The Bookstore at Rudolf Steiner College

Great place to get a wide selection of Dr. Hauschka online — or even better, shop in the lovely store if you are in the area.

This is my favorite local resource for timeless toys and imaginative children’s literature. I appreciate the calm enviornment and the wealth of resources for handcraft and family activities. The staff is consistently helpful and most have first-​hand experience with the resources they provide. Check the community board for storybook reading, puppet shows, and other on-​site activities for the kids and young at heart.

Fantastic bookstore. Great gifts for everyone! I always get stuff for baby showers there :)

This store is a gem. The staff is so kind, eager to help you find what you need (and order it if they don’t have it), and very well-​versed in both their products and Steiner philosophy.
The store has a large education section, brimming with curriculum materials for Waldorf teachers, curious parents, and those who are homeschooling.
In the back room is a lovely toy selection, with sturdy, well-​made and beautiful toys such as one might find in a Waldorf classroom or kindergarten. Their hand-​made dolls are stunning!
One of my favorite parts of the store is the selection of beautiful beeswax candles, and also the craft and art supplies. Lots of books on felting, knitting, doll-​making, rose windows, and the materials for the craft projects, along with a nice selection of Stockmar crayons and Lyra pencils. Also, this is one of the few places one can find beeswax and main lesson books (they make lovely journals, or scrapbooks, in addition to their educational uses).
Regarding the previous review by Sabina, I’ve returned items on different occasions and have never encountered a problem. This is a small store and they probably can’t afford to accept back trashed merchandise as a «loss» (like Wal-​mart or something). It’s unfortunate to write off a beautiful, unique store for one miscommunication.
**Now you can also order their products on-​line through their website! Fantastic!**

Having attended Rudolf Steiner College for several years of training and loving almost every minute of it, I was super disappointed with the experiences I had in the RS campus bookstore. Yes, it was clean and brightly lit, with all sorts of lovely ‘Waldorf’ approved items for sale including make-​up, art supplies and texts but my overall experience with service was the pits.
My story is this: I bought books the first week of school that were not to be used until the second week and when the professor decided the text (Percival) was not to be used… the bookstore would not take it back. According to them the cover was bent. It had sat in my car with absolutely no use for a week. I explained that the bend was from shelf wear. not my car but they wouldn’t have it. I appealed to their shift manager who again told me the same thing and then asked me to leave. How embarrassing!!!
I left the book on the counter, attempting to give them the book for free so that it could find another home that needed it and they refused to take it back as a gift saying it was used. For a campus that prides itself on sustainable behaviors I found this totally silly! I walked down to the library and left it there like it was some sort of peace offering.
Anyway.now I go out of my way to use Amazon, eBay and other online resources to get books for my Steiner training… and I have found it is much cheaper and way more friendly! Yea Waldorf boo RS Fair Oaks Bookstore!