TY - BOOK AU - Lingman,Carol AU - Okumura,Shohaku AU - Mangahas,Minette TI - Squabbling squashes SN - 9781614296935 PY - 2021///] CY - Somerville, MA PB - Wisdom Publications KW - Buddhist legends KW - Japan KW - Juvenile literature KW - Harmony (Philosophy) KW - Religious aspects KW - Buddhism N1 - Grades 2-3; Wisdom Publications N2 - "A story for all ages about interconnection and learning to live in harmony amid differences, from a leading light of contemporary Zen-based on a parable from Kosho Uchiyama's classic bestseller Opening the Hand of Thought. Features a contextualizing afterword by Shohaku Okumura. [Amplify what kids will benefit from reading this book] "It's true that we are all different squashes . . . some are bigger and some are smaller . . . some are rounder and some are longer. But even if we are different, we are all connected. We are all growing together. We don't have to be such squabbling squashes.""-- ER -