Library Lady's Corner
Get Ready for Michaelmas - a Festival of Strength and Gratitude! September 27 2025
Michaelmas is not just another festival circled on the calendar. Oh no! It is a festival of courage — one that draws us together as a community, fills us with gratitude, and helps us remember the strength that lives within each of us.
September - Author of the Month September 09 2025
This month The Library Lady has chosen Dorothy Harrer, who taught at the Rudolf Steiner School, New York City (RSSNYC) for decades, including the fifties, sixties, and seventies. She was among the first to begin sharing ideas with other teachers in North America, from stories for each age level to circle games for introducing math concepts to the young.
August - Author of the Month August 22 2025
Arthur Pittis, author of Pedagogical Theater and the Pittis Reader Series, is the Library Lady’s choice for author of the month! Arthur was a long-time class teacher at the Waldorf School of Baltimore, taking two classes all the way through.
Back to School: 10 Gentle Tips for a Waldorf-Inspired Transition August 04 2025
The final weeks of summer offer a precious opportunity to prepare for the new school year with intention and care. In Waldorf education, transitions are honored with rhythm, presence, and a deep respect for the child’s inner world. Rather than rushing back into structure, we can gently guide our children toward the school rhythm with warmth and confidence.
Back to School the Waldorf Way August 01 2025
The transition from summer to school can stir many emotions—eagerness, uncertainty, and everything in between. For families grounded in Waldorf education, this shift is approached not with pressure or urgency, but with rhythm, presence, and deep respect for the unfolding child. The goal isn’t to jump back into academics, but to gently guide the child into a new season of growth, connection, and discovery.
July - Author of the Month July 07 2025
July is the month we celebrate Eric Müller, author of two adventure-fantasy novels for youngsters: The Invisible Boat and The Invisible Boat and the Molten Dragon.
Book Review: Geron and Virtus- A Fateful Encounter of Two Youths June 23 2025
Geron and Virtus invites us to consider what bravery really looks like. It's not always found in battle—it's often found in the quiet courage to do what is right, even when it breaks with tradition.
Five Easy Ways to Support Summer Reading June 17 2025
These are just suggestions. You likely have you own, better ideas, but just in case these ideas come in handy, or spark your own ideas, the Library Lady offers these! Remember that reading always is good for inducing relaxation. If things become fraught or stressful, make a different plan because summer reading ought to be something easy enough and easy-going enough to make life a little less frantic and reading maximally enjoyable.
Waldorf Summer Reading June 16 2025
Five Easy Ways to Support the Transport to Wonders through Good Stories for Youngsters (Summer Reading:-)
June - Author of the Month June 01 2025
We all love stories. Whether in a book or a re-telling of an event, or in a film or play; stories teach and inspire and make life easier to understand. A good story can make us laugh or feel compassion or even anger or anxiety. A good storyteller knows how to choose a story that will delight listeners by delivering it with the right emphasis, to make it maximally engaging. Jakob Streit was one of these truly great storytellers.
The Joy (and Benefits) of Summer Reading! May 30 2025
In Waldorf education, we often emphasize the importance of rhythm and reverence, of stories that awaken the inner life and help children find their place in the world. Reading—whether curled up with a loved one, listening with rapt attention, or delighting in decoding a word alone—is more than literacy instruction. It is soul nourishment.
MAY - Author of the Month May 12 2025
Manfred von Makensen was a creative experimenter in life, dedicated to Waldorf education and, more specifically, the sciences in Waldorf schools.
Celebrating May Day: A Joyful Welcome to Summer May 01 2025
May Day, celebrated on the first of May, is a time-honored tradition in many communities across the Northern Hemisphere. It marks the transition from spring to summer and is steeped in history and cultural symbolism. Known as Beltane in Celtic traditions and celebrated in ancient Rome in honor of the goddess Flora, May Day is a festival of life, renewal, and the blossoming of the Earth.
APRIL - Author of the Month April 11 2025
Van James is a rare combination of a remarkable, gifted artist and an effective, beloved teacher. Through his lifetime, he has inspired youngsters and colleagues alike to incorporate visual arts into their lives by practicing and mastering skills for self-expression and beauty.
MARCH - Author of the Month March 02 2025
Creative Pathways, Elizabeth’s first book, is rich with information about the stimulation in brain development that comes from creating art. Many projects are described in the book with information about age-appropriateness. The book is generously illustrated to make clear what the offerings are asking of those doing the projects with the young. The developmental benefits are abundant in this beautiful and intelligent offering.
February is Author Dick Bruin Month at Waldorf Publications! February 06 2025
Dick Bruin has devoted his life to teaching at Waldorf schools in Holland. The national Dutch tradition of blending the artistic with the social is characteristic in all Bruin’s work. His books, Painting at School and Form Drawing are inspiring reminders of how to build strong lifeforces through steady artistic work.
The Science Says It All in Waldorf Education! December 13 2024
Waldorf Publications is proud to announce two new books by author Michael Holdrege. These books cover the life science curriculum in a Waldorf High School. The ninth and tenth grade life science curriculum is described in From Mechanism to Organism, Enlivening the Study of the Human Organism. The eleventh and twelfth grade life science curriculum is explained in Holdrege’s second book, Embryology, Genetics, and Ecology, Windows into the Dynamics Nature of Living Organisms.Waldorf Learning Support: Books from Audrey McAllen, Joep Eikenboom NOW AVAILABLE! October 22 2024
For decades through the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, in England, Audrey McAllen studied the indications given by Rudolf Steiner about child development, sleep, breathing, children’s drawings, and the circulation of the blood, the system of our nerves, temperaments, and much more. She worked these into specific exercises and specific class exercises to give strength to the therapeutic work made possible by a Waldorf class and classroom.
Deeper Look - Autumn-Nature Activities for Children October 08 2024
"Autumn Nature Activities for Children" is a comprehensive guide filled with creative and engaging nature-based projects designed to connect children with the natural world.What is America? July 03 2024
It is quite a moment in American history, isn’t it? The grand experiment of Democracy is being tested again!New Release - Parzival: A Forerunner of the Modern Human Being June 25 2024
ParzivalForerunner of the Modern Human Being
The archetypal legend of the famous, bungling hero, Parzival, holds lessons for all human beings. We start out as ignorant ingenues, without a clue about the great world; stumbling after what we believe we want and wish to be, hurting others, making wrong assumptions, following rules others have laid out instead of finding for ourselves what it is that we are called to do.
Right Speaking and Right Listening in Waldorf School Communities by Gary Lamb June 05 2024
Spiritual Beings live and are active in human speech, and when one formulates words, elemental beings press into them. On the wings of words spiritual beings fly through the space where human beings are conversing with one another. This is why it is so important that we . . . do not simply let uncontrolled feelings get the better of us when we speak.
- Rudolf Steiner, 12/28/1914
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Book Review - Verses and Poems and Stories to Tell March 10 2024
Now Available - Stories From the American Journey January 23 2024
This book is a collection of beloved stories from an author who has spent four decades teaching. These narratives showcase adventurous and talented individuals whose actions and visions embody the nation's ideals. Spanning the breadth of America, these tales highlight those who stood up for justice, championed free thought, innovated, reshaped communities, revolutionized business, or simply showed kindness and support to others.