an infant 

learns to speak. Further, Piaget (1966) describes the 

“mental image” as an “internalized imitation” (490). 

This could be Steiner’s language as well. 

Second, both Steiner and Piaget recognize the importance of symbolic 

understanding. Steiner writes, “It is essential that the secrets of nature, the 

laws of life, be taught to the boy or girl, not in dry intellectual concepts, 

but as far as possible in symbols” (33). Piaget writes, for example, that 

“Symbolic play is the apogee of children’s play” (492). 

Third, Piaget’s well-known developmental path from assimilation to 

equilibrium is mirrored, I believe, in Steiner’s description of the process 

by which memories become concepts. “It is necessary for human beings 

not only to remember what they understand, but to understand what they 

already know—that is to say, what they have acquired by memory in the 

way the child acquires language… First there must be [for example] the 

assimilation of historical events through the memory, then the grasping 

of them in intellectual concepts” (39). Not all memory-to-concept 

shifts achieve the status of Piagetian equilibrium, clearly; but as each of 

Steiner’s stages is achieved, the quality of concepts may be said to alter 

significantly enough to equate with Piaget’s description. Specifically, as 

Steiner describes, concepts in early life grow from activity engendered 

through imitation and example; later, they grow from feeling-imbued 

imagination and appropriate authority; and only then from a rational 

and relatively abstract understanding. 

Last, both Steiner and Piaget developed corresponding “threefold” 

views of human psychology. Steiner described “the several faculties of 

the soul—thinking, feeling, and willing” (1965, 41), while Piaget often 

described “subsystems” of “intellect,” “affect,” and “activity” (See 1966, 

492, for example). 

The central or overarching point of agreement, however, is that both 

Piaget and Steiner found children intrinsically interesting in themselves, 

and valued children’s perception and experience on their own terms. 

Neither man forwarded a utilitarian nor a “Whig” version of childhood 


(that is, one that is based on expectations of a 

known but yet-to-emerge adulthood). 

A Big Difference 

Steiner and Piaget’s use of language differ 

enormously, however, in connotation. When 

Piaget uses a phrase like “mental image” (1963) 

or a word like “imitation” (1962), he is using 

the terms to designate generalizations based 

on controlled observations in his life and in his 

laboratory. When Steiner uses the same terms, 

he is using them as indications of concepts that, 

like onions, have layers, and may be understood 

at once, for example, on the generic level on 

which Piaget operates; and also on potentially 

more profound levels. Both men were empiricists, 

but they would clearly have disagreed on 

the limits of empiricism. (I do not believe it is 

fair to say, as Ginsburg does, that Steiner and 

Piaget differed in worldview. It is not possible 

to intuit from Piaget’s careful scientific writings 

what his actual worldview may have been.) 

It is tempting to say that Piaget’s results, 

more conventionally scientific and more 

generic than Steiner’s, could be subsumed or 

swallowed whole by Steiner’s more inclusive, 

comprehensive view or experience. This does a 

disservice to both men, however, in that Steiner’s 

point was often to transcend the generic. 

(See, for example, Bortoft, 1996, especially 

“Modes of Consciousness” 61-68), Piaget, by 

contrast, aimed to “make of epistemology an 

experimental discipline as well as a theoretical 

one” (1995, xi-xii). Both Steiner and Piaget 

foreswore theorizing as an end in itself. Both 

believed powerfully in the value of experience. 

Experience, for Steiner, however, expands as 

faculties of perception and conception evolve, 

and is, at root, imaginative and unbounded. Experience, 

for Piaget, is given through relatively 

fixed relationships of sense organs to mind, and 

within these limits, may be explored through 

controlled study. 

3. Three Kinds of Knowing 

Whenever you want to suitably consider the 

human being from any particular standpoint, 

you must always return to the three parts of the 

human soul—that is, to cognition that occurs 

in thinking, to feeling, and to willing (Steiner, 

1996b, 106). 

Accumulating knowledge is like building a 

collection, right? Each piece in the collection 

is much like any other. A fact about astronomy 

is much like a fact about history or writing 

technique or piano playing or wine tasting or 

empathetic listening. A degree of certainty or 

truth adheres to it or is apparent in it, and we accept 

it for our stockpile of things that we know, 

which we hope is growing. It can be digitized 

and stored in a computer and shared online. 

Well, no. Knowledge is not singular. Knowing 

the names of stars is not like knowing how 

to play the piano, or like knowing how to offer 

solace to someone in pain. Like intelligence, 

which we used to believe was one thing (measured 

on an IQ test, for example), but is now 

seen as a multi-faceted collection of human 

faculties, at least; knowledge comes in different 

forms. We can know in different ways. Waldorf 

and Steiner schools emphasize in particular 

three ways of knowing, the conscious development 

of each corresponding roughly with 

preschool, elementary school, and high school. 

Michael Polanyi called a first kind of knowing 

“tacit knowing,” knowing “more than we 

can say.” (1966) Clearly, infants—those without 

voices, as the term itself suggests—know more 

than they can say. We can know how to cut a 

carrot, or the taste of the soup it makes, or how 

to play the viola, or how to solve a problem 

in geometry. We can describe these things in 

language, but the value, meaning, and even the 

truth of these activities—cutting, tasting, playing, 

solving—does not translate into language. 

These become apparent only when we learn to 

do these things ourselves. Without the experience 

of doing, knowing often has little meaning. 

We learn much and know much 

through doing, and doing often 

precedes and informs our knowing. 

You could write a manual describing what 

you do, as nurse, stockbroker, or artist; but if you 

had to train someone to replace you, would you 

rather hand off instructions, or offer an apprenticeship, 

some doing? Read a book on building 

a stone wall, and then claim that you know how 

to build one. Your aches and calluses will tell you 

another story. We learn much and know much 

through doing, and doing often precedes and 

informs our knowing. Hence, in Waldorf schools, 

the importance of “doing” in preschool, before 

we emphasize other forms of knowing. 

A second kind of knowing is aesthetic 

knowing. Its value is apparent in contrast to 

our concept of something that is anesthetic, or 

numbing. Aesthetic knowing is alive, awake, 

and sensitive. It is knowing in heart and gut 

(yes, the brain plays its role, but we experience 

our feelings in our hearts and lungs and guts). 

It is intuitive (“taught from within”). It is a 

form of knowing especially valuable for artists, 

musicians, clinical psychologists, theoretical 

physicists, and even advertising copywriters. It 

is a form of knowing that connects us powerfully 

to the world. And it develops in children 

most readily when they have separated from 

their parents and begun to comprehend the 

world around them for themselves. Hence, in 

Waldorf schools, the importance of beauty and 


feeling in the elementary school. 

A third kind of knowing is knowing 

through thinking. By thinking, however, I mean 

a particular kind of thinking that attempts to 

“swim upstream,” in Henri Bortoft’s phrase, 

reversing fragmentation, categorization, and 

specialization in order to recover wholeness. 

(1996) Thinking logically with given postulates, 

thinking algorithmically, is “downstream” 

thinking, the outcome determined by the 

input. It is powerful but dead, inherited from 

the creative insight of others. Recognizing the 

validity of postulates different from convention, 

however, involves insight of our own. This 

synthetic, living thinking can encompass or embrace 

analysis, logic, and critical thinking. But it 

seeks to go beyond them to recover or reach the 

origin of creative thought and imagination. And 

it develops in students who are wrestling not so 

much with the world around them as with their 

own identities in that world. Hence, in Waldorf 

schools, the importance in high school of the 

development of thinking. 

These three ways of knowing are cumulative 

and integrative. We do not leave one for the 

next, but build on what comes before. As adults, 

our thinking is enriched if we also know how to 

do and to feel. All three forms of knowing are 

present earlier, too—small children learning to 

walk and talk (two of the most important forms 

of doing) can also feel and think. But by emphasizing 

one way of knowing at the appropriate 

time, allowing other ways to develop simultaneously 

but sleepily, we work in accordance with 

children’s growth away from their parents and 

into the world and themselves. We know in our 

hands, in our hearts, and in our heads. We know 

goodness, beauty, and truth. The more ways we 

know, the more value we find in life, and the 

more value we bring to those around us and to 

whatever we are called to do. 

Again, this third point may belong to a 

subset of the first. Anyone treading a path of 

understanding will recognize that there are different 

modes of existence and ways of knowing. 

4. Social Health 

Fourth, a school can provide profound 

examples and guidelines for a healthy life 

with other people. If they choose to, Waldorf 

school graduates know how to live with others 

in brotherhood and sisterhood, in solidarity. 

They know how to be the appropriate equal of 

any man or any woman. And they know where 

their individual freedom lies, the sort of freedom 

that laws and conventions cannot touch. 

Steiner’s description of a healthy “threefold” 

social organism can be seen as a common-sense 

description of reality (not a utopian vision that 

does not and will not exist) by students who 

have lived through years in a Waldorf school. 



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Wabi Sabi Flower Scarf for Mom 

Repurposing T-shirts 

by Pardis Amirshahi 

I've designed this wabi sabi flower scarf, repurposing old T-shirts, in memory of my mother, Parichehreh, 

who loved the arts, sewing, scarves, and flowers. It is a beautiful gift for a mother to receive because it 

is a gift of your time and love. Since it requires many different colors, this project is ideal for a group 

to get together to share company, as well as T-shirt fabric! 

How to Make the Scarf 

MATERIALS 

One solid colored t-shirt. Dark purple is used in this project. 

T-shirt scrap fabric in the following colors: 

Green 

pink 

light purple 

medium purple 

light yellow 

Coats & Clark Button and Carpet thread (you can also use 

regular embroidery floss or sewing thread), color of your 

choice. We used gray here. 

Embroidery needles 

Sharp scissors 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

Place your purple t-shirt flat on a cutting surface, and cut it 

in half, cross-wise from under-arms to obtain the two large 

rectangles in front and back. Cut uneven edges and divide each 

side into two pieces, so you have four rectangles each about 

10" wide and 14" high. Counting the three seams between the 

four pieces, the finished size will be approximately 10" x 54" 

Stitch the four pieces together on the width either with sewing 

machine or by hand. Even if you machine sew, it is still nice 

to handstitch on top a simple running stitch for the authentic 

look. Your scarf is now ready for the flowers. 

Cut various size circles from green, yellow, light and medium 

purple, and pink (1/2", 3/4" and 1"). In addition, cut some 

leaf shapes from the green fabric, at least 2" long. Since the 

circles are so small the best way is to fold the fabric twice, and 

cut 1/4" of circle with a very sharp small scissors. The circles 

will not come out perfect, but that’s the beauty of this scarf. 

Nothing is exact and it is still beautiful! 

A) Thread your needle with the thick thread and 

make a knot about half-inch from the ends. B) Place 

a leaf and three circles in various colors on top on 

the fabric, and pass the needle through the center, 

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leaving the knot on top. Do not pull the needle through all the 

way. C) On the other side, place two round pieces [in various 

colors] on the needle, so you have your flower with leaf on 

one side and the single flower with two circles on the other 

side of the scarf, then pull the needle and thread all the way so 

the knot is in the middle of the flower on the right side. Then 

make a 1/8" stitch on the middle of the flower through all the 

petals and make a secure knot by looping the thread and needle 

into the stitch. Now 

you have a flower 

on each side of the 

scarf with a knot 

in the middle. Repeat 

randomly on 

the two end pieces. 

Now you have several 

flowers on each 

side of the two ends, 

so it is a doublesided 

scarf! 

Each flower has one on the opposite side, 

each secured with a knot in the middle 

Close-up of the flowers Finished scarf 

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Educator’s Guide for Roses for Isabella 

By Ellen Myrick 

Fair Trade Scavenger Hunt (economics, art) 

Use the informative afterword by Lynn Lohr for Fair trade 

USA to talk about the history and ideals of “Fair Trade.” Then 

ask your students to write their own definition of “Fair Trade.” 

Ask the students if they have noticed Fair Trade items at their 

local stores. Create a list of Fair Trade items, and ask the store 

managers if they are willing to help support a Fair trade scavenger 

hunt. The students can bring either the fair Trade items 

or pictures of the items they find to share with the class. Use 

pictures of Fair Trade items from magazines to create a giant 

Fair Trade collage, which could be in the shape of an arch like 

the one at the Fair Trade farm in Roses for Isabella. 

Another step: Donate your “scavenged” items to a local food 

bank and explain how you are helping families in two ways! 

What’s in a Label? (art) 

The labels that Isabella’s father puts on the rose containers 

clearly identify the roses as Fair Trade items. Discuss why it 

is important to label Fair Trade items. 

Then, deconstruct the labels – what 

does the symbol or logo mean? What 

do the colors mean? How does the 

logotype add to the design? This is really 

a discussion of semiotics – what do 

signs mean and how do we use them. 

Ask the students to imagine their own 

Fair Trade product and make their 

own sign or label for it. They can draw 

inspiration from the beautiful spot 

illustrations of rainbows, animals, 

flowers, and mountains in the book. 

Another step: Invite your students to 

create logos for the school – the library, 

the gym, the band room, etc. 

A Door into Ecuador 

(geography, Math, science) 

Isabella remarks that her country is ideal for growing flowers 

because of the plentiful sunshine: Ask your students to find 

Ecuador on a globe, and discover why the climate is perfect 

for growing Isabella’s roses. Cotacachi is the tallest volcano 

in the world at 16,200 feet. Demonstrate how the use of scale 

can help to better understand the size of Cotacachi. 

Show a map and point out the scale 

bar. Now think about Cotacachi – if an inch 

represents 1,000 feet, than Cotacachi can be 

represented by just under 16 inches. What is 

the highest point in your area? How would it 

be represented using the same scale. 

Another step: Here’s a great reason to talk 

about volcanoes and create a mock erupting 

volcano in your classroom (you can easily find 

directions online for building one with common 

kitchen supplies). It could be noted that 

Cotacachi last erupted in 1955. 

Educator’s Guide for Roses for Isabella 

Spanish and Quechua 

(languages) 

Spanish is Ecuador’s official language, but 

Ecuadorans mix Spanish with words from 

native languages, including Quechua, 

the most common native language in 

the Americas, which has more than ten 

million speakers. In fact, these English 

words come from Quechua: coco, condor, 

gaucho, lama, puma, and quinoa. 

Here are some words you might hear 

in Ecuador that you and your students can try 

out for yourselves: 

Hello Hola 

Goodbye Chao 

Yes Simon 

Joke Cacho 

Kid Pelado 

Friend Pana 

Best friend Nano 

Please Allichu 

Thank You Anaychayki 

What’s your name? Ima sutiiki 

My name is Michael Sutiymi Sutiyqa Michaelem (fill in 

with your own name) 

Another step: Are there Quechua speakers in your community? 

Invite bilingual speakers to come and tell the class about 

their language and country of origin. 

Mother Earth (social studies) 

Pachamama is usually translated as 

Mother Earth, but a more literal translation 

is “Mother world.” (In Quechua 

mama = mother / pacha = world or land, 

later widened to the modern meaning 

of cosmos or universe.) Ask the children 

to look for the word “Pachamama” in 

the story, and discuss what Pachamama 

signifies for Isabella’s community. Many 

cultures have celebrations honoring 

Mother Earth 

or Pachamama. 

We have harvest 

festivals in the 

Fall and Earth 

Day in the Spring where we, too, 

honor the earth and the life it gives us. 

Isabella writes her poem in response 

to the celebration of Pachamama in 

her community. Invite the students 

to think about what they love most 

about the earth, such as the soil that 

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Story of Waldorf Education, cont. from page 77 

This point, too, derives from the first. Who, on a spiritual path, would 

not strive to bring into existence an ever-healthier social world? 

5. Reverence and the World 

Fifth, students receive a reverence for life and for the world; a concern 

for the environment, however defined. I mention this last and say the least 

about it here because as a society we have probably embraced this gift more 

fully in the past fifty years than we have the others. Peace education, environmental 

and ecological education, outdoor action programs, and other 

forms of holistic education may find fellow travelers in Waldorf teachers here. 

Only in Waldorf? 

Waldorf school curricula and methods lend themselves to an education 

in all of these five areas. Various schools may struggle at times with one or 

another. Various teachers evince strengths in particular directions. Taken 

together, however, these cover the ground, I believe, of what is essential to 

Waldorf education. It should be clear, then, that any school, any teachers can 

give these gifts. But the sad truth is that in our world today only in Waldorf 

schools can you consistently find teachers united in common purpose to 

strive to give their students fully and consistently what I have outlined here. 

The Big One 

While the trappings of Waldorf education multiply beyond counting, the 

essentials, few in number, perhaps five, perhaps more or fewer, cohere toward 

one. Another approach to the essential nature of Waldorf education deserves 

mention. If my first five points present a chorus of gifts, this last image is a 

single, sounding gong. At the center of any method of teaching must reside 

an image of the human being who is learning and being taught, the human 

being becoming ever more human. 

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Previously, human beings were seen as born in original sin and, therefore, 

to be saved (Jonathan Edwards). Or they were seen as growing healthfully in a 

metaphorical garden, inadvertently damaged or corrupted by the unhealthful 

influence of imperfect civilization (Jean Jacques Rousseau). Or as “blank slates” 

on which society, civilization, and teachers could write (John Locke). Or as 

citizens to be educated for participation in a democratic government (Thomas 

Jefferson); amoral immigrants to be moralized (Horace Mann); future contributing 

members of a community (John Dewey); or more recently, as biological 

systems that support brains that need to be programmed (Seymour Papert). 

A more profound image of a human being arises if we consider that 

we are created in a creator’s image. I take this to mean not that God has 

ten fingers and ten toes, or a hairy chest; but that, like our creator, we are 

creative. An education that places creativity at its core, and that derives its 

methods from this understanding of imagination not as an accessory or 

enhancement to an academic education, but as the ground from which all 

knowledge springs, may be called Waldorf education. 

Roses for Isabella Study Guide, 

cont. from page 79 

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about Pachamama. 

Another step: Partner with a local organization 

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poetry and art for Earth Day. 

A Rose by Any Other Label… (writing) 

…would not smell as sweet! Help empower your students to change the 

world by encouraging them to write to local florists to purchase Fair Trade 

Roses for Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. This is as an opportunity to 

teach both letter writing and persuasive writing skills to make their case 

and state their points and the outcome they wish for. 

Another step: Write a press release and send it to your local news organization. 

The Story of the Rose 

Perhaps no flower has such a fabled and rich history as the rose. There is 

a reason why there are so many rose farms in Isabella’s community. Roses 

are an ancient symbol of both love and beauty. Different colors have different 

meanings. Ask your students to research and write a short essay on 

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Index 

A 

A Calf for Christmas 34 

A Child’s Way 73 

A Thought Is Just a Thought 69 

Addiction’s Many Faces 58 

adolphi, sybille 39 

Adventures in Steiner 

Education 55 

aeppli, willi 4 

African and Caribbean 

Celebrations 35 

Age of Discovery, The 71 

Age of Revolution, The 71 

al-gailani, noorah 41 

alcott, bronson 53 

All the Dear Little Animals 20 

All Year Round 38 

allen, jo 21 

allerton, jill 41 

almon, joan 52 

Am I Really Different? 23 

An Artist’s Book of Inspiration 72 

An Unchanged MInd 60 

Ancient Greece 71 

Ancient Mythologies 71 

Ancient Rome 71 

andersen, hans christian 37 

anschutz, Marieke 54 

Anthroposophical Care for the 

Elderly 63 

Anthroposophical 

Therapeutic Speech 62 

Any Room for Me? 20 

Apple Cake, The 24 

archipova, anastasiya 28, 29 

Around the Year 17 

Art and Human Consciousness 72 

Artistic Stages, The 72 

artzybasheff, boris 27 

Auragole and the Last Battle 31 

Auragole of Mattelmead 31 

Auragole of the Mountains 31 

Auragole of the Way 31 

Autism 62 

Autumn 11, 30 

Awakening to Child Health 49 

B 

Baby’s First Year 49 

Baking Bread with Children 40 

Balance in Teaching 68 

baluschek, hans 25 

bamford, christopher 69, 70 

baric, Maija 45 

barnes, henry 67 

bartges, carol ann 59 

barton, Matthew 30, 46, 58 

barz, brigitte 8 

bauer, Dietrich 66 

bauer, john 29 

Bedtime Storytelling 64 

Beejum Book, The 31 

Bees 73 

Being Human 61 

Bell for Ursli, A 24 

berger, Petra 43 

berger, thomas 35, 43 

beskow, elsa 5, 16-17 

Big Bottom Hunt, The 21 

Big Summer Activity Book 28 

Biodynamic Food and 

Cookbook 46 

Birth and Breastfeeding 48 

Birthday 10 

Birthday Book, The 38 

blackwood, john 71 

blythe, sally goddard 2, 48, 51 

bogade, Maria 6 

bollinger, Max 36 

bom, Paulien 49 

Book of Fairy Princes, The 26 

boogerd, cornelis 2 

Botany 71 

Boys Will Be Boys 64 

bramley, sarah 27 

braun-Fock, beatrice 4 

Breathing Circle 51 

Bremen Town Musicians 28 

Bringing the Best Out in Boys 64 

bryan, angela 10 

bryan, Daniel c 10 

bryer, estelle 35 

burton, Michael 10, 30 

burton, sarah 36 

C 

Calf for Christmas, A 34 

cansino, raoul 70 

capek, jindra 36 

carey, Diana 38 

carigiet, alois 24 

carlgren, Frans 58 

Carpenter’s Daughter, The 10 

carvalho, gabriela de 8 

Celebrating Christmas 

Together 35 

Celebrating Festivals with Children 

2 

Celebrating Irish Festivals 38 

Celtic Wonder Tales 27 

chapman, katriona 36 

Child Is Born, A 36 

Child With Special Needs, The 61 

Childhood and Human 

Evolution 72 

Children and Their 

Temperaments 54 

Children of the Forest 17 

Children Who Communicate Before 

They Are Born 66 

Children of the Curative Education 

Course 63 

Children with Special Needs 62 

Children’s Games in Street 

and Playground 72 

Children’s Party Book 40 

Children’s Year, The 38 

Child’s Changing 

Consciousness, The 69 

Child’s Play 1 & 2 44 

Child’s Way, A 73 

childs, gilbert 54 

childs, sylvia 54 

chönz, selina 24 

Christian Year in Pictures for 

Children 8 

christie, carol 32 

Christmas Angels, The 35 

Christmas Craft Book, The 35 

Christmas Plays from Oberufer 37 

Christmas Story Book, The 37 

Christopher’s Harvest Time 16 

clarke, P. 62 

Cloudberry Castle 32 

Cloudberry Castle Ballet School 32 

clouder, christopher 55, 59 

clough, caroline 32 

cohen, warren lee 40 

cohn, Diana 1, 19 

collis, j. 67 

Colour 3 

Colour Dynamics 72 

coleridge, samuel taylor 8 

colum, Padraic 27 

Come Follow Me 44 

Come Follow Me, Vol 2 44 

cook, wendy e. 46 

cooper, stephanie 38 

corby, angus 21 

córdova, amy 1, 19 

Cosmos, Earth and Nutrition 72 

cowan, tom 50 

Crafts Through the Year 43 

Creative Felt 41 

Creative Wool 9 

crebbin, jennifer 45 

creeger, catherine e. 67 

crossley, Diana 66 

crowe, louise 21 

Curious Fish, The 16 

D 

Davidow, shelley 25, 31 

Davy, annie 44 

Dawson, janine 24 

Delisa, Patricia 28 

Demeter Cookbook, The 46 

Demon Slayer, The 31 

Denjean-von stryk, barbara 62 

Developing Child, The 54 

Discovering Evolutionary 

Principles 72 

Discussions with Teachers 67 

Don, lari 8, 32 

Donaldson, David 8 

Dragon Feathers 24 

Dragon Seeker 32 

Dragonfire 32 

Drawing Geomety 72 

Dream Song of Olaf 

Åsteson, The 37 

Dreißig, georg 36 

Drescher, Daniela 12-13, 26, 34 

Druitt, ann 38 

Dugina, olga 24, 27 

Dyslexia 61 

E 

Earth, Water, Fire, and Air 43 

Eco-Geography 72 

edmunds, Francis 55 

Educating As an Art 59 

Educating Through Art 59 

Education: An Introductory Reader 

55 

Education As a Force for Social 

Change 67 

Education for Adolescents 68 

Education for Special Needs 62 

Education of the Child, The 70 

Education, Teaching and Practical 

LIfe 70 

Education Towards 

Freedom 58 

Eight-Year-Old Legend Book, 

The 26 

el wakil, Mohamed 18 

eliot, winslow 47 

elliott, sharon 73 

Elsa Beskow Calendar 5 

Elves’ Big Adventure, The 12 

Emily and Daisy 16 

Emperor’s Vision, The 37 

Encountering the Self 59 

eriksson, eva 20 

Essence of Wladorf Education, 

The 53 

Essentials of Education, The 69 

Eurythmy Forms for Tone 

Eurythmy 72 

Eurythmy Therapy 63 

evans, russell 51 

everett, roland 68, 69 

F 

Fables of La Fontaine 29 

Faculty Meetings with Rudolf 

Steiner 68 

Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and 

the Beautiful Lily 33 

Fallon, sally 50 

Family, A 33 

Farm, A 33 

Favourite Grimm’s Tales 29 

Favourite Tales from Hans Christian 

Anderson 29 

Felt Farm, A 9 

Feltcraft 43 

Fergus Finds a Friend 21 

Ferguson, carrie 73 

Festivals, Family, and Food 38 

Festivals Together 38 

Findus and the Fox 15 

Findus at Christmas 7 

Findus Goes Camping 15 

Finger Strings 40 

Finser, torin M. 57 

Fire Bringer, The 31 

First Aid for Fairies 32 

First Book of Knitting for 

Children, A 41 

First Three Years of the Child, 

The 55 

Fitzjohn, sue 35 

Florina and the Wild Bird 24 

Flower Heaven 24 

Flowers’ Festival 16 

Foodwise 46 

For the Love of Literature 72 

Forbes, anne 32 

Forrester, Margaret 21 

Forsslund, karl-erik 23 

Foundations of Curative 

Eurythmy 62 

Foundations of Human 

Experience, The 67 

Fourfold Path to Healing, The 50 

Fourth Dimension, The 72 

Free to Learn 51 

Frog, Bee, and Snail Look for 

Snow 23 

From Normal to Healthy 73 

Functional Morphology 72 

Fundamental Social Law, The 73 

Fynes-clinton, christine 38 

G 

Gardening with Young 

Children 45 

Gateways 30 

gavin, jamila 30 

Gentle Will, the 73 

Genius of Language, The 68 

Genius of Natural Childhood, The 2 

Genius of Play, The 51 

giddens, craig 67 

Ginger Nut 6 

glanville, caroline 38 

glöckler, Michaela 50, 61 

Gnome Craft Book, The 43 

Go to Sleep, Little Bear 22 

goebel, wolfgang 49 

goethe, johann wolfgang von 33 

goethe's science of living Form 

goldberg, raoul 49 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears 5 

Good Sleep Guide, The 48 

Goodnight 11 

goral, Mary 55 

Goran's Great Escape 5 

gosse, bonnie 41 

grant, gabby 6 

Green Fingers and Muddy Boots 

45 

Green Snake and the 

Beautiful Lily, The 33 

Grand Metamorphosis, A 53 

grigaff, anne-Dorthe 41 

grimm, jacob & wilhelm 28, 29, 33 

gross, stephanie 52 

Grow Small, Think Beautiful 73 

Group Meditation 73 

guarducci, iris 31 

Guide to Child Health, A 49 

H 

hamed, Maissa 18 

Hannah on the Farm 4 

Hansel and Gretel 28 

Harvest Story, The 10 

Healing Process, The 73 

Healing Stories for 

Challenging Behavior 64 

Healthy Body, Healthy Brain 63 

Healthy Medicine 50 

Heaven on Earth 52 

Helpful Elves, The 4 

Helping Children to 

Overcome Fear 51 

hendry, Frances Mary 32 

Hidden Geometry of Flowers 73 

hildreth, lisa 47 

History in English Words 73 

hoffman, carl 68 

hogenboom, Marga 49, 62 

Hoglet, the Spineless 

Hedgehog 21 

Holistic Special Education 62 

Home, A 33 

Home Nursing for Carers 50 

Homemaking As a Social Art 64 

Homer’s Odyssey 26 

honeybloom, shannon 65 

How I Feel 65 

How Like An Angel 52 

How to Make a Heron Happy 6 

howell, alice o. 30, 37 

huber, Machteld 49 

Human Being and the Animal 

World, The 71 

Human Values in 

Education 70 

Hungry Hettie 21 

I 

Ice Horse, The 22 

In Blue Mountains 25 

In Search of Ethical Leadership 57 

In the Land of Elves 13 

In the Land of Fairies 13 

In the Land of Merfolk 13 

In the Light of a Child 30 

Incarnating Child, The 55 

Individuality of Colour, The 72 

Iscador 50 

Islamic Year, The 38 

J 

Jabulani! 44 

jackson, robin 62 

jacquet, hélène 37 

jaffke, Freya 2, 42, 43, 44 

jantzen, cornelia 61 

jarman, heather 10 

jenkinson, sally 51 

johnson, gail 38 

jones, janey louise 32 

jordan, janet 37 

Journey through Time in Verse and 

Rhyme, A 30 

Jumping Mouse 27 

K 

kiel-hinrichsen, Monika 65 

Kindergarten Education 51 

King Beetle-Tamer 26 

Kingdom of Childhood, The 70 

kirchner-bockholt, 

Margarete 62 

kischnick, rudolf 44 

klaassen, sandra 21 

klinghardt, Dietrich 50 

knijpenga, siegwart 27 

Knitted Animals 41 

Knitting for Children 41 

koepke, hermann 59, 60 

kofsky, h. 62 

könig, karl 61 

koopmans, loek 23, 34 

kopisch, august 4 

kornberger, horst 56 

kovacs, charles 71 

kraul, walter 43 

kroll, linda 18 

kuhlewind, georg 54 

kurzyca, krystyna emilia 25 

kwant, admar 4 

kyber, Manfred 31 

L 

lagerlof, selma 23, 37 

lai, hsin-shih 28 

Land of Long Ago 16 

Lantern Vegan Family 

Cookbook 46 

Lara’s First Christmas 37 

large, judy 38 

large, Martin 54 

Last Night of Ramadan, The 18 

latessa, shirley 31 

lathe, robert 67, 68 

lauruol, j. 62 

lawson, Polly 21 

leeuwen, M. V. 42 

Legends of King Arthur 8 

Lewis Clowns Around 6 

lieberherr, ruth 18 

lievegoed, bernard 54 

Lifeways 65 

Light Course, The 70 

Light in the Lantern, The 36 

lincoln, hazel 22 

lindgren, astrid 5, 23 

Little Christmas Tree, The 34 


Little Dolphin’s Big 

Adventure 22 

Little Fairy Can't Sleep 12 

Little Fairy’s Christmas 34 

Little Red Riding Hood 28 

Little Snow Bear 22 

Little Troll, The 23 

Living Literacy 56 

lobato, arcadio 36 

locker, thomas 25 

lockie, beatrys 64 

Looking for a Fairy 10 

louhi, kristiina 45 

luke, helen M. 66 

lundburgh, holger 29 

luxford, Michael 62 

lyons, nick 59 

M 

Mackay, janis 32 

Magic Wool 42 

Magic Wool Fairies 9 

Magical Window Stars 42 

Magnus Fin and the Moonlight 

Mission 32 

Mailer, Maggie 37 

Making a Family Home 2 

Making Dolls 42 

Making Fairy Tale Scenes 39 

Making Flower Children 39 

Making More Flower Children 39 

Making Waldorf Dolls 43 

Male, Dot 72 

Margulies, Paul 18 

Marnoch, allyson 21 

Marriage of Sense and Thought 73 

Marshall, Denise 28 

Marshall, ruth 35 

Mary’s Little Donkey 36 

Masters, brien 55, 58 

Mathematics Around Us 71 

Mathematics in Space and Time 71 

Matthews, Paul 56 

Matthews, Penny 24 

Mcbain, chani 6 

Mccarthy, brian 46 

Mckay, elizabeth 6 

Mckinnon, john a. 2, 60 

McMillan, jaiman 50 

Meditation as Contemplative 

Inquiry 72 

Mellon, nancy 44 

Merlina and the Magic Spell 13 

Metamorphosis Evolution in 

Action 72 

Meyerbröker, helga 42 

Miedzian, Myriam 64 

Millennial Child 72 

Mills, sam 31 

Milon and the Lion 8 

Miracle in Bethlehem, The 36 

Mirocha, Paul 19 

Mistletoe Therapy for Cancer 50 

Modern Art of Education, A 69 

Moeskops, j. 42 

Mogensen, jan 22 

Montefiore, sophia 6 

Moore, Mary 27 

Moore, thomas 44 

More Lifeways 69 

More Magic Wool 42 

Moeskops, j. 42 

Mr. Goethe’s Garden 19 

Muddles, Puddles and 

Sunshine 66 

Muller, gerda 5, 11, 20 

Murphy, christine 50 

Muscles and Bones 71 

My Cat Mac 21 

Myths of the World 27 

N 

Namaste! 19 

Natural Birth 48 

Nature Corner, The 42 

nature of substance 73 

neall, lucinda 64 

nethercott, joanne 6 

Nettle and the Butterfly, The 10 

neuschütz, karin 9, 39 

newbatt, David 33 

nicol, janni 35 

nobel, agnes 59 

nordqvist, sven 7, 15 

Norse Hero Tales 26 

Norse Mythology 71 

Now You See It… 44 

Nutrition 73 

Nurturing Potential in the 

Kindergarten Years 2 

O 

o’byrne, nicola 6 

odent, Michel 48 

Old Age 66 

oldfield, lynn 51 

Ollie’s Ski Trip 17 

olson, Michael 65 

On Christmas Eve 35 

On the Threshold of 

Adolescence 60 

One Thousand and One Nights 27 

oppenheimer, sharifa 52 

Optics of Visual Experience 72 

Organizational Integrity 57 

oschman, james 50 

Out of the Blue 66 

Over the Hills and Far Away 26 

P 

Painting with Children 42 

Pancakes for Findus 15 

Papercraft 40 

Parallel Process, The 2 

Parent and Child Group 

Handbook 72 

Parsifal and the Search for the 

Grail 71 

Parzival 33 

Patten, brian 27 

Patterns of Eternity 72 

Pearce, joseph chilton 49 

Peck, betty 51 

Pelle’s New Suit 17 

Perrow, susan 68 

Peter and Anneli’s Journey to the 

Moon 25 

Peter and Lotta’s Adventure 16 

Peter and Lotta’s Christmas 16 

Peter in Blueberry Land 17 

Peter’s Old House 17 

Phases of Childhood 54 

Physiology of Eurythmy Therapy 63 

Pico the Gnome 25 

Pietzner, cornelius 61 

Pip the Gnome 4 

Poems for Younger Children 8 

Portrait of Camphill, A 61 

Power of Stories, The 56 

Pozatek, krissy 2 

Practical Advice to 

Teachers 67 

Primal Health 48 

Princess in the Forest, The 14 

Princess Sylvie 5 

Projective Geometry 72 

Pudding and Chips 24 

Pull the Other One! 44 

Puppet Theatre 45 

Pusch, ruth 68 

Q 

Querido, rené 68 

R 

Raising Waldorf 54 

ramsden, kristin 10 

rawson, Martyn 51 

Reading the Face 72 

Ready to Learn 51 

Red Fever 32 

reinckens, sunnhild 42 

reinhardt, rosamond 301 

reinhard, rotraud 9 

Remembering Heraclitus 72 

Renewal of Education, The 68 

Renewing Education 55 

renne 22 

reppel, elizabeth 10 

Rythmic Einreibung 73 

Rhythms of Learning 59 

Rhythms of the Week 72 

rickards, lynne 6 

Rime of the Ancient Mariner 8 

romer, norah 10 

Roots of Education, The 69 

rose, Michael 51, 56 

Rose Windows 42 

rowling, Marije 38, 40 

Rudolf Steiner in the Waldorf 

School 67 

S 

sacranie, Magdalena 27 

sagarin, stephen keith 3, 59, 74 

salter, joan 55 

santer, ivor 45 

saunders, kerrie 46 

schäfer, christine 9 

schaefer, signe e. 65 

schiller, Paul-eugen 72 

Schiller File, The 72 

schilling, karin V. 66 

schmidt, Dagmar 42 

schmidt-brabant, Manfred 64 

schmitt-stegman, astrid 67 

School As a Journey 57 

School Renewal 57 

schubert, jan 19 

schwartz, eugene 72 

schweizer, sally 58 

sealey, Maricristin 43 

sehlin, gunhild 36 

Secrets of Metals, The 73 

Secrets of the Skeleton 73 

seiler-hugova, ueli 3 

selg, Peter 3, 53, 61, 73 

Set Free Childhood 54 

Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book, 

The 26 

Sewing Dolls 39 

shephard, carol 44 

sheppard, kate 66 

sherpa, ang rita 19 

Shifty Lad, The 27 

shillan, Margaret 56 

sierau, christine 18 

Silence is Complicity 57 

Singing Year, The 38 

Sky Phenomena 72 

sleigh, julian 60 

smith, chris 38 

smith, Patti 65 

smyth, nell 51 

snow, P.l. 27 

Snow White & Rose Red 28 

Social Ecology 73 

Soldier’s Game 32 

Soul Development Through Handwriting 

45 

Soul Economy 68 

Soul of the Earth 73 

Speaking, Listening, 

Understanding 73 

spindler, hermann 46 

Spindrift 30 

Spirit and Art 72 

Spirit of the English 

Language, The 56 

Spirit of the Mountain 31 

Spirit of the Waldorf School, The 67 

Spiritual Ground of Education, 

The 69 

Spiritual Rhythms in Adult Life 72 

Spiritual Tasks of the 

Homemaker, The 64 

spock, Marjorie 73 

Spring 11, 30 

Stairway of Surprise 73 

Star Children 54 

Stargazers’ Almanace 72 

stebbing, Peter 33 

stedall, jonathan 37 

steiner, rudolf 55, 62, 67-70, 

72, 73 

Steiner Education and Social 

Issues 58 

steven, kenneth 21 

stockton, anne 10 

Storm Singing and Other Tangled 

Tasks 32 

stormont, bobbie 44 

Stories of the Saints 27 

Story of the Butterfly Children 14 

Story of the Rabbit Children 14 

Story of the Root Children 14 

Story of the Snow Children 14 

Story of the Wind Children 14 

Story of Waldorf Education in the 

United States, The 3 

Storytelling with Children 44 

Strange Loops and Ggestures of 

Creation 49 

strauss, Michaela 52 

Stress-Free Parenting 49 

streit, jakob 8 

Studies on the Philosophy of the 

Four Elements 73 

Summer 11, 30 

Sun and Seed 10 

Sun Egg, The 17 

Sun Seed, The 19 

Swedish Folk Tales 29 

Symbols of Eternity 72 

T 

Tale of the Little, Little Old Woman, 

The 17 

Tales from African Dreamtime 27 

Talking Eagle and the Lady of 

Roses 1 

talley, leslie 65 

tannenbaum, rose 18 

taylor, Michael 44 

teacher resources 72, 73 

Teaching as a Lively Art 58 

Teaching Language Arts in the 

Waldorf School 69 

teutsch, gertrude 68 

Theo, The Blue Rider Pigeon 18 

Therapeutic Eye, The 53 

Thirteen to Nineteen 60 

thomas, anne and Peter 38 

thomas, heather 30 

thompson, william irwin 60 

Thorkill of Iceland 26 

Three Candles of Little 

Veronica, The 31 

Thumbelina 28 

To a Different Drumbeat 62 

Toddler Years, The 49 

Tomten, The 23 

Tomten and the Fox, The 23 

Tomtes’ Christmas Porridge 7 

Tomtes of Hilltop Wood 20 

törnqvist, Marit 5 

Toymaking with Children 43 

Transformational Teaching 55 

Transforming History 60 

Traveling Light 66 

trostli, roberto 59 

turner, kristine 48 

tyler, brenda 20 

U 

Uan the Little Lamb 21 

Unbornness 53 

Uncle Blue’s New Boat 16 

Under the Sky 45 

Understand Your Temperament! 73 

Understanding Children’s 

Drawings 52 

Utopie 73 

V 

Vaccination Dilemma, The 50 

Valens, jo 47 

van Duin, Veronika 64 

Van haren, wil 44 

van hichtum, nienke 24 

van Zeyl, Marjan 11 

Vegan Diet as Chronic Disease 

Prevention, The 46 

Verney, candy 38 

Verschuren, ineke 26 

Very Old Donkey, the 10 

Index 

Vogt, Felicitas 60 

von bassewitz, gerdt 25 

von goethe, joann wolfgang 33 

von olfers, sibylle 14 

Voors, bons 65 

W 

wagner, gerard 33 

Waldorf Alphabet Book 18 

Waldorf Book of Breads, The 47 

Waldorf Education 67-70 

Waldorf Education and 

Anthroposophy 1 69 

Waldorf Education and 

Anthroposophy 2 69 

Waldorf Kindergarten Snack Book, 

The 47 

Waldorf School Book of Soups, 

The 47 

ward, lorraine 21 

ward, william 66 

Way of Seeing, A 72 

Way to the Stable, The 36 

Wee Granny's Magic Ban 6 

welburn, andrew 37 

Well, I Wonder 58 

Wendy the Whale 10 

wenz-Viëtor, else 24, 35 

westerink, gerda 23 

weston, Minda 38 

What Babies and Children 

Really Need 48 

What is a Waldorf 

Kindergarten? 52 

What Is Waldorf 

Education? 59 

What Julianna Could See 18 

What’s Hiding in There? 12 

When Findus Was Little and Disappeared 

15 

Where Are You? 66 

Where Do Ideas Come From? 72 

Where Do They Go When It 

Rains? 20 

Where is My Sister? 7 

whittaker, nancy 67, 68 

Wholeness of Nature, The 72 

Why Children Don’t Listen 65 

wiberg, harald 23 

wiboltt, anne-Marie Fryer 46 

Winding Road, The 30 

Wings of Ruksh 32 

Winston’s Wish 66 

Wishcatchers, The 32 

Winter 11, 30 

Winter, Awake! 18 

Wise Enchanter, The 25 

Witch Silver 32 

wolf, lorraine nelson 44 

Wolf Notes and Other Musical 

Mishaps 32 

wolk-gerche, angelika 39, 40, 42 

Wonderful Adventures of Nils, 

The 23 

woodhouse, sarah 48 

woodward, bob 62 

Woody, Hazel, and Little Pip 17 

Words in Place 56 

Work and Play in Early 

Childhood 44 

wulsin, john h. jr. 56 

wyatt, isabel 8, 26 

wynstones Press 10 

Y 

You Can’t Play Here 21 

young, ella 27 

Your Reincarnating Child 54 

Z 

Zeyl, Marjan van 4 

Zieve, robert 50 

Zonneveld, Famke 18 

zur linden, wilhelm 48 


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