Hawthorn Press makes books to support a creative, peaceful and earth-caring world. Our titles encompass education, crafts and activities, storytelling, parenting and changemaking.
Recent Highlights
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Biodynamic Farming Handbook
Activating soil fertility for growing healthy food£29.99A must-read for farmers transitioning to organic, regenerative agriculture.
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The Insecurity Trap
A Short Guide to Transformation£11.99People ask what is going wrong with the world, with new wars, extreme populist movements, climate breakdown, poverty, inequality and exclusion. This short book addresses these concerns and suggests how we can proactively make a difference.
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Earthwards
Transformative Ecological Education£25.00A timely handbook of transformative ecological education with principles, methods and projects that teachers of all subjects can use to engage students aged 7–18 across the curriculum.
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Baking Real Bread
Family recipes with stories and songs for celebrating bread£19.99An invitation to share the magic of baking bread with children of all ages.
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Seven Secrets of Spontaneous Storytelling
£14.99When Darinka and Adam unexpectedly meet Dorothy, they embark on a roller coaster journey that transforms their family through the power of spontaneous storytelling.
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Findus and Pettson View all
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Findus and the Christmas Tomte
£19.99Findus, the talking cat, is excited about the Yule Tomte visiting at Christmas and bringing gifts. Oh dear! thinks Pettson, How can I explain that the Yule Tomte may not visit cats? So he resolves to build a secret Tomte – what could possibly go wrong?
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Findus Goes Camping
£12.99One day, Findus finds a tent in the attic. Pettson starts imagining how it will be going camping by the lake, catching fish and grilling them over the fire as the sun sets. This is not exactly how things turn out, though.
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Can Findus Find Pettson?
£6.99Findus has drawn a picture for Pettson. But where is Pettson? Findus asks everyone he meets, but nobody seems to know – not the hens, not the cows, not even the muckles. How will Findus find Pettson?
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Learning with Findus and Pettson
Numbers and Shapes£9.99A fun activity book that will help young children learn the basics of counting, shape recognition and colours.
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When Findus was Little and Disappeared
£14.99Here is the story of when Findus was little and disappeared – and how he came to live with Pettson in the first place.
Education View all
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Woodland Crafting
30 projects for children£16.99The perfect companion for any family outdoor day, a joyful introduction to the crafts available in any piece of woodland.
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The Children’s Forest
Stories & songs, wild food, crafts & celebrations all year round£28.99This book encourages children’s natural fascination with the forest and its inhabitants. The authors have produced an enchanting book where imagination, story and play bring alive the world of the forest.
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Creative Form Drawing for the Four Temperaments with Children aged 6–12
Workbook 3£25.00A step by step guide to drawing forms for the four temperaments, a resource to use with children aged 6-12 years. This has a harmonizing, transformative and strengthening effect on child development.
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Form Drawing and Colouring
For Fun, Healing & Wellbeing£15.00Eighty six pages of creative colour forms to copy, experiment with and develop. Printed on high quality cartridge paper to ensure easy drawing.
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Creative Nature Play
Imaginative crafting, games, stories & adventures£16.99We live in the wild woods and it is the best playground ever! Our games are all in this book. We’ll show you how to play them.
Craft View all
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Baking Real Bread
Family recipes with stories and songs for celebrating bread£19.99An invitation to share the magic of baking bread with children of all ages.
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Making Peg Dolls
Over 60 fun creative projects for children and adults£16.99Peg dolls are small, enchanting, and easy to make. They are a perfect craft for children and can become the inspiration for endless play and storytelling. Margaret Bloom invites you to enter the tiny magical world of peg dolls…
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Making Peg Dolls & More
toys that spin, fly and bring sweet dreams£16.99From simple peg doll necklaces, moving mobiles and fantastical flying creatures, to pin cushions, herbal dream pillows and nature gathering bags, this series of delightful craft projects will bring together and inspire all the family in the act of making as well as playing and living creatively.
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Making Knitted Animals
£16.99What is it about these knitted animals that captures children’s imaginations? Here is an enchanting collection of animals to knit in soft wool and natural material
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Making Waldorf Dolls
Creative Doll-Making with Children£14.99This comprehensive, well illustrated book will give even the most nervous beginner the confidence to produce a unique, handcrafted toy from natural materials. Once you have mastered the basic baby dolls, you can progress to a more ambitious limbed or jointed doll.
Storytelling View all
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An A-Z Collection of Behaviour Tales
From Angry Ant to Zestless Zebra£15.99This must-have collection of behaviour tales offers story medicine as a creative strategy for parenting, teaching and counselling.
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Storytelling for Nature Connection
Environment, community and story-based learning£20.00A treasury of stories, creative activities and methods that environmental educators and storytellers can use to affect people’s pro-environmental behaviour.
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World Tales for Family Storytelling III
51 Traditional Stories for Children aged 8–11 years£15.99Traditional stories for children aged 8-11, from oral traditions around the world – for reading, telling and retelling; literacy and oracy.
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Advent and Christmas Stories
A treasury of stories, verses and songs£14.99From Advent and the Twelve Days of Christmas, to the flight into Egypt: Estelle Bryer and Janni Nicol tell their favourite Advent and Christmas stories.
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The Storyteller’s Way
Sourcebook for inspired storytelling£20.00Everyone can tell a story, but to tell it well you need a certain set of skills. Whether you’re starting out or want to develop your storytelling expertise, this book is an essential guide.
Family View all
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An A-Z Collection of Behaviour Tales
From Angry Ant to Zestless Zebra£15.99This must-have collection of behaviour tales offers story medicine as a creative strategy for parenting, teaching and counselling.
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The Parenting Toolkit
simple steps to happy & confident childrenHere is a unique toolkit for parents and guardians who wish to give their children the best start in life.
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My Family and other Allergies
Safe and scrumptious recipes for diverse dietsSale! Original price was: £16.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.Everybody has different eating habits but sometimes it’s awkward cooking for those you care about. What can we feed our loved ones when their needs are mixed?
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Simplicity Parenting
Using the power of less to raise happy, secure children£16.99Here are four simple steps for decluttering, quieting, and soothing family dynamics so that children can thrive at school, get along with peers, and nurture well-being.
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Between Form and Freedom
Raising a teenager£14.99Betty Staley explores the vibrant and exuberant nature of adolescence, offering a wise guide to raising a teenager.
Changemaking View all
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Small Steps to Less Waste
stories to inspire changeSale! Original price was: £14.99.£5.99Current price is: £5.99.What are the tipping points that encourage people to make significant changes to their behaviour? This inspiring book includes ten stories of personal enlightenment and the practical changes they made.
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Commons Sense
Co-operative place making and the capturing of land value for 21st century Garden CitiesHow Garden City and Community Land Trust methods enable ‘associative democracy’ vision to be put into practice through the development of social-public partnerships.
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Rudolf Steiner
Life & Work£15.99Rudi Lissau offers a fascinating overview of Rudolf Steiner’s life, philosophy, meditative path, and work.
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Springboard
Women's Development Workbook 8th edition£45.00Springboard helps you do what you want to do in your life and work. It gives you the ideas and skills to take more control of your life and then gives you the boost in self-confidence to start making things happen.
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21st Century Garden Cities of To-Morrow
A ManifestoIn 1898, Garden Cities of To-morrow – the peaceful path to reform was published. The movement it sparked led to the first-ever Garden City, Letchworth (UK). More recently, a former mayor of Letchworth, Philip Ross, joined the urban planner Yves Cabannes to write this book, a 21st-century update of the original.
‘On the last day of the world, I would want to plant a tree.’ –W.S. Merwin