In Sven Nordqvist’s new picture book The Yellow Road, Sam wakes up in a strange fairytale world inhabited by small folk and talking animals. Equipped with a very useful backpack and an optimistic attitude, Sam travels through otherworldly lands, encountering giggly giraffes, a gruff submarine captain, a toy picnic and a magical painting. Sometimes...
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Here at Floris Books we love fairy tales – those classic stories that we return to again and again. One of our favourites is The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen. To celebrate our new edition of this timeless fairy tale, we discover some fun facts about its history and look at...
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How a sustainable community can transform Egypt and the world When Dr Ibrahim Abouleish founded Sekem in 1977, his visionary aim was to create a new kind of sustainable community in the Egyptian desert where high quality biodynamic crops were grown, where workers and residents received holistic healthcare and their children received a meaningful...
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We are so excited to welcome the latest addition to the Floris family… Your Elsa Beskow Baby Book: A Memory Book of Your First Years! Often referred to as the ‘Beatrix Potter’ of Scandinavia, Elsa Beskow’s picture books have been known and loved for over a century. Over on our Elsa Beskow author page you can...
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Although belief in karma is widespread today, it is often misunderstood by both critics and believers. This fascinating and thought-provoking book draws on the work of Rudolf Steiner to present an old idea in a new way. In Understanding Karma: Rethinking Destiny, Reincarnation and Free Will, Jens Heisterkamp argues that karma is an essential...
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Caio Zero is an illustrator and comic book artist from Brazil. His books reflect his relationships and his experiences as a Black man. Sleep Here, Wake There is the first of his books to be published in English. The story is inspired by Caio’s childhood where, like César in the story, he was brought up...
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Come inside and look around this friendly apartment building in 630 Maple Street by Marta Kulesza. You’ll meet book-lovers Ola and Elena, vets Charlie and Ava, chef Malik, big brother-to-be Jayden, board-game player Luna, and all their visitors and animal friends. Explore the building through the year to see how the neighbours spend their...
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils: A Classic Swedish Children’s Tale is the preeminent illustrated edition of Nobel Prize-winner Selma Lagerlöf‘s classic Swedish tale, which has been sensitively abridged for young readers. With its engrossing, exciting story and stunning full colour artwork from Lars Klinting, readers of all ages will be transported to the Sweden...
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We’re shining a spotlight on some of the specialist bookshops that we work with who help us bring our books to our readers. Check out the first post we ran with Rudolf Steiner Bookshop, London. In this post we travel to the Goetheanum Bookshop in Dornach, Switzerland. The bookshop is inside the Goetheanum (pictured...
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Today, biodynamic agriculture is practised in more than 50 countries worldwide and offers a way of growing high-quality produce through the sustainable cultivation of soil, plants and animals. In From the Agriculture Course to Sustainable Farming: 100 Years of the Biodynamic Movement Ueli Hurter and Rudi Bind trace the history and development of the...
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