When the nights are drawing in and the sun loses its strength, it is time to make our own little sun – a lantern.
Autumn Lanterns
Hairy Halloween spider
Enjoy making this hairy spider with your kids this Halloween, courtesy of Making Simple Needle Felts by Steffi Stern.
A reader’s response to Seven Secrets of Spontaneous Storytelling
Event: Spontaneous Storytelling, Family Fun and Games with Danyah Miller
Families with children aged 5–12 are invited to join inspirational storyteller Danyah Miller for a magical hour of fun, games and stories. 2.30pm, Saturday 28 October at The Museum in the Park, STROUD Early-bird family…
Event: Danya Miller in Michael Morpurgo’s I Believe in Unicorns
Suitable for children aged 6+ and anyone who loves stories and books. Sun 29 Oct 2023 at the Sub Rooms in Stroud Award-winning storyteller Danyah Miller brings best-selling children’s author Michael Morpurgo’s treasured story to life. This intimate…
Review: Fairytales, Families & Forests
Fairytales, Families & Forests reviewed by Nimue Brown on her blog, originally posted on 7 June. Georgiana Keable and Dawne McFarlane have created a brilliant resource for anyone who wants to wants to tell stories…
Q&A with Betty K. Staley author of Between Form and Freedom
Betty K. Staley has been a Waldorf educator and researcher for over 50 years. As a founder of the Sacramento Waldorf High School, she taught history and literature for 20 years and then helped found…
Fairytales, Families and Forests review
Jill Tina Taplin is a Waldorf early childhood teacher, parent educator, and advisor. With Janni Nicol she is author of Understanding the Steiner Waldorf Approach, now in its second edition at Routledge. Here she reviews…
Advance Copies: Fairytales, Families & Forests
It has arrived! Fairytales, Families & Forests is jam-packed with stories, singing games and rhymes of nature for ages 0–7 years. The book is written by Georgiana Keable and Dawne McFarlane and gorgeously illustrated by…
Sea Sagas of the North – Online launch now available to watch
Join authors Jules Pretty and James Canton talking about Jules’s latest book Sea Sagas, aspects of climate emergency, biodiversity loss and regenerative agriculture. Jules Pretty is Professor of Environment and Society at the University of…
Sea Sagas of the North: Jules Pretty Talk and Conversation
How Stories and Sagas Create Agency for the Climate Crises Friday 24 February 2023 at Lansdown Hall, Stroud. Jules Pretty is Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex. His Sea Sagas of…
Designing regenerative food systems: Workshop with Marina O’Connell
Saturday 25 February 2023 at Lansdown Hall, Stroud. Marina O’Connell is a Director of the Apricot Centre CIC, a carbon negative regenerative farm and wellbeing service in Devon. She is an experienced permaculture designer, trainer…
Jonathan Stedall 1938–2022
WEB EVENT: Fairytales, Families & Forests at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival
At a Scottish International Storytelling Festival event, Georgiana Keable and Dawne McFarlane will discuss their forthcoming book Fairytales, Families and Forests.
WEB EVENT: Jules Pretty on his new book Sea Sagas of the North
Join Jules Pretty and James Canton, author of the acclaimed The Oak Papers, on 26 October at 6.30pm for an online conversation about his new book Sea Sagas of the North: Travels & Tales at…
Yachting Monthly reviews Sea Sagas of the North
Yachting Monthly has a lively book club which features the best sailing books and marine books. Julia Jones has read the book Sea Sagas of the North by Jules Pretty. You can read her review…
Review of My Family and Other Allergies by Julie Gritten
A very helpful and nicely illustrated book explaining the basics of the digestive system, the most common allergies, then giving many delicious recipes related to specific diets and conditions, with a special emphasis on the…
New Book: Learning with Findus and Pettson
Using the adventures and misdemeanours of the mischievous Findus the Cat and old Farmer Pettson, along with their farm animals and muckle friends, here are puzzles and activities to spark imagination and engage young minds.
