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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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 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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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.
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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.
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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?
Education View all
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Creative Form Drawing 1
£16.99Workbook 1 containing the first four sections of Rudolf Kutzli’s course in creative form drawing.
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Reclaim Early Childhood
The Philosophy, Psychology and Practice of Steiner Waldorf Early Years EducationA lively overview of Rudolf Steiner-Waldorf early years education as adaptable, creative and dynamic, and informed by a profound respect for the uniqueness of each child.
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Movement
Your Child's First Language£25.00This revolutionary book challenges our mainstream assumptions about early development and learning. What are children’s real age-appropriate needs – as opposed to the ones that impatient adults think they should have?
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Too Much, Too Soon?
Early Learning and the Erosion of ChildhoodIn twenty-three hard-hitting chapters, leading educators, researchers, policy makers and parents advocate alternative ways ahead for slowing childhood, better policy-making and, above all, the ‘right learning at the right time’ in children’s growth — learning when they are developmentally ready.
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Waldorf Games Handbook For The Early Years
Games to Play and Sing with Children aged 3-7£19.99142 counting, finger, beanbag, circle, clapping, skipping, water, singing, and rainy day games!
Craft View all
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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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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.
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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.
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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Jumping Mouse
Sale! Original price was: £6.99.£4.99Current price is: £4.99.This hero quest has enchanted generations of children since first publication in 1972.
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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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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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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.
Family View all
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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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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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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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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.
Changemaking View all
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New Eyes for Plants
A workbook for observing and drawing plants£18.99New Eyes for Plants offers fresh ways of seeing nature on a journey through the seasons with observation and drawing exercises. Simple observation exercises interwoven with inspiring illustrations invite you “to see” with a fresh pair of eyes. This opens a door onto a new way of practising Science as an Art, using the holistic approach of Goethe.
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Breathing with the Climate Crisis
£5.00A hopeful narrative about the climate crisis, a new, different perspective that could unleash the courage to act.
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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.
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No Shore Too Far
A collection of heartfelt poems and meditations on the themes of 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.
