Floris publish books in two main areas: non-fiction for adults, and books for children. Within our non-fiction list, we focus on quality books which look at the world a little differently. Our books cover all aspects of holistic and alternative living, including Steiner-Waldorf education, biodynamics and organics, holistic health, philosophy of the natural world, mind body spirit, parenting and child health, philosophy of human life and religion & spirituality.
We're also the largest children's book publisher in Scotland. We publish board and picture books for 0-7 year olds, including international stories in translation and nostalgic classics from illustrators such as Elsa Beskow, as well as the Picture Kelpies range of Scottish picture books; story books and anthologies for 6-10 year olds; and the Kelpies, a much-loved range of Scottish children's fiction for 1-15 year olds. We also publish a wide range of craft and activity books suitable for children and adults of all ages.
Padraic Colum, the great Irish story-teller, brought together this treasure-house of stories from ancient myth and legend, stories that were once sacred and which still have a deep human significance. In this classical collection, he retold stories on similar themes from many different past cltures, in this way showing the close relation between ......
A classic collection, now in paperback. Over thirty stories, with age indicators for each story. This collection of stories, legends and folk tales reflects the season around Easter and early summer. In this season there are also a number of important religious festivals: Ascension, Whitsun and St John (June 24). Some of these stories, ......
Increasingly we are isolated & alienated from our world - uses proven ways to help us reconnect ourselves & with others. Like most Floris books it uses a gentle self-help approach. There is a pressing need for us to develop new forms of relationship with family and society. Through working consciously and actively on our own life story, we can ......
A systematic arrangement of extracts from Goethe's major scientific works which reveal how fundamentally different his approach was to scientific study of the natural world. According to Goethe, our deepest knowledge of phenomena can arise only from a contemplative relationship with nature, in which our feelings of awe and wonder are intrinsic. As ......
Exploring the Roots of Steiner-Waldorf Education and the Role of Art
Agnes Nobel investigates why Waldorf/ Steiner schools attach such importance to art in education, and why Rudolf Steiner himself brought artistic training into all fields of further education.
Rhythm and repetition together with example and imitation are pillars on which early learning is based. Freya Jaffke's books on early childhood have sold over a quarter of a million copies worldwide. She is a kindergarten teacher at a Waldorf (Steiner) School in Germany, and lectures widely.
