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Review: A Witch’s Primer, Grade 2 and A Witch’s Primer, Grade 3
(review originally published November 2014, books purchased by the reviewer) I reviewed A Witch’s Primer, Grade 1, a while back. I mentioned then, and still believe with these two books, that while Ms. Manderly set out to create a text appropriate to teach religion in a Pagan parochial school, and I think these fail at that.…
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Review: The Sunchildren Celebrating the Autumn Equinox
(review originally published November 2014, book purchased by the reviewer) This is the second book in the Sunchildren series, focusing on the Autumn equinox. These books are out of print, but you may be able to find copies online. Like the Summer Solstice book, this one lists a number of seasonal activities that the Sunchildren are doing,…
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Review: Step Into the Circle: Winter
(review originally published December 2014, book purchased by reviewer) This book covers the winter Sabbats, Samhain and Yule. Each section has a story about a modern child and her experiences with the holidays – often, her mother tells her about mythology related to the holiday in the story. There are also songs, recipes, and crafts…
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Review: Lil’ Witches Wheel of the Year Coloring Book
(review originally published January 2015, book purchased by reviewer) For a coloring book, this doesn’t have a lot of pages to color – I’d say it’s about half coloring pages, maybe less, with the rest activity pages. There’s quite a range – word search, mazes, crossword puzzles, and other word games. Because of that, I’d…
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Podcast updates
As the title of this week’s podcast says, we’re “Back at it” with our first episode in over a year…and what a strange year it’s been. As always, check it out on Anchor.fm or find us on your favorite podcasting site. We are seeking podcast sponsors and website sponsors too – if you’re Pagan, Wiccan,…
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Review: I Am The Elements
(review originally published January 2015, book purchased by reviewer) A cute and colorful book introducing the elements in a child friendly way. A different child represents each element, and bright pictures showcase many faces of the elements that we see around us. This is the second book from Lightbringer, whose first book covers the Wheel…
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Review: Meditation for Kids
(review originally published July 2015, book purchased by reviewer) This is a tiny book – literally pocket sized, and if I count right, 72 pages including the copyright pages & about the author info. It appears to be out of print, but you might find copies around. It’s a really spiffy book, with a great…
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Review: Crystal Messages from the Crystal Kids Guidance Cards
(review originally published January, 2018. Deck purchased by reviewer) This is a deck of 57 cards, each with a different crystal or stone, several metaphysical properties of that stone, and an affirmation. There’s also a book, as is typical for most oracle decks, giving a bit more explanation of each affirmation. The cards are ok,…
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Review: Rupert’s Tales A Book of Bedtime Stories
(book provided by the author’s publisher, review originally published in 2015) Rupert’s Tales: A Book of Bedtime Stories, written by Kyrja, Illustrated by Tonia Bennington Osborn I’ve probably mentioned before that my kids really like Rupert. We’ve been reading about his wheel of the year adventures off and on for a couple of years now,…
