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Home / Book Reviews

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Posted on 19 August, 202519 August, 2025 by Nathan

Review: Stories to Light the Night by Susan Perrow

Cedrus libani, Chouf, Lebanon

This review is written by Zeina El Zein, 26 years old, from Lebanon, working as an expressive art therapist.

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Posted on 2 May, 20259 July, 2025 by Nathan

A review of Sally Goddard Blythe’s book: Reflexes, Movement Learning and Behaviour

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Thanks to Caroline Tosh for this review.

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Posted on 22 November, 202422 November, 2024 by Nathan

Baking Real Bread reviewed in Star & Furrow magazine

Cover of Baking Real Bread by Warren Lee Cohen

Baking Real Bread by Warren Lee Cohen is an invitation to share the magic of baking bread with children. So we were delighted to see a hands-on review by Jess Swann and her daughters in…

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Category: Book Reviews
Posted on 25 October, 202422 November, 2024 by Nathan

Star & Furrow magazine reviews Biodynamic Farming Handbook

cover of Biodynamic Farming Handbook by John Bradshaw

Star & Furrow is the journal of the Biodynamic Association (UK). For their Autumn 2024 issue, Neil Ravenscroft read our new Biodynamic Farming Handbook by John Bradshaw. In his review, Neil Ravenscroft highlights the urgent…

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Tags: Biodynamic Handbook, John Bradshaw
Posted on 23 April, 20242 May, 2025 by Nathan

Reflexes, Learning, Movement and Behaviour reviewed in KINDLING

part of the cover of Reflexes, Movement, Learning & Behaviour by Sally Godard Blythe

This review by Jill Tina Taplin was published in Issue 44 of KINDLING, The Journal for Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Care and Education. I have several books by Sally Goddard Blythe on my shelves. My…

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: child development, early years, erar, Sally Goddard-Blythe
Posted on 13 September, 202310 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

A reader’s response to Seven Secrets of Spontaneous Storytelling

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Danyah Miller shares an email from one of the very first people to read her new book.

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Posted on 7 June, 20238 November, 2024 by Nathan

Review: Fairytales, Families & Forests

cover of Fairytales, Families & Forests, Storytelling with Young Children

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…

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Tags: Dawne McFarlane, Georgiana Keable
Posted on 14 February, 20236 November, 2024 by Guest

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…

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Dawne McFarlane, Georgiana Keable
Posted on 11 September, 202215 November, 2024 by Nathan

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…

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Posted on 23 August, 20226 November, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

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…

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: allergies, diverse diets, food intolerances, healthy eating, My Family and Other Allergies, recipes
Posted on 26 June, 202210 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Waldorf Today Review of Making Waldorf Crafts

Making Waldorf Crafts book with knitting

David Kennedy from Waldorf Today was kind enough to review Nina Taylor’s Making Waldorf Crafts. Some of our favourite quotes are: ‘Making Waldorf Crafts isn’t your normal “I’m going to knit a gnome book”. You can…

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Crafts for children, Steiner-Waldorf, Waldorf Crafts, Waldorf education, Waldorf homeschooling
Posted on 7 October, 202113 October, 2024 by Katy

Findus does it again

Front cover of Can Findus Find Pettson? By Sven Nordqvist

Thanks to Outside in World for a lovely review of the new board book for younger readers, Can Findus Find Pettson? by Sven Nordqvist

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Tag: Findus and Pettson
Posted on 11 June, 202115 October, 2024 by Katy

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…

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Quickthorn, Small Steps to Less Waste
Posted on 9 March, 20219 July, 2025 by Nathan

Review: Stories to Light the Night

cover of Stories to Light the Night by Susan Perrow

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…

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Grief, Healing Storytelling, Susan Perrow
Posted on 8 February, 202127 November, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

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.

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Categories: Book Reviews, News
Tags: craft, Making Soft Dolls, sewing, Waldorf Crafts
Posted on 9 July, 202016 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Reforesting Scotland Journal reviews Creative Place-Based Environmental Education and The Children’s Forest

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These reviews appeared in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue (Issue 61) of the Reforesting Scotland Journal

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Tags: child education, craft, environmental education, seasonal activities, seasonal crafts, The Children's Forest
Posted on 6 February, 202016 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

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.

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Tags: Darning, Quickthorn
Posted on 20 January, 202016 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

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…

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Tags: Mario Betti, Twelve Ways of Seeing the World

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