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
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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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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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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Learning with Findus and Pettson
Telling the Time£9.99A fun activity book that will help young children learn how to tell the time using an analogue clock face.
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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.
Education View all
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Sing me the Creation
Creative Writing SourcebookAn inspirational workbook of creative writing exercises for poets and teachers, and for all who wish to develop the life of the imagination.
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Creative Form Drawing 3
£16.99The concluding workbook of Rudolf Kutzli’s course in creative form drawing, containing the last four sections of his 12-section guide.
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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.
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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 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 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 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.
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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 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
Storytelling View all
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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
53 Traditional Stories for Children aged 4–6 years£15.99A collection of traditional stories from around the world. Simple, quick to learn, and perfect for sharing at bedtime, on journeys, at parties or around the campfire.
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Therapeutic Storytelling
101 Healing Stories for Children£20.00Susan Perrow passionately believes that ‘stories know the way’. Working with imaginative journeys and the mystery and magic of metaphor, she has developed the art of therapeutic storytelling for children’s challenging behaviour and difficult situations.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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Where on Earth is Heaven?
This book is a response to the author’s young son once asking, ‘Where on earth is heaven?’ For Jonathan Stedall, what lies behind this question has motivated his long career as a distinguished documentary director.
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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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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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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.
