Learning, play & picture book joy: Froebel Conference 2026
Mairi
A wee selection from our day at Edinburgh's joyful Froebel conference, packed with curious educators and picture book fans! We had faaaaaar too many silly picture books to list here, but you can check some of those out HERE!
We appreciate textbook costs can climb quite high for educators and early year practictioners, so please do make use of the code FROEBEL-CONF-2026 to get 10% off any of the texbooks (listed here) that we might have sold out off at the conference
Linked Books
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- Bringing the Froebel Approach to your Early Years Practice
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- Tovey, Helen, Green, Sandy (Early Years Consultant, UK)
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- Froebel and Social Justice
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- Rachna Joshi
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- Friedrich Froebel : A Critical Introduction to Key Themes and Debates
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- Bruce, Tina
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- Early Childhood : A Guide for Students
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- Bruce, Tina
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- Putting Storytelling at the Heart of Early Childhood Practice : A Reflective Guide for Early Years Practitioners
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- Bruce, Tina, McNair, Lynn, Whinnett, Jane
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- Developing Learning in Early Childhood
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- Bruce, Tina
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- Essentials of Literacy from 0-7 : A Whole-Child Approach to Communication, Language and Literacy
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- Bruce, Tina, Spratt, Jenny
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- Friedrich Froebel : A Selection from His Writings
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- Lilley, Irene M.
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- Early Childhood Practice : Froebel today
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- Bruce, Tina
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- The Power of Froebel in Early Childhood Education : Exploring Ideas, Practice, and Impact in Scotland
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- McNair, Lynn J.
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- Let’s Talk About Race in the Early Years
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- Louis, Stella
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- Princesses, Dragons and Helicopter Stories : Storytelling and story acting in the early years
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- Lee, Trisha (Artistic Director of Make-Believe Arts, UK)
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- Provocations for Learning in Early Years Settings : A Practical Guide
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- Longstaffe, Margaret
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- Creative Learning in the Early Years : Nurturing the Characteristics of Creativity
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- Mohammed, Ruksana (University of East London, UK)
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- Outdoor Learning in the Early Years : Management and Innovation
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- Bilton, Helen (University of Reading, UK)
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- Creativity in the Early Years
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- Craft, Anna
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- Revival: Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel (1915)
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- Froebel, Friedrich
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- Challenging Gender Stereotypes in the Early Years : Changing the Narrative
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- Heywood, Susie, Adzajlic, Barbara
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- Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidenced Practice
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- Christine Pascal (Author) , Tony Bertram (Author) , Sally Cave (Author) , Sue Bennett (Author) , Tina Bruce (Author) , Anne Denham (Author) , Helen Lyndon (Author)
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- Where Children grow
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- Froebel
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- It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School
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- Davis, Rachael
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- Slow Knowledge and the Unhurried Child : Time for Slow Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education
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- Clark, Alison
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- Learning Through Woodwork : Introducing Creative Woodwork in the Early Years
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- Peter Moorhouse
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- Can Bears Ski?
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- Antrobus, Raymond, Dunbar, Polly
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- Unexpected Guests
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- Ilustrajo, Mariajo
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- Nature's Song
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- Wilson, Charlie
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- Garden Sounds
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- Sam Taplin
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- What Are Little Girls Made of ?
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- Willis, Jeanne, Follath, Isabelle
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- There You Are: Little Bird
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- ,
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- The Little Book of Garden Bird Songs
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- Andrea Pinnington
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- What's Inside a Bird's Nest?
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- Ignotofsky, Rachel
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- Listen To The Birds
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- Marion Billet
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- My Busy Tool Box!
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- Nicely, Sara
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- Pretend Play Workshop for Kids : A Year of DIY Craft Projects and Open-Ended Screen-Free Learning for Kids Ages 3-7
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- Kruse, Caitlin, Roberson, Mandy, Johnson, Emma
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- Things to Teach Your Grown-Up
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- Hiller, Colette
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- Everyone Sang: A Poem for Every Feeling
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- Sieghart, William
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- Oops!
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- Philip, Simon
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- Pink Trucks
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- Clarke, Sam, Reid, Cory
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- Letters from the Witch Cackle Crackle : With Five Spells to Pull Out and Keep
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- Annie Atkins
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- Urban Forest School
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- Walmsley, N
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- Creative Crafting: A First Book of Upcycling
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- Sosa, Daniela