Wooden Books

Wooden Books - The Mathemagical Ancient Wizdom Series Wooden Books was founded in 1999 by designer John Martineau near Hay-on-Wye. Eco friendly and educational.

The aim was to produce a beautiful series of recycled books based on the philosophies, arts and sciences. Using the Beatrix Potter formula of text facing picture pages, and old-styles fonts, along with hand-drawn illustrations and 19th century engravings, the books were designed not to date. Small but stuffed with information. Big ideas in a tiny space. There are over 1,000,000 Wooden Books now in

print worldwide and growing, as readers from Canada to Korea, Greece to Spain, Japan to the Czech Republic all fall under the unique spell of this innovative series. Every page of every little Wooden Book can be quickly browsed on our groundbreaking website www.woodenbooks.com - try before you buy, just like in a bookshop. You can also design your own star-covered box-set, or download PDFs. New titles for autumn 2013 are 'Curves' by Lisa DeLong and 'Celtic Pattern' by Adam Tetlow

16/12/2024

✨CRYSTAL CAVE - COLOURING PAD✨

The one and only Crystal Cave is an incredible 96-page collection which contains every single one of the world famous Altair Design patterns and brings together new designs by Roger Burrows, Prof Roger Penrose, Haifa Khawaja and John Martineau.

09/12/2024

Have you seen our amazing offers?

Our book bundle deals are available whenever you buy directly from our website.

Get up to 45% off on our main series of little books and up to 40% off on our Compendias and Altair colouring books!

If ever buying Wooden Books in bulk, our website is the place to go!

Discounts are automatically calculated at checkout.

05/12/2024

✨1 day to go for our boxset giveaway!✨

You have until midnight tonight to enter for the chance to win 24 books of your choice. To boost your chances you can enter as many times as you like! International entries are welcome.

Thanks so much to all who have entered so far for helping us spread the word about Wooden Books and supporting a small, independent publisher 🙌

Head to the ‘WIN A BOXSET’ post on our grid to find instructions on how to enter.

04/12/2024

✨There are 2 days left of our boxset giveaway!✨

Thanks so much to all who have entered so far for helping us spread the word about Wooden Books and supporting a small, independent publisher 🙌

There are still a few days left to enter for the chance to win 24 books of your choice. To boost your chances you can enter as many times as you like! International entries are welcome.

Head to the ‘WIN A BOXSET’ post on our grid to find instructions on how to enter.

02/12/2024

✨It's the final week of our boxset giveaway!✨

Thanks so much to all who have entered so far for helping us spread the word about Wooden Books and supporting a small, independent publisher 🙌

There are still a few days left to enter for the chance to win 24 books of your choice. To boost your chances you can enter as many times as you like! International entries are welcome.

Head to the ‘WIN A BOXSET’ post on our grid to find instructions on how to enter.

27/11/2024

From Acoustics to Chemistry, Grammar to Origami, Poisonous Plants to Symmetry - our little books cover huge range of fascinating topics.

✨ WHICH BOOKS WOULD YOU CHOOSE? ✨

✨We're giving away a box of books! (Worth over £125!) Head to the WIN AN BOXSET post on our profile to enter the competition! (International entries welcome)✨

WOODEN BOOKS
Small Books, Big Ideas

23/11/2024

WHICH BOOKS WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

✨We're giving away a box of books! (Worth over £125!) Head to the WIN AN BOXSET post on our profile to enter the competition! (International entries welcome)✨

We now have over 90 different WOODEN BOOKS titles in our ✨Mathe-Magical, Ancient Wisdom, Liberal Arts and Modern Sciences✨ pocket series.

Draw your own Celtic Curves, study the geometry of Islamic Design, get to know nature's greatest secret - The Golden Section, see the world through Sacred Geometry, learn the ordering principles of Symmetry, or dive into The Elements of Chemistry.

WOODEN BOOKS
Small Books, Big Ideas

22/11/2024

WHICH BOOKS WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

✨We're giving away a box of books! (Worth over £125!) Head to the WIN AN BOXSET post on our profile to enter the competition! (International entries welcome)✨

We now have over 90 different WOODEN BOOKS titles in our ✨Mathe-Magical, Ancient Wisdom, Liberal Arts and Modern Sciences✨ pocket series.

Practice your Poetic Metre and Form, study mysterious Stone Circles, understand our place in The Compact Cosmos, learn to write a gripping Narrative, discover the beauty of Coincidence in the Solar System, or explore Megalithic Ireland.

WOODEN BOOKS
Small Books, Big Ideas

21/11/2024

WHICH BOOKS WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

✨We're giving away a box of books! (Worth over £125!) Head to the giveaway post on our profile to enter the competition! ✨

We now have over 90 different WOODEN BOOKS titles in our ✨Mathe-Magical, Ancient Wisdom, Liberal Arts and Modern Sciences✨ pocket series.

Learn the story and art of Origami, make your own Hebal Healers, observe the astonishing cycles of our Sun, Moon & Earth, discover the Miracle of Trees, get to know British Wildflowers and their naming and folklore, or find out how to construct your own Simple Shelters.

WOODEN BOOKS
Small Books, Big Ideas

20/11/2024

✨WE'RE GIVING AWAY A BOX OF BOOKS!✨

Help us spread the word about WOODEN BOOKS and in exchange you'll have the chance to win a beautiful box filled with 24 books of your choice (worth over £125!)

Entering is easy! Head to our profile to find the competition post.

Deadline: Thursday 5th December

Note: this giveaway is being held across both our Instagram and Facebook accounts, we will combine all entries before choosing a winner.

✨ GOOD LUCK! ✨

WOODEN BOOKS
Small Books, Big Ideas

18/11/2024

✨WE'RE GIVING AWAY A BOX OF BOOKS!✨

Help us spread the word about WOODEN BOOKS and in exchange you'll have the chance to win a beautiful box filled with 24 books of your choice (worth over £125!)

1. Follow this account
2. Share this post in your stories (make sure to tag so we can see!)
3. Tag a friend in the comments (each comment with a different tag is a new entry! There's NO LIMIT to how many times you enter!)

Deadline: Thursday 5th December

Note: this giveaway is being held across both our Instagram and Facebook accounts, we will combine all entries before choosing a winner.

✨ GOOD LUCK! ✨

WOODEN BOOKS
Small Books, Big Ideas

13/11/2024

Exquisite work from calligrapher Ann Hechle who recently completed the journal and masterpiece 'Figures of Speech'

Figures of Speech explores the creative process through the prism of sacred geometry, harmony and the multiplicity of oneness.

Here are just a few examples of this incredible book, some of which drew reference from the pages of Wooden Books

View the entirety of the book online at www.figureofspeach.uk or via the Figures of Speech profile

12/11/2024

SETTING & DESCRIPTION by Amy Jones, 2024

Why does an author set their story where and when they do? How do you describe places and make them real for your reader? Why might you build contrast between multiple settings in your story? In this useful little book, educator Amy Jones describes the various options available to writers for setting their stories in space and time, and outlines the tried and tested literary tricks which authors use to paint these places so vividly in the imagination of their readers.

OUT NOW!

09/11/2024

MEGALITHIC IRELAND - Cairns, Tombs, Henges & Circles by Hector McDonnell, 2024

What are Irish Court Cairns? And what are Portal Tombs? Are Irish megalithic sites really older than the Great Pyramid? What does Irish rock art mean? What were the ancients up to? In this unique illustrated pocket book, legendary Irish artist and historian Hector McDonnell takes us on a guided tour of ancient Ireland, which in early times seems to have been the most civilised land in the whole of Europe, as indeed, it may still be today.

08/11/2024

07/11/2024

✨NEW WOODEN BOOKS!✨

We're very pleased to announce the release of two excellent new additions to the Wooden Books series:

MEGALITHIC IRELAND - Cairns, Tombs, Henges & Circles by Hector McDonnell, 2024

SETTING & DESCRIPTION by Amy Jones, 2024

Now available online and in UK bookshops!

More details to follow soon

06/11/2024

Out now in the United States!

SYMMETRY - The Ordering Principle by David Wade

PANTHEON - Gods & Goddesses of the Greco-Roman World by Philippa Lewis

PERSPECTIVE - And Other Optical Illusions by Phoebe McNaughton

Available online and in US bookstores

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Wooden Books was founded in 1999 by designer John Martineau near Hay-on-Wye. The aim was to produce a beautiful series of recycled books based on the classical philosophies, arts and sciences. Using the Beatrix Potter formula of text facing picture pages, and old-styles fonts, along with hand-drawn illustrations and 19th century engravings, the books were designed not to date. Small but stuffed with information. Eco friendly and educational. Big ideas in a tiny space. There are over 1,000,000 Wooden Books now in print worldwide and growing, as readers from Canada to Korea, Greece to Spain, Japan to the Czech Republic all fall under the unique spell of this innovative series. Every page of every little Wooden Book can be quickly browsed on our groundbreaking website www.woodenbooks.com - try before you buy, just like in a bookshop. You can also design your own star-covered box-set, or download PDFs.