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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Review: Stories to Light the Night by Susan Perrow
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Findus and Pettson View all
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Findus Goes Fishing
£14.99‘I’m in a bad mood and I want to be left alone,’ says Pettson. Findus the cat stares at him. He’s never seen the old farmer so grumpy. I must cheer him up, he thinks. Somehow.
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Findus Moves Out
£12.99Because cats really need their early morning exercise, Findus decides to find a house of his own where he can jump and bounce when he likes. But jumping on beds is one thing – living without Pettson is quite another…
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Findus Rules the Roost
£12.99The chickens are Findus’ best friends, second only to Pettson. But one day, Pettson brings home a rooster. What happens next?
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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.
Education View all
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Raising Happy Healthy Children
Why Mothering MattersThis fully-updated second edition of What Children and Babies Really Need draws on the latest scientific research to show how the first few years determine the way children develop, body and mind, for the rest of their lives.
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The Genius of Natural Childhood
Secrets of thriving childrenSally Goddard Blythe draws on neuroscience to unpack the wisdom of nursery rhymes, playing traditional games and fairy stories for healthy child development.
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The Well Balanced Child
Movement and Early Learning£16.99This fully revised edition is a passionate manifesto for a “whole body” approach to learning which integrates the brain, senses, movement and play.
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Games Children Play II
Games to develop social skills, teamwork, balance and coordination£19.99A thoroughly updated second edition of the classic Games Children Play (1996) with new games added, by popular demand.
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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.
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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Darning
repair, make, mend£19.00Re-using and mending our clothes has become a mark of pride. This is visible mending, more akin to embroidery and embellishment that will make your favourite clothing even more personal and save it from landfill.
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Making Soft Dolls
Simple Waldorf Designs to Sew and Love£16.99Why do Waldorf dolls have few facial features? What is it about dolls that captures the imagination of children and adults around the world? This book answers these questions and highlights the power of dolls used for therapeutic purposes, recognising that soft dolls aren’t just for children.
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Making Fairy Folk
30 Magical Needle Felted Characters£16.99The latest book by Steffi Stern, with 30 magical characters to make from fairies and sprites to gnomes and wildlife. Illustrations and clear instructions throughout make the book engaging and easy to follow.
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Making the Children’s Year
Seasonal Waldorf Crafts with Children£25.00Making the Children’s Year is a family resource for seasonal crafts with children. Drawing on the creative ethos of Steiner Waldorf education, this is a full-colour second edition of The Children’s Year, which has been a much-loved favourite for thirty years and which has never been out of print.
Storytelling View all
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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.
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Storytelling with Children
£16.99Telling stories awakens wonder and creates special occasions with children, whether it is bedtime, around the fire or on rainy days. Encouraging you to spin golden tales, Nancy Mellon shows how you can become a confident storyteller and enrich your family with the power of story.
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The Natural Storyteller
Wildlife Tales for Telling£19.99The Natural Storyteller is full of dynamic story seeds. When you open the book and read a story seed, you plant it in yourself, unleashing courage, creativity and love of nature.
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Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour
£19.99How the power of story can help resolve a range of common childhood behaviours and situations such as separation anxiety, bullying, sibling rivalry, nightmares and grieving.
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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.
Family View all
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Raising Happy Healthy Children
Why Mothering MattersThis fully-updated second edition of What Children and Babies Really Need draws on the latest scientific research to show how the first few years determine the way children develop, body and mind, for the rest of their lives.
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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.
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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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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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Bringing the Best Out in Boys
Communication Strategies for TeachersThese time tested communication strategies help get the best out of boys. The tips for tackling difficult behaviour will result in more classroom co-operation and learning – so that everyone benefits.
Changemaking View all
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No Shore Too Far (CD-Audio)
£12.00Hear Jonathan Stedall read his heartfelt poems and meditations on death, bereavement and hope.
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Navigator
work and personal development toolkit for men£45.00Men’s lives are changing fast in all sectors of employment and amongst those who are seeking employment. This workbook is for all men at work or seeking work: for men on their own, men in relationships and men as fathers.
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Our Twelve Senses
How healthy senses refresh the Soul£14.99Sensory overload can leave us feeling empty, or even thirsting for ever more stimulation. Here is a more balanced, health-giving way of experiencing and understanding the human senses.
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Humanity on the Threshold
Spiritual development in turbulent times£20.00The limits of consciousness that existed centuries ago are no longer fixed; reality is beginning to be defined by more than the phenomenal world. We face new frontiers, and this may be overpowering – or it may be enlightening and positive.
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Peace Journalism
Peace Journalism explains how most coverage of conflict unwittingly fuels further violence, and proposes workable options to give peace a chance.
‘On the last day of the world, I would want to plant a tree.’ –W.S. Merwin