Starting on 1st August, Lughnasa is the late summer festival celebrating harvest.
An Enchanted Place: Winnie the Pooh’s return to defend the 100 Acre Wood?
Jonathan Stedall in his new book, An Enchanted Place, wonders: What sort of a person Winnie the Pooh would be like if he became a human being? Would he still write poetry, and still be fond…
Planting a children’s forest
As we enjoy midsummer, the authors of The Children’s Forest are promoting children planting trees and learning how to look after them. Check out the film to learn more and there is even a course…
Small Steps forward
We had a lovely review for Small Steps to Less Waste: Stories to Inspire Change from Saffia Farr, Editor of Juno magazine. Thanks Saffia. This book is inspirational. It’s a collection of stories and reflections…
Beltane Celebrations
Beltane, the celebration of light and fertility, takes place on 1st May. Celebrate with stories and craft ideas from The Children’s Forest
It’s nesting season and we’re looking out for blackbirds!
Watching birds gathering nesting materials, we’re inspired to look more closely at the blackbird in particular
Small Steps to Less Waste is Launched
We were delighted to launch the new title Small Steps to Less Waste with author Claudi Williams and some of the book contributors discussing how we can all make small but important changes that reduce…
Easter Activity from The Children’s Forest – natural egg dyeing
Learn how to paint eggs using natural dye, leaves and flowers that can all be gathered on a sunny Easter weekend walk.
Book Launch for Small Steps to Less Waste on Tuesday 30th March
Join Claudi Williams and contributors to Small Steps to Less Waste for an online book launch on Tuesday 30th March.
Stories to Light the Night – Online Launch Event Now Available to Watch on YouTube
The online launch of Stories to Light the Night by Susan Perrow is now available to watch on our Youtube channel.
Review: Stories to Light the Night
The good authors of Druid Life blog have read Susan Perrow’s Stories to Light the Night. According to their review, the book is useful on different levels. As a grief and loss collection, you can…
On World Book Day 2021 Findus Gets Ready for Spring
This year, World Book Day comes at the beginning of a spring we have been looking forward to throughout the winter lockdown. To help us celebrate, we turned to the central character of our most…
Stories to inspire change
We’re delighted to be publishing Small Steps to Less Waste, a community project in association with Action on Plastic. The book contains 12 stories of personal enlightenment and the practical changes people made to live…
Launch event for ‘Stories to Light the Night’ by Susan Perrow on 16 March 2021
Join Susan Perrow in conversation with Alida Gersie, Ph.D. and Martin Large of Hawthorn Press
Celebrating Pancake Day with Findus
Today is Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, the traditional feast day before the start of Lent. It’s also Findus’s birthday! And he loves to make pancakes on his birthday. Pancake Recipe 5 eggs600 ml/21 fl…
Learn How to Make Dolls with Author and Crafter Steffi Stern
Steffi Stern’s latest book, Making Soft Dolls: Simple Waldorf Designs to Sew and Love, has just received a lovely review in Waldorf Today.
Welcome Imbolc with song
Homeschooling discussion
On 16 January 2021 we held The Case for Homeschooling panel discussion with author Anna Dusseau. As many families home school in the latest Lockdown, this timely panel discussion shared personal experiences of home learning…
