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Earthwards reviewed in Teaching Citizenship journal

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Read Hans Svennevig’s review of Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education by Katherine Burke.

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Posted on 11 December, 202524 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tag: Earthwards

Review: Stories to Light the Night by Susan Perrow

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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 19 August, 202521 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Stories to Light the Night, Susan Perrow

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 2 May, 202521 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Reflexes, Sally Goddard-Blythe

Baking Real Bread reviewed in Star & Furrow magazine

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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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Posted on 22 November, 202421 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
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Star & Furrow magazine reviews Biodynamic Farming Handbook

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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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Posted on 25 October, 202421 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Biodynamic Handbook, John Bradshaw

Reflexes, Learning, Movement and Behaviour reviewed in KINDLING

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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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Posted on 23 April, 202421 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: child development, early years, Sally Goddard-Blythe

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 13 September, 202310 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Danyah Miller, Seven Secrets of Spontaneous Storytelling

Review: Fairytales, Families & Forests

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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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Posted on 7 June, 202323 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Dawne McFarlane, Georgiana Keable

Fairytales, Families and Forests review

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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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Posted on 14 February, 202321 March, 2026 by Guest
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Dawne McFarlane, Georgiana Keable

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 11 September, 202221 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Jules Pretty, Sea Sagas of the North

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