My Special Place is a gentle and heartwarming story about a child who has a favorite place where they feel safe, calm, and happy. This special place might be a cozy corner at home, a quiet spot in the garden, or an imaginative hideaway. Throughout the story, the child reflects on why this place is important and how it helps them manage big feelings, think clearly, and feel comforted. The book e…
A Place for Plastic follows the journey of a single-use plastic bag from a supermarket all the way into the ocean, where it encounters jellyfish, birds, whales, and finally an island of plastic waste. As the bag realises that plastic doesn’t belong under the sea, it makes its way back to land. The story ends with a child picking up litter on the beach, leaving readers with a reflective choice…
In The Art of Mindful Living, Thích Nhất Hạnh offers a deeply accessible and soothing guide for integrating mindfulness, love, and compassion into everyday life. Drawn from teachings delivered during a family meditation retreat, the work combines traditional gathas (short poems or verses), guided meditations, breathing practices, and reflections to help listeners or readers face common cha…
No Ordinary Apple: A Story About Eating Mindfully follows a boy named Elliot who, after school, asks his neighbor Carmen for a snack. He hopes for candy, but instead she offers him an apple, claiming that this apple is special. Initially skeptical, Elliot is guided by Carmen to experience the apple with mindfulness—attending to its appearance, texture, sound, smell, taste, and even the act of…
Sitting Still Like a Frog by Eline Snel is a gentle, practical guide introducing mindfulness to children (ages roughly 5-12) and their parents, blending explanation with lively exercises. Through about eleven guided practices (supported by an audio CD), the book teaches kids how to notice and calm their emotions, deal with worries, improve focus, fall asleep more easily, and practice patience. …
Meditation Is an Open Sky: Mindfulness for Kids offers a gentle, accessible introduction to mindfulness and meditation for young children. Through nine simple, guided exercises—such as “Mind Drawing,” “Protection Circle,” “Special Place,” “Friendship Meditation,” “Mind Clearing,” “Wise Friend,” “Bursting Emotion,” and “Big Sky Mind”—it helps kids learn how to…