A Pebble for Your Pocket
Mindful Stories for Children and Grown-ups
Parallax Press · Print & ebook · April 9, 2006
Thich Nhat Hanh presents Buddhist teachings in child-friendly parables, offering a colorful introduction to mindfulness for kids ages 5-10.
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- Who it’s for
- Child-friendly stories make Buddhist teachings about the present moment feel approachable for the whole family.
- Themes
- Mindfulness and the present moment, Handling and transforming anger, Interconnectedness and nature
- Genres
- Buddhism, Mindfulness for Kids, Emotions
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Thich Nhat Hanh presents Buddhist teachings in child-friendly parables, offering a colorful introduction to mindfulness for kids ages 5-10. This expanded edition now includes Under the Rose Apple Tree and several new stories—plus over 2 dozen practices for kids and grown-ups.
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Written in a highly accessible style that doesn’t rely on lot of jargon or difficult vocabulary, Thich Nhat Hanh emphasizes the importance of the present moment through vivid metaphors, original allegories, and colorful stories. Young readers will learn: • How to handle anger • How to live in the present moment • How to recognize the interconnectedness of all things. • Practices for transforming anger or unhappiness • Techniques for connecting to the wonders of nature and the present moment • And more! This revised edition contains teachings and stories that the whole family can benefit from, as well as practices such as transforming anger in the family, instructions on how to ‘invite the bell’, breathing and sitting meditation, ‘touching the Buddha inside’, and others. Including 10 black & white illustrations by Philippe Ames and Nguyen Thi Hop.
Small Moments, Big Ideas
Child-friendly stories make Buddhist teachings about the present moment feel approachable for the whole family.
Come here for
- Vivid parables about anger, nature, and how things connect
- Mindfulness practices that children and grown-ups can try together
Expect
- Accessible language, colorful stories, and metaphors
- Breathing and sitting meditation, among other practices
Where it sits
| Mindfulness for Kids | 90% |
|---|---|
| Buddhism | 82% |
| Emotions | 47% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Mindfulness for Kids
- Buddhism
- Emotions
- Authors
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Publisher
- Parallax Press
- Published
- April 9, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Mindfulness and the present moment · Handling and transforming anger · Interconnectedness and nature
- Reading lane
- Mindfulness for Kids