Moon’s Ramadan tells the story of Moon — an anthropomorphic character whose visible new crescent marks the beginning of Ramadan. As Moon travels across the globe, she observes diverse Muslim families in different countries engaging in Ramadan traditions: fasting, communal prayers, giving charity, preparing meals like suhoor and iftar, henna art, lanterns, and sharing food. Each spread is ri…
Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children is the fruit of decades of development and innovation in the Plum Village community's collective practice with children. Based on Thich Nhat Hanh's thirty years of teaching mindfulness and compassion to parents, teachers, and children, the book and enclosed CD cover a wide range of contemplative and fun activities parents and educators can do…
A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles introduces young children to a simple and playful meditation technique “pebble meditation” developed by Thích Nhất Hạnh. Using four ordinary pebbles—each representing something in nature (for example, a mountain, sky, ocean, and space)—the book guides children step by step to breathe, focus, and imagine being each one of these elements,…
This book is a mindfulness-guide to improving how we speak, listen, and relate to ourselves and others. Thích Nhất Hạnh argues that communication is like food: words, thoughts, and interactions can either nourish the mind and spirit or cause harm. Before we can truly communicate with others, we need to establish mindful communication with ourselves—by observing our breath, noticing our e…
Big Panda and Tiny Dragon embark on a journey through the seasons of the year together. They get lost, as many of us do. But while lost, they discover many beautiful sights they'd never have found had they gone the right way. Told through a series of beautiful drawings and quiet, sometimes silly, conversations, the panda and the dragon explore the thoughts and emotions, hardships and happiness …
What this book is about . . . Noah's ark God told Noah to build an ark. And Noah did. God told Noah to take animals into the ark. How many animals did he take?
"the book is a triumph, the definitive Noah's Ark."—Publishers Weekly Winner of the Caldecott Medal, an ALA Notable Children's Book, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Peter Spier's Noah's Ark has been the iconic edition of this tale for over 40 years, in print continuously since its debut in 1977. In Spier's imaginative retelling, readers witness the danger and the…
Ahoy me hearties! Join the Pants Pirates on a special treasure hunt. Grab your cutlass and sail on the Pirate Ship Black Bloomer past angry crocs, sharks in fancy pants and through gurgling swamps on a quest to find the Pants of Gold!