{"product_id":"kindness-a-treasury-of-buddhist-wisdom-for-children-and-parents-paperback","title":"Kindness: A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Conover\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eValerie Wahl\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eKindness\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with excellent tales that will surprise and delight readers while introducing them to the diversity of religious traditions.\" ―John Green, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the Buddha through his various transformations, these clarified, often humorous narrative journeys open the ancient masters profound and gentle teachings to persons of all ages, religions, races, and ideological persuasions. Over and over this marvelous book tells us, \"let go of your anger, your fear, your greedy desire. Embrace gladness. Follow the path.\" And the stories themselves, simply as stories, form a wondrous pageant of elephants, monkeys, monks, and men working through foolishness toward wisdom and delight. This collection of traditional Buddhist tales leads us to the kind of implicit understanding of ourselves and others that only stories can provide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Conover\u003c\/b\u003e has written six books on world wisdom traditions and the spiritual education of families. Her interests lie in building bridges of understanding between people of differing world cultures and wisdom traditions. As a former high-school teacher, she strived to bring multicultural perspectives to her students by collaborating with other educators worldwide. She was the recipient of two U.S. State Department grants that brought U.S. teachers to the Middle East to initiate classroom collaborations between students in the two regions. Sarah lives in Spokane, Washington, where she teaches creative writing and Buddhist meditation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Wahl\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of Washington State University where she studied Fine Art. She is the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eKindness: A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAyat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs: A Treasury of Islamic Wisdom for Children and Parents\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.4 x 9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771558756640,"sku":"9781558965683","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e91e932f70dce12a50bdec6f27caa5a0.webp?v=1780388409","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/kindness-a-treasury-of-buddhist-wisdom-for-children-and-parents-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}