The Earth-centered religions are currently one of the fastest growing forms of spirituality in this country. According to the American Religious Identification Study presented by the City University of New York in 1998, at our current rate of growth, by the year 2010 there will be more people claiming a Neo-Pagan religion than those following Judaism. (An updated study was released in 2001 and can be found here.)
Many people choosing a Neo-Pagan belief system are in their late teens or early adulthood. Some of these people have children already being raised in other religions. Some people have younger siblings or other young family members who have questions about the changes happening to their family members. There are also children being raised in a Pagan Tradition from birth. This book is for all of these children.
from W. Lyon Martin
“A decade and a half ago I was single. I had friends with babies and toddlers. I never really considered the needs of those Pagan parents and their wish to raise their children in any of the Pagan Traditions. Then my daughter was born and suddenly the lack of books for Wiccan kids loomed large in my own life. I hunted down every single book I could find about raising Pagan children. All of them focused on the Wiccan Traditions, which for me was okay, since I lean toward a Wiccan Path. When my daughter became older, I started looking for books for Pagan children. I couldn’t find a single one. There were the Meghan Files on-line, but my daughter was too young to sit still for a story without pictures. I kept hunting. I found downloadable coloring pages for Wiccan kids. Sadly, they were rather simplistic most of the times and didn’t hold my child’s attention for very long.
I located a copy of The Pagan Kids’ Activity Book by Amber K. I bought it immediately. My daughter worked her way through the book in a matter of hours. My search was on again. In the meantime, she was growing up and I still hadn’t found any books for Pagan children. Pagan parenting books were becoming more plentiful and the CD companion to Circle Round came out. My little one memorized all the words to all the songs and sang them constantly. Her joy in the songs made me smile.
Obviously, I couldn’t be the only Pagan parent who wanted story books for my little witch. There is a need for books on teaching Wicca to kids. Simple stories that are accessible to young children. Picture books with beautiful, colorful illustrations to introduce basic concepts of our Paths. Books just for Pagan children. So I began with what I knew best, Wicca. An Ordinary Girl, A Magical Child was born. Then came Aidan’s First Full Moon Circle. Magical Child Books will not stop at stories for Wiccan children. They have books planned for Heathen and Druid children as well. The Pagan community is maturing, and so are the needs of our families.
I have followed a Pagan lifestyle since the early 1980s. In 1999, when my daughter entered public school, she became aware that she was of a minority religion. With this awareness also came a lot of questions. I have answered them based on my previous years of experience as a Pagan. One question that came up and that keeps coming up is “Mommy, why do I have to be the only Pagan?” I have done my best to show my daughter that there are indeed other Pagan kids by forming a children’s group with other Pagan parents in my area. Many of these mothers and fathers are relatively new to the Pagan path and have come to me repeatedly asking how to deal with their children’s questions.
My books are meant as a basic texts, to explain to the elementary age child who Pagans are, what they do, and how and why they do it. It is my hope that teachers with Pagan-raised children in their classrooms will also use these books to foster acceptance and understanding in their non-Pagan students.”
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