magickware | November 26, 2009
If you are a fan of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream, you’ll fall in love with this book. Even readers who are not fans of old Bill’s works will be drawn into he improbable world where Titania and Oberon are real beings. As the days draw close to Samhain, the door between the world of [...]
magickware | October 29, 2009
The story opens with an image of 3 ladies. The accompanying text says “Ladies of light and Ladies of darkness…” Both the text and imagery are things that a Pagan child can identify with. The end of the opening page has the line “this is a prayer for a blueberry girl.” While Pagans don’t specifically [...]
magickware | September 20, 2006
Book Of Doom by John Peel; Llewellyn Worldwide Book Ten of Diadem Worlds of Magic got off to a slow and rocky start. Since this was the first time I had read a book from this series, I was at a bit of a loss as to who the good guys and who the bad [...]
magickware | December 18, 2005
Children’s Reiki Handbook : A Guide to Energy Healing for Kids By Pamela A. Yarborough, ND & Robert T. Yarborough Andborough Publishing 2005 I picked up this book knowing little more about Reiki than the name. I knew that Reiki was some form of healing energy and that you used your hands but how and [...]
magickware | April 18, 2005
Aisha’s Moonlit Walk: Stories And Celebrations For The Pagan Year By Anika Stafford, Skinner House Books Common wisdom says that writing a good book is hard, but writing a good children’s book is brutal. Ms. Stafford took on a formidable challenge. I give her an A for effort. She starts with a good concept but [...]
magickware | June 18, 2004
The Sea Queen And The Shore Witch By Jamie Grandy; Illustrated by Gail M. Nelson (Abzu’s Fountain Press)In this illustrated book for the advanced reader, we meet 10-year-old Katia and follow her on her quest to save her mother from the angry Sea Queen. He mother has been taken by the Sea Queen and has [...]