As we face weeks, and perhaps months, of uncertainty during the Covid-19 crisis, Martin Large explores the ways in which Hawthorn Press’s titles can help with home schooling and staying at home
Deep End Home Schooling – how our books can help!
Baking with the Kids
Baking bread with children can be a wonderful at-home learning experience. As we all come to the end of our first week at home, we are sharing a simple bread baking recipe from Baking Bread…
Pancake Day with Findus!
It’s Findus’ birthday so Farmer Pettson wants to bake a big stack of pancakes for the cat who has three birthdays a year …
How to Darn with Selvedge Magazine
The March/April 2020 issue (no. 93) of Selvedge Magazine features Hikaru Noguchi’s Darning: repair, make, mend, showing readers how to use the tambourine stitch.
What Findus made in February
It’s cold outside and the wind is blowing hard, so why not have some fun gardening inside?
Darning: repair, make, mend in the news
Hikaru Noguchi’s Darning: repair, make, mend has received some great reviews recently and has featured in several articles on darning.
National Storytelling Week 1st – 8th February 2020
To celebrate this year’s National Storytelling Week we are offering 10% off all our storytelling titles.
Imbolc, 1st February
Today we are celebrating the Celtic festival of Imbolc. 1st February is known as the first day of spring, with Imbolc, also known as St Brigit’s Day, marking the loosening of winter’s grip. The land’s…
A Review of Twelve Ways of Seeing the World by Mario Betti
This review of Twelve Ways of Seeing the World by Mario Betti appeared in the journal Paradigm Explorer, issue 131 (2019/3). Subtitled ‘philosophies and archetypal worldviews for understanding human consciousness’, this significant book makes an…
A Review of Re-imagining America: Finding Hope in Difficult Times
The following review of Re-imagining America: Finding Hope in Difficult Times featured in the journal Paradigm Explorer, issue 131 (2019/3). Subtitled ‘finding hope in difficult times’, this penetrating book is both a radical diagnosis of…
Brrrr … it’s Time to Make Frost Paintings!
Brrrr it’s cold this week! As we wake up to frosty mornings, now is the perfect time to make frost paintings! Why not try this simple, fun activity from All Year Round: A calendar of…
Review of Creative Form Drawing for the Four Temperaments
Creative Form Drawing for the Four Temperaments by Angela Lord is reviewed in the recent Winter 2019 newsletter of the Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain. This larger format volume is more detailed than the previous…
Book of the Month
Healing Storytelling: The Art of Imagination and Storytelling for Personal Growth by Nancy Mellon is Book of the Month in the latest issue (Issue 93) of The Green Parent magazine! Healing Storytelling: The Art of…
Winter Vegetable Soup, a recipe from The Children’s Forest
This weekend we will be enjoying the outdoors with a warming winter vegetable soup, cooked on the fire. This recipe is taken from The Children’s Forest by Dawn Casey, Anna Richardson and Helen d’Ascoli. Winter…
National Robin Day
On 21st December, we will be celebrating National Robin Day. National Robin Day is an annual nationwide event raising awareness of small birds and other wildlife in winter. For more information visit www.nationalrobinday.co.uk To learn…
Have you seen the Christmas Tomte?
In Sweden, where Findus and Pettson live, it is not Father Christmas who brings children their Christmas presents but the Yule Tomte. ‘The Tomte’ is smaller than Father Christmas and is sometimes seen riding on…
Juno magazine reviews The Children’s Forest
This review of The Children’s Forest appears in the Winter 2019 issue of Juno Magazine. This gorgeous book is a celebration of nature. Its aim is to “foster deep, meaningful, enriching and lasting relationships with…
Outside In World reviews Findus and the Christmas Tomte
This review of Findus and the Christmas Tomte by Sven Nordqvist appeared on the Outside In World website. Snow is falling on Pettson’s farm, and Christmas is approaching. Findus pesters Pettson, he wants to know…
