Sunday, November 27, 2016

Books for Pagan Children: Elementary (T-Z)

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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.




  • Time Garden, The by EdwardEager (Fantasy)
    Time and again, the children from Knight’s Castle have longed for another magic adventure. But you can’t find magic just anywhere. It doesn’t just grow like grass. It requires the right place and the right time. Or thyme, as the case may be. For at Mrs. Whiton’s house, magic grows wild as the fragrant banks of thyme in her garden. Eliza insists that time doesn’t grow, it flies - yet growing in the garden is olden time, future time, and common time. Or so says the Natterjack, the odd toad-like creature who presides over the garden and accompanies the kids on a series of perilous, hilarious, always unpredictable adventures.

  • Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal by Ellen Evert Hopman (Non-Fiction) *PAGAN*
    Walking the World in Wonder covers the medicinal and magical uses of sixty-seven common herbs. Each herb playfully introduces itself and talks about its habitat and many uses. With fun, easy-to-follow activities, herbalist Ellen Evert Hopman teaches children basic herbal skills and invites them to make a sunflower seed mosaic, sew a catnip-filled mouse, and dig for Jerusalem artichoke roots. Children gain a sense of self-sufficiency and awe for the earth's treasures; parents and teachers will appreciate how these earth-centered activities are placed within a broader social and environmental context. Sixty-seven full-color photographs enable children, parents, and teachers to identify these herbs during walks and field trips.

  • Water Wishes (Magic Elements Quartet) by Mallory Loehr (Fiction)
    Nine-year-old Polly and her younger brother, Sam, find a corked bottle at the beach. Inside is an ancient parchment promising three wishes. Before their adventure is over, older brother Joe will disappear and Polly and Sam will have to journey under the sea to get him back! This first book in the new Magic Elements quartet combines magic and adventure in an easy-to-read format perfect for the in-between reader.

  • We Gather Together: Celebrating the HarvestSeason by Wendy Pfeffer (Non-Fiction)
    The official start of the harvest season, it occurs around September 21 each year. It marks the end of summer and the beginning of longer nights and shorter days. For many cultures around the world, the fall equinox represents a time to celebrate the harvest and begin collecting and storing crops.

  • Well-Wishers, The by Edward Eager (Fantasy)
    The wishing well is all used up, its magic drained, its enchantment gone dry. Or has it? In a reckless moment, Gordy threatens the old well, telling it to get going with its magic or else! and that seems to do the trick. Suddenly Laura, Lydia, James, and Kip—who feared their autumn would unfold without magic—are plunged into just the sort of outlandish adventures they'd longed for. But is it really the well's magic that transforms troublemaker Dicky LeBaron from ne'er-do-well to hero? Or keeps Appledore's orchard—and love life—in bloom? Or sends James on a doubly daring rescue of a damsel in distress? What does it matter? Sometimes the best kind of magic is the kind that isn't so magical at all.

  • Who's in Rabbit's House? by Verna Aardema (Myths)
    A Masai tale, presented in the form of a play, in which the frog gets the job of getting a monster out of the rabbit's house after the leopard, elephant, and rhino bungle the job.

  • Wind Spell (Magic Elements Quartet) by Mallory Loehr (Fiction)
    Three feathers fall out of the sky into the hands of Joe, Polly, and Sam. It’s clear that magic is touching their lives again when they see words written in the clouds—promising them the ability to fly! What more could kids wish for? But the threesome will soon find out that the power of flight is not only fabulously fun, but also deadly dangerous.


  • Wise Child by MonicaFurlong (Fiction)
    In a remote Scottish village, nine-year-old Wise Child is taken in by Juniper, a healer and sorceress. Then Wise Child’s mother, Maeve, a black witch, reappears. In choosing between Maeve and Juniper, Wise Child discovers the extent of her supernatural powers—and her true loyalties.

  • Witch's Primer, A: Grade One by Lorin Manderly (Non-Fiction) *PAGAN*
    Finally! Here is a children's textbook for kids being raised as Witches and Pagans. Each chapter teaches the Wiccan basics for each subject and ends with a summary and a list of questions for children to test their knowledge on the material learned. ¿This is the first in a series of textbooks that will get progressively more advanced for each grade. The intent is to help students begin their Wiccan education and prepare them for seeking out further knowledge on the topics that interest them the most.

  • Witch's Primer, A: Grade Two by Lorin Manderly (Non-Fiction) *PAGAN*
    The second in the A Witch's Primer series. This is a text book for children being raised Pagan and for adults who are new to the Craft. Each of the 18 chapters includes questions about what has been learned.

  • Witch's Primer, A: Grade Three by Lorin Manderly (Non-Fiction) *PAGAN*
    The Witch's Primer books are a series of textbooks for children being raised as Pagan and for adults new to the Craft. Each of the 18 chapters ends with a question and answer page to test the reader's progress.

  • Witches in the Kitchen by Blair Drawson (Fiction)
    Readers will celebrate, along with Ivy, the important pagan holidays of Beltaine (Mayday), Midsummer's Day, and Samhain (Halloween), and gather all sorts of witchy tips, tradition, and lore, including potions (herbal remedies), familiars (not pets), crafts (Twig People), the proper care of brooms and cauldrons, and much, much more.

  • Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet by Helen L. Wilbur (Activity)
    Whose face launched a thousand ships? Who dropped an apple to win a race? What creature has the head of a woman, the body of a lion, the wings of an eagle, and always wakes up on the wrong side of the bed? The Oracle knows and so will young readers after they encounter the strange creatures, exotic gods, and exciting stories in Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet. Helen Wilbur, who wrote the lively M is for Meow: A Cat Alphabet, brings the same wit and wisdom to explaining Greek mythology.

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Books for Pagan Children: Preschool (Z)

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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.



  • Zoom on My Broom by Mercer Mayer (Fiction)

    Thistle's new playmate is about to discover that a visit to Old Howl Hall is not your average play date. From peculiar pets to terrifying treats, this is truly a ferociously funny family. Beginning readers will be able to zoom through this spooky text with the greatest of ease.


Sunday, November 20, 2016

Books for Pagan Children: Elementary (P-S)

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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.





  • Pagan Children's Workbook by Lady Eliana (Activity) *PAGAN*
    A resource for modern Pagan, Wiccan, and Craft parents to help their children learn about our religion. The Pagan Children's Workbook will guide children through learning about topics such as the Elements, the Goddess and God, and the Wheel of the Year.

  • Pagan Kids' Activity Book by Amber K (Activity) *PAGAN*
    This book is a great book for kids between about 6 and 12. It can be looked at on several levels. On one level, it's a coloring book kids can fill in which has pictures of a number of pagan principles and archetypes. On another level this book is a tool a parent can use to discuss the more complicated aspects of human religions and how tolerance is important for all the paths that we as humans walk. The book has pages which include: moon phases, what a worship circle is and means to a pagan, aspects of the Goddess and the God, various pagan symbols and their meanings, a discussion of the various pagan holidays (focusing mostly on Celtic/Wicca ones), and discusses the Wiccan Rede. As well there are mazes, games, and puzzles for kids to do.

  • Paganism For Kiddos: A Kids and Parents' Guideto Pagan and Wiccan Practice by JessicaM. Hauptmann (Non-Fiction) *PAGAN*
    This delightful introduction to Paganism and earth-centered practice is the perfect start for those who wish to learn about the ways of our ancestors. Written for children, the simple language throughout each page makes this book suitable for all ages and is a stepping stone for further detailed reading in dark green religions and The Craft. Kids will love to read this little book, just right for their little hands, and will deepen their understanding of their parents' Pagan path.

  • Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling (Fantasy)
    Originally published in 1906, these ten stories and accompanying poems were intended for both adults and children. On Midsummer's Eve, Dan and Una enact A Midsummer Night's Dream three times over--right under Pook's Hill. That is how they meet Puck, ''the oldest Old Thing in England,'' and the last of the People of the Hills. Through Puck, they are introduced to the nearly forgotten pages of old England's history and to characters that can illuminate their own historical predicaments. The god Weland is freed from an unwanted heathen immortality by a novice monk, Hugh, who goes on to become a warrior and leader. The centurion, Parnesius, shows an insight that is absent from the higher echelons of the declining Roman Empire in cooperating with the Picts.

  • Seven-Day Magic by EdwardEager (Fantasy)
    All books are magic, but some are more magical than others. When Susan opens a strange library book, she discovers it is about her and her friends, leading up to the moment when she opened the book. Beyond that, the pages are blank… waiting for the children to wish the book full of adventures. Fredericka asks for wizards and beasties, and a dragon carries her off. Susan journeys to the world of Half Magic, and finds that mixing magic creates trouble—far too much to deal with before the book is due back at the library. Wishing, it seems, is a tricky business. And if the children make the wrong wish, their adventure won't end, as all stories must, happily ever after.

  • Shanleya's Quest: A Botany Adventure for Kids by Thomas J. Elpel (Fantasy)
    In a mythical world where time is a liquid that falls as rain upon the land, young Shanleya paddles her canoe out to the tree islands to learn the plant traditions of her people. Each island is home to a separate family of plants and an unforgettable Guardian with lessons to teach about the identification and uses of those plants. Shanleya's Quest is a truly unique educational book that presents botanical concepts and plant identification skills in an easy and fun metaphorical format for children as well as for adults who are young at heart.

  • Shiva's Fire by SuzanneFisher Staples (Fantasy)
    From her childhood, Parvati is known in her village for the extraordinary events that seem to spring from her dancing feet, and which set her and her family apart. One day a great guru, a master of Indian classical dance, comes to see Parvati. He invites her to study with him, and she commits herself to a rigorous program of dance, study, and devotion. Then she meets a gentle-eyed boy who turns her life upside down, and she learns that destiny can be an elusive thing.

  • Shortest Day, The: Celebrating the WinterSolstice by Wendy Pfeffer (Non-Fiction)
    The beginning of winter is marked by the solstice, the shortest day of the year. Long ago, people grew afraid when each day had fewer hours of sunshine than the day before. Over time, they realized that one day each year the sun started moving toward them again. In lyrical prose and cozy illustrations, this book explains what the winter solstice is and how it has been observed by various cultures throughout history. Many contemporary holiday traditions were borrowed from ancient solstice celebrations. Simple science activities, ideas for celebrating the day in school and at home, and a further-reading list are included.

  • Solstice Tree for Jenny, A by Karen Shragg (Fiction)
    It's Christmas time all across America and Jenny is feeling left out. Her secular parents, born to different faiths that they no longer observe, don't believe in celebrating Christmas. All around her the neighbors have decorated their houses with festive lights, while her house by contrast looks drab and uninviting during the long, cold winter nights. Why does her family have to be different? She talks with her mom and dad about their reasons for not observing the holidays.

  • Stories for a Fragile Planet: Traditional TalesAbout Caring for the Earth by KennethSteven (Fiction)
    Sourced from around the world and through the ages, this is a collection of world stories that each reflect humanity's need to take care of the world that sustains them. Tales from ancient Greece, the Far East, the Celts, Africa, Greenland, Russia, China, Japan, South America, and ancient Israel afford wonderful opportunities for Jane Ray's paradisiacal paintings of trees and flowers, animals and birds—in short, all creation. The theme combines tradition with contemporary urgency, and children will gain knowledge of other cultures that share their planet, while enjoying the evocative words and astonishing pictures.


Saturday, November 19, 2016

Books for Pagan Children: Preschool (W)

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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.



  • Watchers by W. Lyon Martin (Fantasy) *PAGAN*

    Something is watching Thomas as he's sleeping. He decides that he will discover who is frightening him and hatches a plan to catch them in a trap. The story goes from spooky to secure when Thomas discovers those he has captured are really there to protect him.

  • Water Dance by Thomas Locker (Non-Fiction)

    From a gentle mountain pond to a raging waterfall or from a silent ocean mist to a sparkling rainbow, dramatic text and paintings give water voice and substance in this tribute to water in all its glorious forms. Inspiring and informative, Water Dance is a poetic introduction to one of nature’s most basic elements. Scientific facts about water and its role in our lives are included.


  • What Are the Elements? by Rowan Moss (Non-Fiction) *PAGAN*

    What are the Elements (Series Book #3) is a companion-Reader book for children and parents, exploring the basics - the Elements and their properties. Whimsical illustrations and purposefully upbeat and simple language will delight the eye and open communication. Each book in the Pagan Children Learning Series is a beginner's introduction that allows room for discussion of your family's own beliefs in every lesson!

  • What Is Magic? by Rowan Moss (Non-Fiction) *PAGAN*

    What is Magic (Series Book #2) is a companion-reader book for children and parents, exploring the basics - the nature of magic and what it can do! Whimsical illustrations and purposefully upbeat and simple language will delight the eye and open communication. Each book in the Pagan Children Learning Series is a beginner's introduction that allows room for discussion of your family's own beliefs in every lesson!

  • When the Moon is Full: A Lunar Year by Penny Pollock (Non-Fiction)

    This lunar guide describes the folkloric names of twelve moons according to Native American tradition and showcases their defining characteristics in short verse and beautifully detailed hand-colored woodcuts. A question-and-answer section includes information about the moon's surface, an explanation of a lunar eclipse, and the true meaning of a blue moon.

  • Where's the Fairy? by Keith Moseley (Fantasy)

    Molly, Grandma, and the ever-faithful dog, Pebbles, go on an epic voyage to find fairies. But where are the magical creatures hiding? Only Pebbles can tell. Each page in this deluxe book is embossed, encouraging little hands to seek out tactile spots as they count more than 100 fairies.

  • Who Is a Witch? by Rowan Moss (Non-Fiction) *PAGAN*

    Who is a Witch (Series Book #1) is a companion-reader book for children and parents, exploring the basics - what makes a witch special and who a witch might be in a child's life. Whimsical illustrations and purposefully upbeat and simple language will delight the eye and open communication. Each book in the Pagan Children Learning Series is a beginner's introduction that allows room for discussion of your family's own beliefs in every lesson!

  • Wild Child by Lynn Plourde (Fantasy)

    In this magical bedtime book, Autumn doesn't want to sleep. Mother Earth wants to put her wild child, Autumn, to bed. But Autumn isn't ready. First she wants a song, then a snack, then pj's, and a kiss. Lynn Plourde's crisp text crackles like fall leaves and Greg Couch's illustrations are a color extravaganza. Wild children and their parents will love this scrumptious, satisfying tribute to the wonders of nature and family. Wild Child is the first of four seasonal picture books by Lynn Plourde and Greg Couch.

  • Wild Robin by Susan Jeffers (Fantasy)

    Robin hates the chores he must do around his house until he is kidnapped to fairyland where there is nothing to do but play.

  • Wings of Change by Franklin Hill (Fiction)

    This tender, humorous story follows little Anew as he learns to release his fears and embrace his destiny. Dr. Hill, an acclaimed educational futurist, has created a dynamic medium for exploring the timeless topic of change. The luminous illustrations by Aries Cheung bring this delightful story to life.Wings of Change will touch your heart as you embrace the changes within your own life.


  • Winter Waits by Lynn Plourde (Fantasy)

    While Winter waits for his father, he finds ways to amuse himself. Winter "whistens and glistens" the world in frost, "whizzles and whittles" ice sculptures, and "snizzes and snips" snowflakes. At last, Father Time turns his full attention to his son, and they "frisk and frolic away."

  • Witch Next Door, The by Norman Bridwell (Fantasy)

    Someone new has moved into the neighborhood--and she's a witch! Her two young neighbors delight in how she does everything a bit differently from them. She paints her house black, walks her pet dragon around the block, and uses magic to do her shopping and send soup over to people that are sick. However, some of the older townspeople people are not happy about their new neighbor. What kind of magical surprise does the witch have in store for them?


  • Witchlets of Witches Brew, The by Edain Duguay (Fiction) *PAGAN*

    The Witchlets of Witches Brew collection centres on real life problems and provides children with fictional, Pagan related stories to help work through their own feelings. Throughout these stories of change, the children learn to appreciate life, family and nature more.








Sunday, November 13, 2016

Books for Pagan Children: Elementary (M-O)

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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.





  • Magic by the Lake by Edward Eager (Fantasy)
    Further adventures of Mark, Katherine, Jane, and Martha, who find their source of magic in a lake near which they are spending the summer.

  • Magic or Not? by EdwardEager (Fantasy)
    When is magic not magic? Laura is a girl who goes out of her way to find adventure. So when her family moves to a house with a well in the yard—a wishing well, according to Lydia, Laura's opinionated, horse-mad, outrageous new neighbor—Laura is all too willing to make a wish and see what happens. Plenty happens. Thanks to the well, Laura and her new friends help save Miss Isabella's house from foreclosure, rescue the almost long-lost heir to a fortune, and even solve the mystery of the antique desk. But is the well truly granting wishes? Or is something else responsible for the adventures that engulf Laura and her friends that summer?

  • Maia's Wheel of the Year by Dene Nelson (Activity) *PAGAN*
    Join 11 year old Maia and best friend, Rhiana, as they have adventures at Ggantija while learning the Wheel of the Year! An historically accurate story based on archeological findings by Dr. Marija Gimbutas and Native American and Celtic spiritual practices. According to Dr. Gimbutas, a peace-loving society of equals existed during the Neolithic period in Malta. Girls were powerful! How did they do it?

  • More Unicorns by DarlaHallmark (Activity) *PAGAN*
    Twenty MORE unicorn drawings from this noted fantasy illustrator. Designed especially for both children and adults to color. The drawings stimulate creativity, and are fun inspiriation for story-telling time.

  • Nature's Art Box by Laura C. Martin (Activity)
    Take your child’s creativity outside! Laura C. Martin offers 65 art projects that kids can make with materials found right in their backyard. There’s no limit to the imaginative possibilities as children mix paints from colorful flower blossoms, dig clay for molding elf-sized furniture, and craft functional twig baskets. Cultivating a respectful engagement with nature while developing artistic skills, Nature’s Art Box is an inspiring handbook for the next generation of expressive and conscientious stewards of the earth’s resources.

  • New Beginning, A: Celebrating the Spring Equinox by Wendy Pfeffer (Non-Fiction)
    The spring equinox signals the time of year when the days are getting longer, the growing season has begun, and animals give birth to their young. With accessible, lyrical prose and vibrant illustrations, this book explains the science behind spring and shows how the annual ?rebirth? of Earth has been celebrated by various cultures throughout the ages and the world. Teachers will appreciate the simple science, the multicultural history, and the hands-on activities in this book.

  • Ordinary Girl, a Magical Child, An by W. Lyon Martin (Fiction) *PAGAN*
    Take a joyful romp with Rabbit around the Wheel of the Year as she learns about herself and her Pagan Ways in the first fully-illustrated Pagan children's book to explore Pagan ethics, customs, and holidays from a child's point of view. Lavishly illustrated with original watercolors, the book is designed for school-aged children, whether they are being raised Pagan or are curious about a Pagan friend's religious path. This book explains in a clear and gentle voice just what a Pagan is, what a Pagan believes, and how a Pagan celebrates through the year.