Books for Pagan Children: Preschool (C)

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It can be difficult to find books for your Pagan children to read. You want books that teach them your values, and maybe something close to your beliefs and traditions.

I have compiled a list of good books by great authors. Many are outright Pagan. Some are Pagan in flavor or Pagan-friendly. I am noting when the author is a confirmed Pagan to encourage support of Pagan authors and artists. If you know an author is Pagan, but they aren't marked as such, send me a message and I will correct it.

• Cherokee Summer by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (Non-Fiction)
  
  Color photographs augment this personal profile of Bridget, a ten-year-old girl from Oklahoma who, in many ways, is a typical modern child but who also has strong ties to her Cherokee heritage, including studying her native language.

• Child of Faerie, Child of Earth by Jane Yolen (Fantasy)
  
  According to certain tales, faeries leave the underworld once a year to join in a faerie ring beneath the moonlight. On this magical night, a faerie boy meets a child of the earth and the two become friends forever. Luminous full-color paintings by award-winning artist Jane Dyer add to the magic.

• Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow (Fantasy)
  
  The children of the forest live deep in the roots of an old pine tree. This book invites children to follow their engaging adventures through each season as they play hide-and-seek with the squirrels and throw snowballs in winter.

• Children's Book of Yoga: Games & Exercises Mimic Plants & Animals & Objects by Thia Luby (Activity)
  
  A unique and original new program of yoga especially designed to appeal to children, this book presents six complete, entertaining yoga workouts for children ages three to 12. The exercises and games are based on imitation of animals, natural forms, and interesting man-made objects chosen because of their natural appeal to a child's imagination.

• Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions by Starhawk,et al (Non-Fiction) *PAGAN*
  
  In our rushed, stressed society, it's sometimes difficult to spend meaningful time as a family. Now Starhawk, Diane Baker, and Anne Hill offer new ways to foster a sense of togetherness through celebrations that honor the sacredness of life and our Mother Earth. Goddess tradition embraces the wheel of life, the never-ending cycle of birth, growth, love, fulfillment, and death. Each turn of the wheel is presented here, in eight holidays spanning the changing seasons, in rites of passage for life transitions, and in the elements of fire, air, water, earth, and spirit. Circle Round is rich with songs, rituals, craft and cooking projects, and read-aloud stories, as well as suggestions for how you can create your own unique family traditions.

• Color Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen (Poems)
  
  A collection of nature poems.

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