meditation resources for children

“Loving Kindness,” by Deborah Underwood

Deborah Underwood kindly sent me a copy of "Loving Kindness" in late 2021. As a fan of books on lovingkindness…

February 13, 2023

“Goodnight Love: A Bedtime Meditation Story”

A little while ago I received an email from Sumi Loundon Kim, telling me about a new bedtime book for…

February 11, 2023

“When the Anger Ogre Visits,” by Andrée Salom

Some weeks ago I read this book with my kids (a six-year-old boy and an almost-eight-year-old girl) several times now,…

November 5, 2014

“The Christmas Quiet Book” by Deborah Underwood & Renata Liwska

Shhhhh!! Let's be very quiet while we review author Deborah Underwood and illustrator Renata Liwska's The Christmas Quiet Book. Are…

November 27, 2013

“The Buddha’s Apprentice at Bedtime,” By Dharmachari Nagaraja

Three years ago I walked into a bookstore in Vancouver, where I was doing a book launch, and literally the…

November 25, 2013

Cookie Monster: “Me practice mindfulness!”

Well, Cookie Monster doesn't quite say that, but he comes close. In this Sesame Street video promoting self-control (which psychologists…

September 16, 2013

“No Ordinary Apple,” by Sara Marlowe and Philip Pascuzzo

Title: No Ordinary Apple: A Story About Eating Mindfully Author: Sara Marlowe, Philip Pascuzzo (illus.) Publisher: Wisdom Publications ISBN: 1-61429-076-8…

September 3, 2013

The power of appreciative words: “Mishan’s Garden,” by James Vollbracht & Janet Brooke

"The greatest gift you can ever give another is to see what is best and unique about them." This morning…

June 15, 2013

A Buddhist blog by kids, for kids

Children from the The Dharma School in the UK, Europe's only Buddhist-based primary school, have set up a blog to…

March 25, 2013

Room to Breathe: The official trailer

Room to Breathe is a surprising story of transformation as struggling kids in a San Francisco public middle school are…

November 13, 2012