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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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Posted on 23 August, 202221 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: allergies, diverse diets, food intolerances, healthy eating, My Family and Other Allergies, recipes

Waldorf Today Review of Making Waldorf Crafts

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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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Posted on 26 June, 202223 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: crafts for children, Steiner-Waldorf, Waldorf Crafts, Waldorf education, Waldorf homeschooling

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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Posted on 7 October, 202121 March, 2026 by Katy
Category: Book Reviews
Tag: Findus and Pettson

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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Posted on 11 June, 202115 October, 2024 by Katy
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Quickthorn, Small Steps to Less Waste

Review: Stories to Light the Night

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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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Posted on 9 March, 202121 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: grief, Healing Storytelling, Susan Perrow

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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Posted on 8 February, 202127 November, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Categories: Book Reviews, News
Tags: craft, Making Soft Dolls, sewing, Waldorf Crafts

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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Posted on 9 July, 202023 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: child education, craft, environmental education, seasonal activities, seasonal crafts, The Children's Forest

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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Posted on 6 February, 202023 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Darning, Quickthorn

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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Posted on 20 January, 202023 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Mario Betti, Twelve Ways of Seeing the World

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…

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Posted on 20 January, 202016 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: Christopher Schaefer, Re-imagining America: Finding Hope in Difficult Times

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