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Blair Drawson: "Witches in the Kitchen".
Blog reader Tasha T. recommends this one, and says, "It's a very charming book, filled with wonderful colored illustrations. The book basically follows the day to day life of a "junior witch" as she celebrates the Sabbats with her aunts. The book teaches children about Books of Shadows, Familiars, Sabbats, and many other things about Wicca, and family. I love the book, and recommend it for children under the age of 10."
Reader Kathy Kestner says, "For the ages 5th grade through 8th, Ludo and the Star Horse by Mary Stewart is a wonderful book. I didn't find it until I was almost 30 and I still loved the story. The story explores the Zodiac as well as the theme of loved ones passing on. This is the same Mary Stewart who wrote the Merlin series."
Rose Welsh recommends an entire list of Pagan-friendly kids' books:
- Hotel Deep: Light Verse From Dark Water - poems and paintings by Kurt Cyrus
- The Winged Cat: A Tale of Ancient Egypt - Deborah Nourse Lattimore
- Dear Children of the Earth: A letter from Home - Schim Schimmel and Children of the Earth Remember - Schim Schimmel
- And my favorite series, by Jennifer Morgan... Born with a Bang: The Unverse Tells Our Cosmic Story; From Lava to Life: The Universe Tells Our Earth Story; Mammals Who Morph: The Universe Tells Our Evolution Story
Rose also did some searching, and provides an excellent list of the following:
Wicca/Neo-Pagan Specific
- Aidan's First Full Moon Circle - W. Lyon Martin
- Pagan Children's Workbook (Paperback) by Lady Eliana
- Ordinary Girl - A Magical Child, by W. Lyon Martin
- A Witch's Primer: Grade One by Lorin Manderly
- My First Little Workbook of Wicca by Velvet Rieth
- Seasons of Magic by Laurel Ann Reinhardt
- Aisha's Moonlit Walk: Stories And Celebrations For The Pagan Year by Anika Stafford
Nature Oriented
- All I See Is Part of Me by Chara M. Curtis
- Wings of Change by Franklin Hill
- The Tree by Dana Lyons
- What Is God? by Etan Boritzer
- Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes by Demian Elaine Yumei
- Watchers by W. Lyon Martin
- Earth Mother by Ellen Jackson, Leo Dillon, and Diane Dillon
- Our Apple Tree by Gorel Kristina Naslund
Buddhist
- The Hermit and the Well by Thich Nhat Hanh
- A Pebble for Your Pocket by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Under the Rose Apple Tree by Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Coconut Monk by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Meow Said the Mouse by Beatrice Barbey
Sacred Nature
- The Tree Of Life: The Wonders Of Evolution by Ellen Jackson and Judeanne Winter Wiley
Seasonal Series
- Wild Child by Lynn Plourde and Greg Couch
- Spring's Sprung by Lynn Plourde and Greg Couch
- Summer's Vacation by Lynn Plourde and Greg Couch
- Winter Waits by Lynn Plourde and Greg Couch
Gifts for the Goddess Series
- Gifts for the Goddess on an Autumn Afternoon: 65 Ways to Bring Your Children and Yourself Closer to Nature and Spirit (Gifts for the Goddess #5) by Lorna Tedder & Aislinn Bailey
- Gifts for the Goddess on a Cold Winter's Eve by Lorna Tedder
- Gifts for the Goddess on a Hot Summer's Night: 66 Ways to Bring Your Children and Yourself Closer to Nature and Spirit (Gifts for the Goddess #1 by Lorna Tedder and Shannon Bailey
- Gifts for the Goddess on a Warm Spring Morn by Lorna Tedder & Aislinn Bailey
Coloring Books
- Lord of the Dance by Darla Hallmark
- More Unicorns by Darla Hallmark
Imports to Watch For
*The following titles may be unavailable or out of print, but you can still watch for them at used book stores.
- A pagan child's wheel of the year by Sandy Brock
- Dragon Shoots: Child's Pagan Book by Ellen Thompson
Parenting & Activities
- Pagan Parenting: Spiritual, Magical & Emotional Development of the Child by Kristin Madden
- Celebrating the Great Mother: A Handbook of Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and Children by Cait Johnson and Maura D. Shaw
- With Child: Wisdom and Traditions for Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood by Deborah Jackson
- Raising Witches: Teaching the Wiccan Faith to Children by Ashleen O'Gaea
- Family Wicca: Revised and Expanded Edition by Ashleen O'Gaea
- Magickal Crafts by Kristin Madden
- Nature's Children: Celebrating the Seasons in a Pagan Family by Rachel Mayatt
- Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions by Starhawk, Diane Baker, Anne Hill, and Sara Ceres Boore
Other Miscellaneous Themes
- Something Special by Terri Cohlene
- To Every Thing There Is A Season by Leo Dillon
- All One Family - cultural awareness for kiddies
- Children Just Like Me series of several books, by Anabel Kindersley and Barnabas Kindersley
- Golden Mountain Chronicals (series) This is the prequel i.e. book 1 - The Serpent's Children: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1849
- Moon Mother, Moon Daughter: Myths and Rituals That Celebrate a Girl's Coming-of-Age by Janet Lucy
