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.
Latest News
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Review: Stories to Light the Night by Susan Perrow
This review is written by Zeina El Zein, 26 years old, from Lebanon, working as an expressive art therapist.
“Is this a book or a toy? Probably both.”
Dagens Nyheter, Sweden
Findus and Pettson View all
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Pancakes for Findus
£14.99It is Findus’ birthday, so Farmer Pettson wants to bake a big stack of pancakes for the cat who has three birthdays a year. But how can they get the eggs when the bull is in the way?
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Learning with Findus and Pettson
Letters and Words£9.99A fun activity book that will help young children learn the basics of letter recognition, spelling and words.
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Findus Plants Meatballs
£14.99Pettson begins to sow his vegetables and because Findus does’t like vegetables he decides to plant one of his meatballs instead. However, keeping the vegetable garden safe proves a hard task for Findus and Pettson.
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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 and the Fox
£14.99There’s a hen-hunting fox on the loose. But farmer Pettson and his quirky cat Findus agree that foxes shouldn’t be killed. They should be tricked. They come up with a fabulous plan which makes for an explosive, unforgettable night.
Education View all
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A Year With Findus
Seasonal crafts and nature activities£16.99Brimming with Sven Nordqvist’s ingenious illustrations, here is a craft and activity book that will get you up and active.
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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 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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Creative Form Drawing with children aged 6–10 years
Workbook 1£25.00Designed to be used with the Steiner/Waldorf curriculum from classes one through three, this will also be valuable to home-educating parents using the Steiner/Waldorf ethos as their base.
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The Case for Homeschooling
free range home education bookA must-read for parents and families considering teaching their children at home.
Craft View all
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Baking Bread with Children
With a little know-how anyone can transform a few basic ingredients into a delicious, sustaining loaf of bread. Baking Bread with Children has everything you need to share the magic of baking 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 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.
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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 Waldorf Crafts
Step-by-step crafts for children from 6 to 8 years£16.99This is a recipe book to guide young people through making things on their own (with a little help or guidance from an adult, if needed) with plenty of pictures to follow and helpful rhymes for remembering.
Storytelling View all
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Stories to Light the Night
A Grief and Loss Collection for Children, Families and Communities£19.99Stories and words have therapeutic potential. They can strengthen us, help to reframe things, and help make meaning. This book offers story medicine for children, families and communities at times of grieving, loss and separation.
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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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World Tales for Family Storytelling II
44 Traditional Stories for Children aged 6–8 years£15.99Traditional stories for children aged 6-8, from oral traditions around the world – for reading, telling and retelling; literacy and oracy.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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?
Changemaking View all
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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.
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Organisations with Soul
A social path of schooling in the language of the human soulHow can we connect more deeply with others at work? And connect more wholeheartedly with our work tasks, so as to create mutual support, respect, meaning and growth?
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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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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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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.
