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PAGAN CHILDREN STORIES & TALES
PAGAN CHILDREN STORIES & TALES FOR PAGAN FAMILIES
The Pagan Parenting Partnership (PPP) is about living in our society and in our individual communities. It is about our history as humans, as Pagans, and as families. The PPP has noticed an obvious absence of literature for our children. However, as more families are finding the Pagan Pathway of spirituality, children's stories are beginning to emerge. As such I have collected stories and tales found on the internet and will provide links to published books that I have found interesting and may help to provide reading material for our Pagan-raised children. I included some of them here. Source references are included so you can visit the various source websites. I wish to thank all those Pagans on the internet for their contributions to our children and grandchildren.
PAGAN CHILDREN'S STORIES
An Earth Mother Story, By Elspeth Sapphire
From www.ecauldron.com
Rhiannon, By Daven & Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
Herne, By Daven & Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
Church, By Daven & Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
Persecution, By Daven & Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
The Rede, By Daven & Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
Mythology, By Daven & Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
Psychic, By Daven & Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
Conservation, By Daven & Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
A Children's Story For Samhain, By D.J. Conway
Sent By E-mail From Barbara
Gingerbread Grandma's Cauldron
Food, Fun, Stories and Fantasy for Families.
Kyle's Lessons (One for each of the Pagan Holidays)
By Lori Dake
The Meagan Stories (One for each of the Pagan Holidays)
By Kat Dyer
A CHILD'S BOOK OF WICCA: A COLLECTION OF STORIES
Introduction by Daven
This is a book designed for any Wiccan attempting to raise a child or children in the Craft. It is a collection of stories designed to introduce a five to eight year old to the basics of our religion. While looking for appropriate books to read to my four-year-old sympathetic to witchcraft in general, I was only able to locate books filled with superstition, hatefulness, and old legends. Not what I really wanted to tuck my daughter in to bed every night with.
After disgustingly putting down my thirtieth try to find something appropriate for her, (this one had a main character who turned children into flowers because she hated children) I said to myself, "Someone should write children's stories about Wicca." To my surprise, I answered, "Why not you?" You hold the result of that conversation in your hands.
I have attempted to put these concepts as simply as I could, so children can understand them, but your input in this process of learning is critical. It is possible for a child to read this book alone. While the stories may be understood, your own examples and experiences are vital for desirable growth to be achieved. With that in mind, at the end of each story there is a short section on what you, as a parent, can do with your child. There are discussion questions, activities and in some cases, children's versions of rituals for them to practice.
It is my sincere hope that every Wiccan parent uses this book to help their children become better Wiccans, or to at least educate them so their minds don't close quite so tightly when they are grown. It is best if a parent reads this book out loud to the child. That will ensure that both child and parent understand the ideas in the story. This also allows the parent to spend time with the child. Please read all the stories before reading them to your child to see what alterations you wish to make. Some of the topics discussed may be inappropriate to your personal situation and beliefs.
While I hope that the stories do not need to be changed much, I realize that there are many Ways. What I have written here is designed to be a springboard. I recommend you sit down with your child(ren) once a week and read one story. This way, there is time for the lesson to be absorbed by the child before a new one is presented. It will also give everyone time to participate in the projects I have listed. Not every child learns by listening. That is why the discussions and projects are also important. Children also learn by doing and thinking about questions related to something new. The "thinkers" will learn from the questions, and may even ask questions of their own. The "doers" will learn from the activities. All three parts are important to the growth of the child. Your own child may well challenge you. There have been many times that I have been asked very pointed questions on a topic I was discussing with my daughter. Do not be upset by this. Answer them. Be calm and tell them what you feel is right. If you don't know the answer, tell them that then help them find the answers too. It may be possible they can help find the answer, and this is good, since it will create another activity to share. Religion and philosophy are the same subject.
Trying to teach someone else your philosophy may be one of the greatest challenges you will face. It is best if you know your own heart and way of life to a degree that allows you to articulate what you feel.
May the Blessings of the Lord and Lady shine always on your souls.
Note: Throughout this book, I use Herne and Rhiannon as the God and Goddess in these stories. I realize that you may not use these Names, please feel free to substitute the names of your own Gods in Their places. I have made any descriptions of Them fairly vague to help with this end.
Further note from the Author: (May 29, 2001) What is in this file is the final edit of the chapters I have entered into the computer. If you see an error or something like that please email me at daven@priest.com and let me know about it. I am working on three more chapters, and I am also looking for an illustrator to help with this. This project was intended to be a book. As such, the chapters are short, so that most of the two pages in the story could be taken up by the artwork of the illustrator, but since I don't have a publisher yet, I also dont have an artist. LOL Enjoy this in good health, just be kind and make sure I keep the credit for these stories. -- Daven
A Collection of Stories: Rhiannon by Daven and Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
A Collection of Stories: Herne by Daven and Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
A Collection of Stories: Church by Daven and Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
A Collection of Stories: Persecution by Daven and Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
A Collection of Stories: The Rede by Daven and Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
A Collection of Stories: Mythology by Daven and Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
A Collection of Stories: Psychic by Daven and Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
A Collection of Stories: Conservation by Daven and Theresa
From www.ecauldron.com: A Child's Book of Wicca
PAGAN PARENTING BOOKS
Willow: A Magical Cat
-- By C.F. Lander (A local friend and author)
-- By Steven J. Simmons, Cyd Moore
-- By Geraldine McCaughrean
-- By Laurel Ann Reinhardt
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-- By Silver Ravenwolf
-- By Sheila MacGill-Callahan, Barry Moser
-- By Crockett Johnson
-- By Antonia Barber, P.J. Lynch
-- By P.L. Travers
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-- By David Weisner
-- By Verna Aardema, Leo and Diane Dillon
-- By Phyllis Root, Helen Oxenbury
-- By Nancy Leunn
-- By Mary Azarian, Penny Pollock
-- By Charlotte Zolotow
-- By Maureen Garth
-- By Willow Poison
-- By Frank Asch, Vladimir Vagin
-- By Bird Baylor
-- By Barbara Helen Berger
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-- By Ruth Lercher Bornstein
-- By Jan Brett
-- By Jan Brett
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-- By Norman Bridwell
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-- By Michael J. Caduto
-- By Mary Calhoun
-- By Janell Cannon
-- By Carol and Donald Carrick
-- By Remy Charlip, Jerry Joyner
-- By Lynne Cherry
-- By Barbara Cooney
-- By Mike Corbishley
-- By Ruth Craft
-- By Tomie de Paola
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-- By Tomie de Paola
-- By Arthur Dorros
-- Ann Durell, Editor
-- By Aileen Fisher
-- By Leonard E. Fisher
-- By Virginia Fleming
-- By Debra Frasier
-- By Fiona French
-- By Eric and Teresa Hadley
-- By Frances Hamerstrom
-- By Marilee Heyer
-- By Marilee Heyer
-- By Ronald and Ann Himler
-- By Julia Hoban
-- By Margaret Hodges
-- By Mary Hoffman
-- By Gloria Houston
-- By Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
-- By Diane Iverson
-- By Susan Jeffers
-- By Jack Kent
-- By Ruth Krauss
-- By Munro Leaf
-- By Jean Marzollo
-- By Jean Marzollo
Also available in Library Binding and Hardcover. -- By Anne Mazer
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Laura Krauss Melmed
-- By Montzalee Miller
Also available in Hardcover, Big Book Paperback and Boxed editions.
-- By Robert Munsch
Also available in Hardcover, Book and Cassette and VHS Video editions.
-- By Patricia Polacco
-- By Ray Prather
-- By Deborah Lee Rose
Also available in Hardcover, Library Binding and Coloring Book editions.
-- By Maurice Sendak
-- By Joseph Slate
Also available in Hardcover.
-- By Peter Spier
Also available in Filmstrip and Cassette edition.
-- By Peter Spier
-- By Jorg Steiner
-- By Maitreya Stillwater
Also available in Library Binding. -- By Michele Maria Surat
-- By Percy Trezise
Also available in Hardcover.
-- By Tomi Ungerer
-- By Chris Van Allsburg
-- By Chris Van Allsburg
-- By Ghislaine Vautier
-- By Jan Wahl
Also available as a Boxed Set with Moss Pillows and The Island Light.
-- By Rosemary Wells
Also available as a Boxed Set with First Tomato and The Island Light.
-- By Rosemary Wells
Also available as a Boxed Set with Moss Pillows and First Tomato.
-- By Rosemary Wells
-- By Jane Yolen
-- By Jane Yolen
-- By Steven Zorn
-- By Thomas Harris
-- By Kristin Madden
-- By Ashleen O'Gaea
-- By Starhawk, Diane Baker, Anne Hill
-- By Cait Johnson, Maura D. Shaw
-- By Amber K (Illustrator)
-- By Kristin Madden
-- By Margie McArthur
-- By Chara M. Curtis, Cynthia Aldrich
-- By Shawna Carol
AGE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS: Ages 6 to 9
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Jim Arnosky
Also available in Library Binding. -- By John Bierhorst
Also available in Book and Cassette and Book, Cassette, and Filmstrip versions.
-- By Susan Cooper
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Alejandro Cruz Martinez
-- By Valerie Flournoy
-- By Mordicai Gerstein
-- By Mary Hoffman
Also available in Hardcover and Library Binding versions.
-- By Ellen Jackson
-- By Susan Jeffers
Also available in Library Binding and in a Spanish version. -- By Miska Miles
Also available in Hardcover.
-- By Carol Reed-Jones
Other titles in the same series: Fire, Air, Water.
-- Ken Robbins
Also available in Library Binding. -- By Phyllis Root
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Shel Silverstein
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Shel Silverstein
-- By Virginia A. Stroud
Also available in Hardcover.
-- By Chief Jake Swamp
Also available in Hardcover.
-- By Margery Williams
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Audrey Wood
BOOKS FOR UPPER ELEMENTARY: Youth Fiction Ages 9 to 12
Also available in Hardcover and Audio Cassette and Spanish ( Paperback or Hardcover) versions. A Literature Guide is also available. -- By Natalie Babbitt
-- By Megan Barnes
-- By Megan Barnes
-- By Megan Barnes
-- By Megan Barnes
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Alix Berenzy
Also available in Hardcover and Audio Cassette.
-- By Frances Hodgson Burnett
-- By Ruth Chew
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Marie Charlotte Craft
Also available in Hardcover, Library Binding, Audio Cassette and Spanish versions ( Paperback or Hardcover).
-- By Roald Dahl
Also available in Hardcover and Audio Cassette.
-- By Ingri D'Aulaires
-- By Meindert DeJong
-- By Catherine Dexter
Also available in Hardcover.
-- By Edward Eager
-- By Edward Eager
Also available in Hardcover.
-- By Edward Eager
-- By Edward Eager
-- By Edward Eager
-- By Edward Eager
-- By Kathleen and Michael Hague
-- By Virginia Hamilton
Also available in Hardcover and Library Binding. -- By George MacDonald
Also available in Hardcover.
-- By George MacDonald
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Hazel Mary Martel
Also in the series, Young Guinevere ( Paperback or Hardcover). -- By Robert D. San Souci
-- By Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Also available in Library Binding. -- By Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Also available in Library Binding. -- By Zilpha Keatley Snyder
-- By Zilpha Keatley Snyder
-- By Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Also available in Annotated and Audio Cassette versions.
-- By E.B. White
Also available in Audio CD and Audio Cassette versions. Also, three-story volumes of Charlotte's Web, Trumpet of the Swan and Stuart Little are available in Paperback or 3-volume boxed Hardcover sets.
-- By E.B. White
YOUNG PEOPLE: Age 12 to 15
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Lloyd Alexander
Also available in Hardcover.
-- By Lloyd Alexander
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Lloyd Alexander
Also available as Yearling paperback edition. -- By Lloyd Alexander
Also available in Library Binding.
-- By Lloyd Alexander
Also available in Hardcover. -- By Lloyd Alexander
Also available in LIbrary Binding. The entire Dark Is Rising sequence, including Silver on the Tree, The Grey King, Greenwitch, The Dark is Rising, and Over Sea, Under Stone is available as a boxed set of paperbacks. -- By Susan Cooper
Also available in Hardcover. -- By Susan Cooper
-- By Susan Cooper
Also available in Hardcover. -- By Susan Cooper
Also available in Hardcover. -- By Susan Cooper
-- By Lois Duncan
-- By Monica Furlong
-- By Monica Furlong
-- By Jean Craighead George
Also available in Dover Children's Thrift Paperback, Hardcover, Library Binding, Audio Cassette, Coloring Book. -- By Kenneth Grahame
-- By Roger Lancelyn Green
-- By Virginia Hamilton
-- By Robin McKinley
Also available in Hardcover and Library Binding.
-- By Doris Orgel
-- By Elizabeth Marie Pope
-- By Elizabeth Marie Pope
YOUNG ADULT: Ages 15+
-- By T.A. Barron
Also available in Library Binding. -- By Ursula K. Le Guin
-- By Patricia A. McKillip
-- By Patricia A. McKillip
The last in the series, including Riddle Master of Heb and Heir of Sea and Fire -- By Patricia A. McKillip
VIDEOS & MOVIES
Barney Video - Sing and Dance with Barney (VHS)
Barney Video - Sing and Dance with Barney (DVD)
Barney Video - Barney's Colorful World Live (VHS)
Barney Video - Barney's Colorful World Live (DVD)
Barney Video - Barney's ABC's & 123's (Previously "Let's Play School") (VHS)
Barney Video - You Can Be Anything (VHS)
A Troll In Central Park (VHS)
A Troll In Central Park (DVD)
FernGully - The Last Rainforest (DVD)
FernGully - The Last Rainforest (VHS)
FernGully 2 - The Magical Rescue (DVD)
FernGully 2 - The Magical Rescue (VHS)
My Neighbor Totoro (VHS)
My Neighbor Totoro (DVD)
My Neighbor Totoro (DVD Widescreen - 2 Disc Set)
Raffi in Concert W/Rise & Shine Band
Raffi in Concert (DVD)
Raffi: Young Childrens Concert
Raffi: Young Peoples Concert.
The Secret Garden (DVD), 1993 version with Kate Maberly.
The Secret Garden (VHS), 1993 version with Kate Maberly.
The Secret Garden (DVD), 1987 version with Gennie James.
The Secret Garden (VHS), 1987 version with Gennie James.
The Secret Garden (DVD), 1949 version with Margaret O/Brien.
Back to the Secret Garden (DVD), 2002.
The Velveteen Rabbit (DVD), 1984.
The Velveteen Rabbit (VHS), 1984.
Young Magician (VHS), 1989.
Willie Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (VHS)
Willie Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, 30th Anniversary Edition (VHS)
MY FAVORITE MOVIES
(These would be for older children and adults)
Practical Magic (VHS), 1998
Practical Magic (VHS Widescreen - Collector's Edition), 1998
Practical Magic (DVD Widescreen), 1998
Patch Adams (DVD Collector's Edition), 1998
Patch Adams (VHS), 1998
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (VHS), 2004
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (DVD Full Screen), 2004
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (DVD Widescreen), 2004
Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets (VHS), 2002
Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets (DVD Full Screen), 2002
Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets (DVD Widescreen), 2002
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (VHS), 2001
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (DVD Full Screen), 2001
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (DVD Widescreen), 2001
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (DVD Full Screen), 2004
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (DVD Widescreen), 2004
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (DVD Full Screen), 2004
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (DVD Widescreen), 2004
The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring (DVD Full Screen), 2001
The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring (DVD Widescreen), 2001
The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring (VHS Full Screen), 2001
The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring (VHS Widescreen), 2001
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (DVD Full Screen), 2002
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (DVD Widescreen), 2002
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (VHS Full Screen), 2002
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (VHS Widescreen), 2002
The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King (DVD Full Screen), 2003
The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King (DVD Widescreen), 2003
The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King (VHS), 2003
Dragonheart (VHS Widescreen), 1996
Dragonheart - A New Beginning (VHS), 2000
HELPFUL PAGAN PARENTING LINKS & RESOURCES
PaganParenting.net: The Pagan Parenting Page
PAGAN RITUAL SUPPLIES
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WEB SITE BLESSING
May the powers of The One,
The source of all creation;
May the Goddess, the Lady of the Moon;
And the God, Horned Hunter of the Sun;
May the rulers of the elemental realms, Earth, Air, Fire and Water;
May the powers of the Stars above and the Earth below,
Bless this web site, and this time, and I who am with You.
I ask for you to protect these pages,
And that no harm to those who visit here.
So mote it be.
I am always looking for new material to add to my web site. If you have Pagan-friendly stories that you would like to submit to moondragon.org, please e-mail me the story and I will place a page for each story along with your name, as author, and a link to your web site, if you have one. If you already have stories on your website, please e-mail me your link with a description of your story and I will be happy to include a link to your pages with your stories. I have many Pagan parents looking for stories for their children and this is a great way to get some recognition and bring some people your way. If I supply a link to your website, please inform me if you change links or take down your website so I can make corrections.
Thank you and Blessed Be.
Leather Dupris, Domiciliary Midwife & Pagan Priestess
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MoonDragon Birthing Services & Dragon's Lair Pagan Parlor
Salem, Massachusetts
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