New Readers for English-language teaching

Diverse. Anti-Racist. Rooted in Waldorf Education.

Language shapes how we see the world. Stories shape ways of thinking, values, and identities - especially in schools. With this in mind, a team of experts from the Pädagogische Forschungsstelle took a close look at the Englisch-language texts currently used in our classrooms. Their goal was to reassess these texts based on diversity and representation, whether they challenge or perpetuate stereotypes and discrimination, and their pedagogical suitability. This review laid the groundwork for the development of new reading materials for grades 4 through 9.
In the Summer of 2025, the first two titles of this new English reader series will be published:
Modjadji - The Rain Queen by Pankaj Sulodia and Miracle on the Mountain by Kavita Desai.

Looking Ahead

A total of ten new readers and four accompanying workbooks are planned for the 2025/26 school year. Each title is guided by the following principles:

  • Diversity-Sensitive and Anti-Racist (Selection & Content)
  • Rooted in Waldorf Pedagogy (Methodology & Developmental Stages)
  • Practical and easy for teachers to use in the classroom

In addition, a new digital platform is being developed for the upper school teachers: paefo.de/stories. It will offer a broad selection of international English literature and provides concrete suggestions for using these texts in the classroom.

Our Mission

English lessons in which all students feel seen - through stories that reflect diverse perspectives and create space for connection, empathy and reflection.

English reading books, readers, grammar, song books


ISBN: 9783989570467
Item no.: 1858
Publication date: August 2025
 
A poor man risks his life in a dangerous wager, and finds himself in a desperate situation. Things look hopeless, but then quick-witted Urvashi comes to the rescue …
This is a traditional Akbar and Birbal tale,...
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ISBN: 9783989570429
Item no.: 1855
Based on an old African legend, this book tells the story of two loving parents and their kind daughter Modjadji.
To everyone's delight, Modjadji uses her magical powers to produce rain and bring health and happiness back to the drought-stricken part of the country.
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ISBN: 9783944911403
Item no.: 1655
This book, which is only available in English, was conceived for foreign language teaching in Germany, and it therefore contains vocabulary lists with a translation into German.
 
This practice book accompanies the new reader "Outlaw: Robin of...
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ISBN: 9783939374787
Item no.: 1752
The workbook is written entirely in English and offers a variety of tasks which invite the pupils to engage with the story told in the reader as well as with the language in various creative ways. Most tasks are formulated in an open way which allows for different answers at various levels in...
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Item no.: 600063
This book, which is only available in English, was conceived for foreign language teaching in Germany. It thus contains vocabulary lists with a translation into German.
 
A reader for "cultural studies" about social conditions in England at ...
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An English Folk Tale
Item no.: 600048
This little booklet has every quality it takes to be a suitable reader for Class 4 or 5.
 
The story of Simple Simon may well have been one that children loved to hear in the years of oral work, they may even have acted it and have found their favourite incidents....
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Ghosts at the Castle, Band 1
ISBN: 9783944911731
Item no.: 600052
This book, which is only available in English, was conceived for foreign language teaching in Germany, and it therefore contains vocabulary lists with a translation into German.
 
Materials for language teaching at Rudolf Steiner...
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Nelson Mandela
ISBN: 9783989570085
Item no.: 600075
This book, which is only available in English, was conceived for foreign language teaching in Germany, and it therefore contains vocabulary lists with a translation into German.
 
The vivid and often dramatic memoirs of one of the great moral...
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Ghosts at the Castle, Band 2
ISBN: 9783944911748
Item no.: 1668
This book, which is only available in English, was conceived for foreign language teaching in Germany, and it therefore contains vocabulary lists with a translation into German.
 
This practice book accompanies the new edition of the reader...
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Materials for language teaching at Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf) Schools
ISBN: 9783949267819
Item no.: 600043
Many experienced teachers see this classic as an almost ideal first reader. Its seven stories have been favourites of generations of English-speaking children around the world. Between its first appearance in 1922 and the first Waldorf edition in the 1990s, The Pancake was reprinted over...
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Proverbs in six little stories with room for your own pictures
ISBN: 9783927286337
Item no.: 1127
Six English proverbs come to life here in little stories, some written in rhyming verse, others in brief, straightforward sentences using delightful repetitions.
 
A reader suitable for Classes 4 and 5.
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ISBN: 9783944911021
Item no.: 600014
This book, which is only available in English, was conceived for foreign language teaching in Germany, and it therefore contains vocabulary lists with a translation into German
 
A reader for Class 8, Little House on the Prairie is a classic...
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