Caroline Penney on why it’s important to give parents the right tools to handle the ups and downs of raising children.
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Findus and Pettson build a car – sneak peek
New book: Findus and Pettson Build a Car
In his stories about old Pettson and his cat Findus, Sven Nordqvist conjures up a world of invention and movement. Now you can join in!
Inviting inner development: Bernard Lievegoed’s Humanity on the Threshold
“This new edition of Humanity on the Threshold by Bernard Lievegoed is welcome. It offers a profound journey through the inner world of experience and the outer world of action. It is a book of…
A Christmas Carol in The Hague
Every year for the past 18 years, storyteller Ashley Ramsden has travelled to the Netherlands to tell his popular version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. It has become such a tradition that many Dutch…
Earthwards Book Talk
The Stroud-based charity SEEd recently hosted Katherine Burke to talk about her new book Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education, proudly published by Hawthorn Press. When Katharine Burke’s pupil asked her, ‘Miss, do you think we are…
Marina O’Connell 1961-2024
We are all sad to hear that Marina O’Connell passed away in early September. Her husband Mark has shared some words on 8.9ha about her life and work. You can read them here. Mark writes, “Please…
Author news: Susan Perrow
War, climate change and the economy and how to fix them
International security expert Emeritus Professor Paul Rogers from the University of Bradford says the Government could solve much of its financial “black hole” with a modest 2% wealth tax on the super rich or by…
Bonding over bread: the joy of baking together
In today’s fast-paced world, where processed foods dominate the market, baking bread at home offers a nutritious and welcome alternative. It allows families to reconnect with the rhythms of nature using simple ingredients that nourish…
Out now: Baking Real Bread
It’s here! Baking Real Bread by Warren Lee Cohen is a fully revised second edition of the popular Baking Bread with Children, first published in 2008.
Adventures in Time
Do your children love stories filled with friendship, fun, and exciting puzzles? Our popular Learning with Findus and Pettson series has just added a fantastic new book to its collection: Telling the Time. If your…
Advance Copies: Learning with Findus – Telling the Time
Advance Copies: Fairytales, Families & Forests
It has arrived! Fairytales, Families & Forests is jam-packed with stories, singing games and rhymes of nature for ages 0–7 years. The book is written by Georgiana Keable and Dawne McFarlane and gorgeously illustrated by…
Sea Sagas of the North – Online launch now available to watch
Join authors Jules Pretty and James Canton talking about Jules’s latest book Sea Sagas, aspects of climate emergency, biodiversity loss and regenerative agriculture. Jules Pretty is Professor of Environment and Society at the University of…
Jonathan Stedall 1938–2022
New Book: Learning with Findus and Pettson
Using the adventures and misdemeanours of the mischievous Findus the Cat and old Farmer Pettson, along with their farm animals and muckle friends, here are puzzles and activities to spark imagination and engage young minds.
New Book: Jules Pretty’s Sea Sagas of the North
Travels and Tales at Warming Waters There are shadows on the warming, northern seas. Long ago, refugees fled Doggerland when seas encroached. Now rising seas threaten the low-lying shores once again. Jules Pretty tells moving…
