The Human Being and the Animal World
ISBN 9780863156403
Regular price $29.95 Sale price $28.50 Save 5%by Charles Kovacs
This is a classic resource book for teaching about animals in comparison to human beings. It is recommended for Classes (Grades) 4 and 5 (age 9 to 11) in the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum.
Charles Kovacs taught in Edinburgh so there is a Scottish flavour to the animals discussed in the first half of the book, including seals, red deer and eagles. In the later chapters, he covers elephants, horses and bears.
Softcover, 144 pages. 216 x 138 mm (5.4 x 8.5 inches).
Floris Books.
Printed in the United Kingdom.
Walk Two Moons
ISBN 9780330397834
Regular price $17.99by Sharon Creech
Winner of the Newbery Medal and the Children's Book Award, this is a breathtaking book, a modern classic in the making.
Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.
What is the meaning of this strange message left on the doorstep? Only Sal knows, and on a roadtrip with her grandparents she tells the bizarre tale of Phoebe Winterbottom, Phoebe’s disappearing mother and the lunatic. But who can help Sal make sense of the mystery that surrounds her own story . . . and her own missing mother?
In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.
Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the "Indian-ness in her blood," travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who received mysterious messages, who met a "potential lunatic," and whose mother disappeared.
As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold—the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.
Recommended for young readers ages 9-13 years.
Softcover, 256 pages.
MacMillan Publishing.
Printed in the United Kingdom.
Ancient Greece
ISBN 9780863154294
Regular price $29.95 Sale price $25.50 Save 15%by Charles Kovacs
A retelling of Greek mythology and history as recommended for Steiner-Waldorf curriculum Grades 5-6 (ages 10-12 years).
This welcome new addition to Charles Kovacs' work contains legendary stories of mythical heroes and historic figures from the dawn of western civilization. Through the fearless deeds of Heracles, Theseus and Odysseus to the Golden Age of Athens and the conquests of Alexander the Great, the narrative vividly portrays the journey from the mysteries of antiquity to the birth of modern medicine, science and philosophy.
Softcover, 176 pages.
Floris Books.
Printed in the United Kingdom.
Charles Kovacs was born in Austria. He left his native country in 1938 at the time of the Anschluss and joined the British Army in East Africa. After the War, he settled in Britain, and in 1956 he took over a class at the Rudolf Steiner School in Edinburgh, where he remained a class teacher until his retirement in 1976. He died in 2001. His extensive lesson notes have been a useful and inspiring resource material for many teachers. He is the author of The Age of Revolution (Floris Books 2003) and Parsifal and the Search for the Grail (Floris Books 2002).
The Wizard of Oz
ISBN 9780141321028
Regular price $12.49 Sale price $11.50 Save 8%by L. Frank Baum
Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land of Oz. To get home Dorothy must follow the yellow brick road to Emerald City and find the wonderfully mysterious Wizard of Oz. Together with her companions the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion whom she meets on the way, Dorothy embarks on a strange and enchanting adventure. With a charming introduction by award-winning Cornelia Funke, The Wizard of Oz is one of the twenty wonderful classics being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2015.
Recommended by the publisher for ages 10 years and up.
Softcover, 224 pages.
Puffin Classics.
Printed in Great Britain.
About the Author:
Born in 1856, in Chittenango, New York, L. Frank Baum is best remembered for his monumental 1900 classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He returned frequently to the magical world he'd created, writing 13 books set in Oz. His considerable literary output included 55 novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and many miscellaneous writings, including scripts and "lost" novels. He passed away in 1919.
Geology and Astronomy
ISBN 9780863158070
Regular price $30.50 Sale price $26.50 Save 13%by Charles Kovacs
The first part of this book describes the different kinds of rocks, soil and mountains found on our planet, and explores how they came into being. This section deals with the depths of the earth, and the long ages of time.
In contrast, the second part examines the heights of our universe, in the movement of the sun, moon and stars. These bodies give us our sense of day, month and year.
Throughout, Kovacs links the phenomena he's describing with human experience, how they affect people in different parts of the world.
This is a resource for Steiner-Waldorf teachers for Classes 6 and 7 (age 11-13).
Softcover, 160 pages.
Floris Books.