Celebrating Diwali is an engaging children’s story that introduces young readers to Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. Through simple text and colourful illustrations, the book explores key Diwali traditions such as lighting diyas (lamps), decorating with rangoli, exchanging sweets, and celebrating with family and community. The narrative highlights the themes of light overcoming darkness,…
Rameena’s Ramadan is a children’s story that follows Rameena as she experiences the month of Ramadan, learning about its traditions, daily practices like fasting and prayer, and the celebration of Eid al-Fitr. The narrative introduces young readers to Islamic cultural and religious observances in an engaging, accessible way.
Dipal’s Diwali is a children’s story that follows Dipal as she celebrates Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. The book introduces young readers to Diwali traditions such as lighting diyas (lamps), enjoying festive foods, sharing sweets with family, making rangoli patterns, and understanding the significance of light over darkness. The narrative is presented in engaging text with colourful…
A Ramadan Story follows a young child and their family as they experience the holy month of Ramadan. Through simple, engaging text and colourful illustrations, the book introduces young readers to practices such as fasting, prayer, family gatherings, and the anticipation of Eid al-Fitr. It’s designed to help children understand the meaning of Ramadan in an age-appropriate way as part of cultu…
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 …