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Stories of the Saints

By: KNIJPENGA, SIEGWART

Price: $37.00

Publisher: Floris Books: 2012

Seller ID: 12676

ISBN: 086315929X

The lives of the saints, throughout the ages, have inspired admiration and worship. Stories and legends of these men and women, with their extraordinary devotion to God and humanity, were passed down from generation to generation as inspirational tales for adults.

The stories of these remarkable people provide richly inspiring material for children to read, or listen to. This selection of tales and legends comes from the writer's many years of teaching children, taking into account what young listeners have enjoyed or responded to, and the questions they've asked.

The stori...
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Three Wise Men, The

By: KOOPMANS, LOEK

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Floris Books:

Seller ID: 13585

ISBN: 1782501355

Binding: Hardback

Long, long ago, a very special star appeared in the night sky. It shone more brightly than all the other stars. Three wise men called Melchior, Caspar and Balthasar gazed at the star in wonder. They had never seen anything like it before.In this beautifully illustrated book for young children, the three Kings decide to journey west, following the star to a very special destination. Loek Koopmans' retelling of one part of the Christmas story is full of life and character, as well as mystery and wonder.

Loek Koopmans is the author and illustrator of the children's books Any Room For Me?...
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Any Room for Me?

By: KOOPMANS, LOEK, LAWSON, POLLY

Price: $27.00

Publisher: United Kingdom, Floris Books: 1992

Seller ID: 582

ISBN: 1782506608

Binding: Hardback

colour illustrations
A woodcutter drops his mitten in the forest one day and it becomes a warm house for a mouse. But the forest is home to lots of creatures. The frog, the hare, the fox and the boar want to share too, but then the biggest animal of all comes along...

Soft illustrations, gentle, rhythmic language and a heart-warming message about sharing make this the perfect book to read aloud on a winter evening. A classic story from the creator of The Little Christmas Tree and The Pancake who Ran Away.
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Pancake That Ran Away

By: KOOPMANS, LOEK, LAWSON, POLLY

Price: $24.99

Publisher: United Kingdom, Floris Books: 2015

Seller ID: 13798

ISBN: 1782501762

colour illustrations
Three old ladies make a lovely fat pancake and are looking forward to eating it. Suddenly the pancake jumps out of the pan and rolls towards the open door as fast as it can go. 'You can't catch me!' the pancake cries.
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Helpful Elves

By: KOPISCH, AUGUST, BRAUN-FOCK, BEATRICE

Price: $25.99

Publisher: United Kingdom, Floris Books: 2011

Seller ID: 10915

ISBN: 0863158153

Binding: Hardback

colour illustrations
When the lazy people of Cologne go to sleep, the helpful elves do all their work. They measure and saw for the carpenter, knead and mix for the baker, carve and chop for the butcher, taste and pour for the winemaker, and snip and sew for the tailor. But no one ever sees them. Until one day the tailor's wife becomes curious ...This classic picture book is based on a poem by August Kopisch (1799-1853), who specialised in re-telling popular legends. It is brought to life with humorous illustrations by Beatrice Braun-Fock (1898-1973). Printed on thick, quality paper, it ...
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Gnomes' Winter Journey

By: KREIDOLF, ERNST

Price: $26.99

Publisher: Floris Books:

Seller ID: 14881

ISBN: 1782504370

Binding: Hardback

The woodland gnomes are excited to visit their cousins the mountain gnomes. Their journey takes them through the cold forest and over snowy hills, with the help of a sledge pulled by squirrels. When they finally arrive at their cousins' icy home there's fun to be had -- snowball fights, tobogganing and a delicious feast with the elegant Winter Queen.

Available in English for the first time, this classic and enchanting winter tale is beautifully illustrated by renowned German artist Ernst Kreidolf in a style reminiscent of Sybille von Olfers.
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Winter, Awake!

By: KROLL, LINDA AND LIEBERHERR, RUTH

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Steiner Books:

Seller ID: 1143

ISBN: 0880105283

Binding: Paperback

The coming of Winter plays an important role in the cycle of nature. In this delightfully illustrated story, young children can find that for “every thing there is a season.” Winter, Awake! tells what happens one year when Winter will not wake. The tired trees need to rest. Their fallen leaves have made a leafy blanket for the sleeping seeds. All the woodland creatures try to tell Winter their work is done. They scold and mock and urge, but Winter will not wake, until, at last, the round red ladybug in her small, soft voice whispers something gently in his ear—and mighty Wint...
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Winter-Nature Activities for Children - Hardback

By: KUTSCH, IRMGARD & WALDEN, BRIGITTE

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Rudolf Steiner College Press:

Seller ID: 3941

ISBN: 0945803850

Binding: Hardback

For parents, teachers and anyone who wants a deeper connection with the world of nature.
This book is packed full of fun nature activities that will help children engage with the season and learn practical new skills. Activities for winter include making an Advent wreath, blowing walnut ships, making Christmas branches flower, working with wool, knitting, making felt, woodworking and making things with willow and out of clay. The activities in this book are based on practical experience from the Children's Nature and Garden Centre in Germany and are fully tried and tested.
Irmgard Kuts...
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Summer Nature Activities for Children

By: KUTSCH, IRMGARD AND WALDEN, BRIGITTE

Price: $33.95

Publisher: Floris Books:

Seller ID: 636

ISBN: 0863155863

Binding: Paperback

For parents, teachers and anyone who wants a deeper connection with the world of nature.

This book is packed full of nature activities that will help children engage with the season and learn practical new skills. The authors have included activities drawn from the four elements: water, fire, earth, and air. They provide detailed instructions on growing and cooking fresh herbs, working with grain and making delicious bread. The activities in this book are based on practical experience from the Children's Nature and Garden Centre in Germany and are fully tried and tested.

Irmg...
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Spring Nature Activities for Children (PB)

By: KUTSCH, IRMGARD, WALDEN, BRIGITTE

Price: $33.95

Publisher: United Kingdom, Floris Books: 2006

Seller ID: 818

ISBN: 0863155448

Binding: Paperback

165 colour photographs and illustrations
This book is packed full of fun nature activities that will help children engage with the season and learn practical new skills. Activities for spring include building bird nesting boxes, sprouting seeds, landscaping and planting a garden, using plant-based dyes and paints, milk processing and beekeeping. The activities in this book are based on practical experience from the Children's Nature and Garden Centre in Germany, and are fully tried and tested. This title is in the same series as "Autumn Nature Activities for Children", published ...
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Pip the Gnome

By: KWANT, ADMAR

Price: $15.00

Publisher: United Kingdom, Floris Books: 2011

Seller ID: 1024

ISBN: 0863157874

Binding: Board book

Board book with colour illustrations
Pip the gnome plays happily with his woodland friends, the mouse, robin, wren and spider. Follow them through spring, summer, into autumn and then winter. The colourful illustrations and simple words introduce very young children to the seasons, with bright green leaves in spring, warm sunshine in summer, blustery wind in autumn and snowfall in winter. Perfect for bedtime, the story ends as we look up at the stars and say good night to Pip.
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Pip the Gnome's Bedtime

By: KWANT, ADMAR

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Floris Books:

Seller ID: 14878

ISBN: 1782504133

Binding: Board book

Pip the gnome sits with his friends mouse, rabbit and squirrel to watch the sunset.

One by one, Pip's friends go to sleep: the mouse in her bed under a tree root, the rabbit in her burrow underground, the squirrel in his cosy hole high in a tree.

Pip is sleepy too. "Sleep well, Pip."

Perfect for bedtime, the soft, colourful illustrations and simple, rhythmic words of this beautiful board book prepare very young children for a peaceful night's sleep.

Admar Kwant lives with her husband and two children in the Netherlands, by the edge of a lake. Her ...
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Pip the Gnome and the Forest Feast

By: KWANT, ADMAR

Price: $16.99

Publisher: United Kingdom, Floris Books: 2011

Seller ID: 15372

ISBN: 1782505490

Board book with colour illustrations
Pip the gnome gathers food for a feast with his friends: crunchy seeds for mouse, fresh dandelion leaves for rabbit, shiny acorns and hazelnuts for squirrel. But what will Pip eat?

The colourful illustrations and simple words introduce very young children to the joys of sharing as Pip's friends return his kindness by gathering berries so he can join the feast too.

Enjoy the feast Pip!
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Three Candles of Little Veronica

By: KYBER, MANFRED

Price: $44.99

Publisher: SteinerBooks:

Seller ID: 13555

ISBN: 0913098841

A fortunate few carry with them through life the vision of the innocent years. The rest of us must work hard to retrieve the light that is so freely given to us at birth. But if, in reverence for all life, in patient observation, in sorrow, and in compassion, the veil of darkness falls from our eyes, then it is we who are the lucky ones. For in full consciousness we have reached back into Paradise before the Fall. We have earned that which every child inherits unearned.”
—Rosamond Reinhardt, from the introduction

Who with the eye of reverence may discern
How crysta...
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Santa Claus and the Christmas Surprise

By: LACHNER, DOROTHEA

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Floris Books:

Seller ID: 15229

ISBN: 1782505431

Christmas is coming but Anna and Michael's village is cut off by deep snow. They're worried that Santa Claus won't reach them, so they send him a special wish.

Santa Claus hears their wish, and brings the village a surprise. Can the neighbours work together to reach their Christmas gift?

This is a gorgeously illustrated Christmas story about hope and community spirit, with a dash of traditional seasonal magic from much-loved illustrator Maja Dusíková.

Dorothea Lachner is the writer of many books and radio programmes for children in Germany and Austria. ...
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Wonderful Adventures of Nils, The

By: LAGERLOF, SELMA, KLINTING, LARS, LAGERLOEF, SELMA

Price: $36.99

Publisher: United Kingdom, Floris Books: 1992

Seller ID: 11288

ISBN: 0863151396

Binding: Hardback

colour illustrations
In this newly illustrated edition of the classic Swedish folk tale, Nils is shrunk to a tiny size by a dwarf, and carried across Sweden by a flock of wild geese to their summer home in the far North. Through many perils and exciting adventures, Nils wins the respect and love of the geese and finally returns home.
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Through the Seasons

By: LAIDLAW, SARAH

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Free Columbia:

Seller ID: 14995

ISBN: 1782504699

Binding: Board book

NEW!!
Through soft and warm illustrations, and without words, Sarah Laidlaw tells the story of the year -- from planting the garden in spring and a summer's day spent at the beach, to playing in the autumn leaves and decorating the Christmas tree together.
This chunky board book is a celebration of nature, seasonal change and family togetherness through the year. Children and parents can imagine their own story or simply enjoy spotting characters and details in the beautiful pictures.

Sarah Laidlaw lived in the Yarra Valley, Australia with her husband and children. She drew...
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Auragole of the Mountains (Book One)

By: LATESSA, SHIRLEY

Price: $61.99

Publisher: United States, Lindisfarne Press: 2009

Seller ID: 1626

ISBN: 1584200758

black & white illustrations
AURAGOLE OF THE MOUNTAINS is the first novel in Shirley Latessa's exciting quartet "Auragole's Journey." It begins: Meekelorr, lying near a stream in the Easternlands with a small troop of his soldiers sleeping nearby, woke suddenly from a strange dream. He sat up, pushing away both the blankets and the grogginess. He wanted to think about the dream, to fix it in his mind so he could tell it to Pohl.

A young man was standing over a grave. Then, as happens in dreams, the young man was walking in the mountain forest heading somewhere with great...
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Auragole of the Way (Book Two)

By: LATESSA, SHIRLEY

Price: $56.99

Publisher: United States, Lindisfarne Books: 2009

Seller ID: 1627

ISBN: 1584200766

black & white illustrations
Author Shirley Latessa continues the exciting adventures of Auragole in AURAGOLE OF THE WAY, the second novel in the quartet, "Auragole's Journey."
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Goran's Great Escape

By: LINDGREN, ASTRID

Price: $24.99

Seller ID: 13434

ISBN: 0863157939

It's a beautiful, sunny Easter Sunday in Sweden. The farmer and his family are having breakfast before going to church and the farmworkers are going about their daily chores. But Goran the bull is angry. He breaks loose from his stall, and charges down the barn and out into the yard. People gather from miles around to see the raging bull. But who will dare to cross Goran's path? Will he stay angry forever? Karl, a seven-year-old farm boy, has a plan. But can a very small boy tame a very big bull?A delightful story by acclaimed author Astrid Lindgren. The exquisitely detailed illustrations of w...
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Category: Children's Books