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These engaging children's stories chronicle a modern-day family as they celebrate the eight pagan holidays over the course of a year. Readers of all ages will delight in following the fictional Aisha and her family and friends. Told in Aisha's own words, these charming stories bring to life the tradition, beliefs, and values of the pagan faith as it is celebrated today. The book includes a brief introduction to each holiday and an outline of the key pagan concepts and lessons for each story. Readers will follow Aisha to winter solstice, the longest night of the year, when she learns to appreciate the importance of family and figures out how to end a fight with her best friend Heather. During the fall equinox, readers will rejoice with Aisha as she celebrates her many accomplishments over the past year. This refreshing, family-oriented approach to the pagan calendar is ideal for children, parents, teachers, and anyone who seeks greater insight into the spiritual significance of pagan tradition.
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I'm really excited about this book, because I hope it is the start of trend. Apart from the occasional 'teen witch' type book, there are very few books aimed at younger pagans out there, nor books for pagan parents wanting to teach their children about their faith.
Stafford's new book seeks to correct that, by telling a simple story of Aisha and her family and friends as they celebrate the eight pagan holidays (sabbats) over the course of a year.
In addition to teaching the child about the sabbats, the book also includes valuable lessons and a solid foundation for teaching children about pagan traditions and values using real-life, modern day situations.
The writing style is lovely and is perfect either as a 3rd grade reader or as a bedtime storybook for a parent to use to read to a child. I think the book could have benefited from having more pictures, but hopefully the success of this book will mean more books in this vein, and future authors (and perhaps Stafford herself) will produce chapter books that will correct this minor issue.
