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The Library - Children's Section
There is something so pleasant, delightful and loving about curling up with your child and a good book. Especially one that brings joy to the heart of your child/ren while opening up new pathways of understanding and interest. Here is a selection of books beloved by many of us. If your personal favourites are missing, please let us know so we can include them.
 To add your books, please send an email with the title, author, and a brief 3-5 sentence description of why it's so important to you and your child/ren. A link to the book via amazon.com would be great too!
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 General Fiction that Resonates
"All I See Is Part of Me" by Chara M. Curtis, Cynthia Aldrich
This book can be found on Amazon.com
"An Ordinary Girl, A Magical Child" by W. Lyon Martin
This book can be found on Magick Ware
"Child of Faerie, Child of Earth" by Jane Yolen, Jane Dyer (Illustrator)
This book can be found on Amazon.com
"Daughter Have I Told You?" by Rachel Coyne, Virginia Halstead (Illustrator)
This book can be found on Amazon.com
"The Earth is my Mother" by Bev Doolittle, Elise Maclay
This book can be found on Amazon.com
"Fairy Wings: A Story" by Lauren A. Mills, Dennis Nolan
This book can be found on Amazon.com
"Owl Moon" by Jane Yolen, John Schoenherr
This book can be found on Amazon.com
"The Story of the Root-Children" by Sibylle Von Olfers
This book can be found on Amazon.com
Summer Stories and Activities
"A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale" by Teri Windling, Wendy Froud
This book can be found on Amazon.com
Autumn/Fall Stories and Activities
"ABCs of Halloween" by Patricia Reeder Eubank
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
"Autumn: Creative Activites for Young Children" by Monica Marti I. Garbayo, Isabel Sanz Muelas, Anna Galera Bassachs
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
"Gifts for the Goddess on an Autumn Afternoon" by Lorna Tedder, Aislinn Bailey
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
"The Story of Halloween" by Carol Greene
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
Winter Stories and Activities
"A Solstice Tree for Jenny" by Karen Shragg, Heidi Schwabacher
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
"Lights of Winter: Winter Celebrations Around the World" by Heather Conrad, Deforest Walker
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
"The Shortest Day : Celebrating the Winter Solstice" by Wendy Pfeffer, Jesse Reisch
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
"The Winter Solstice" by Ellen Jackson
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
"Yule" by Dorothy Morrison
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
Spring Stories and Activities
"It's Spring" by Samantha Berger, Pamela Chanko, Melissa Sweet
This book can be found on Amazon.com
"Spring: Creative Activities for Young Children" by Anna Galera Bassachs, Monica Marti I. Garbayo, Isabel Sanz Muelas, Parramon Ediciones
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
"Spring's Sprung" by Lynn Plourde, Greg Couch
This book can be found on Amazon.com
Paths & Belief Systems, Magic and Ritual
"The Blessing Seed: A Creation Myth for the New Millennium" by Caitlin Matthews, Alison Dexter
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
"Celebrating the Great Mother : A Handbook of Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and Children" by Cait Johnson, Maura D. Shaw
This book can be found on Amazon.com.
"Circle Round : Raising Children in Goddess Traditions" by Starhawk, Diane Baker, Anne Hill
This book can be found on Amazon.com - Starhawk's "Circle Round" is a wonderful resource for any Pagan parent of an earth-based faith system. The advice, rituals and focus upon "sacred-earth" concepts is presented in a comfortable, no-nonsense fashion.
"Pagan Homeschooling" by Kristin Madden
This book can be found on Amazon.com - As a Pagan, one of my biggest fears for my children is what society may do to them - not that I dislike society, but the values of the society I live in are very prejudicial to those of other faiths, let alone a Pagan faith. School, especially, worries me - and the educational system as a whole seems fraught with issues that will impact my children's future. So I plan to homeschool. This book has a wealth of information on ways to incorporate our family's faith into the educational system, combating the dominating nature of Judeo-Christian beliefs.
"Pagan Kids' Activity Book" by Amber K (Illustrator)
This book can be found on Amazon.com - This is a fun book - on the surface. Lots of pages for kids to colour in. But on a deeper level, it is an invaluable teaching tool for the parent - different themes of Paganism such as the holy-days, religious symbols, deity and religious tolerance are depicted throughout, making it a good starting point for discussions on those topics.
"Pagan Parenting: Spiritual, Magical & Emotional Development of the Child" by Kristin Madden
This book can be found on Amazon.com - This is a good book for those parents seeking ways to introduce their child to Paganism and Magic. Very basic in format, it is best suited to either the new Pagan, or the parent trying to figure out how to raise a child in a Pagan path. If you already know what you are doing, this book will probably be a bit too basic - although some of the rituals are very nice.
"Raising Witches: Teaching the Wiccan Faith to Children" by Ashleen O'Gaea
This book can be found on Amazon.com - For those who follow a Wiccan path, this is a strong guide to raising your children Wiccan. There is a lot of guidance on teaching tradition and ritual, and it is easily read.
Stories, Myths and Legends
"The Star Maiden: An Ojibway Tale" by Estate of Barbara Juster Esbensen, Helen K Davie (Illustrator)
This book can be found on Amazon.com
"Old Turtle and the Broken Truth" by Douglas Wood
This book can be found on Amazon.com - In this delightful tale the concept of "truth" is discussed - no one person holds the whole truth, yet we often insist we do. This vanity leads to destruction, segregation and the loss of joy and wonder. Without actually saying anything about such heavy matters, this story unfolds soft as a summer shower and, as the last page turns understanding reaches its full flowering in the heart of the reader. Only by uniting our seperate pieces of the truth do we truly see the whole.
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