To celebrate #SeedWeek we are making acorn cup whistles. Seeds are tiny cases of living treasure. Within each seed lies the spark of new life. A small acorn holds all the magic inside it to…
Making Acorn Cup Whistles
It’s November and Findus is feeding the birds
Winter is coming now and November brings cold temperatures and hungry birds. In this extract from Findus, Food and Fun, Findus shows us how to make sure birds have enough to eat all through winter.…
Bookwitch reviews Keeping up with Findus
You have to feel a little sorry for Pettson. He’s old (-ish) and wants a quiet life, but with a cat like Findus, what can you do?
A review of ‘The Children’s Forest’
This review appears in GreenFinder’s October newsletter www.greenfinder.co.uk ‘A Delightful Book For All Nature LoversJon Cree, Greenfinder When I first saw a picture of the beautiful cover of ‘The Children’s Forest’ by Dawn Casey, Anna…
Fungi in the Forest
We’ve been watching the mushrooms spring up everywhere this autumn! Fungi are vital to all life in the forest and beyond. They form a web of connection within the soil, linking trees and plants by…
Review of Re-Imagining America in New View
‘Written out of a deep concern for the destiny and mission of the Untited States to provide a home for humanity’s future…’David Schwartz David Schwartz, writing in New View Magazine, issue 78, has produced a…
October with Findus
Findus finds things to do outdoors all through the year, in all weathers and rain definitely doesn’t stop him! Enjoy October for all its autumnal glory with this extract from Findus, Food and Fun.
Repair, Make, Mend
Here are some events coming up where you can learn more about darning from Hikaru Noguchi herself and other artists featured in her new book.
Praise for The Children’s Forest
Book Review by Donald Smith, Director of Scottish International Storytelling Festival. With this beautiful book – co-authored by Dawn Casey, Anna Richardson and Helen Ascoli – Hawthorn Press have scaled fresh heights in its vocation…
A Podcast on Parenting
Caroline Penny, Author of The Parenting Toolkit talks about the success of her book as part of the podcast series Balance.
The Children’s Forest
Our new classic, The Children’s Forest, offering stories, songs, wild food, crafts and celebrations for all year round.
Introducing Quickthorn: Sustainable books
Review of Reclaim Childhood in New View
This article was published in New View Magazine, Summer 2019, Issue 92. The issue also includes an interview with authors Tamara and Sebastian Suggate. The Suggates state that their book is “as much a defence of…
Flavours of the Forest
New Title: Re-imagining America
The book is composed of a series of articles that discuss the chaos and horror of America’s political, economic and social climate. Author Christopher Schaefer describes his experience as an immigrant to America from the…
More of less
Childhood is not a race to accumulate all of the consumer goods and stresses of adulthood in record time.
Tie-dyed Eggs
Eggs are symbolic of the new life that comes with spring. We may all be familiar with the exchange of chocolate eggs at Easter but traditionally real eggs were given as gifts. These would be…
The Power of Less
As the pace of life accelerates, with too much stuff and too many choices and too little time, children are feeling the pressure. Simplicity Parenting is a book is for parents who want to slow…
