To Grow and Become

To Grow and Become: Stories for Children

“These stories were told in a Waldorf school by the class teacher, in place of religious instruction, on Fridays during the last period of the day. The intention was to bring a spiritual content to the children for the weekend.” -from the preface

This is a collection of lesser-known stories addressing some of the deeper questions of children.

Collected by a long-time class teacher, who found these particularly nourishing for children through fifth grade.

Stories include:

• Old Gerasimus and his lion: an Easter legend / N.J. Lyeskow
• Legend of Haughty Agge (after an old legend) / W.M. Sarschim
• Ilya (after an Old Russian legend)
• Lynx’s gift of thanks (after Alexi Remisov)
• Maiden Lene of Söndervand: a Danish folk-fairy tale / Svend Grundtvig
• Legend of Saint Eustachius / W. Ruhtenberg.