Squabbling squashes / Carol Lingman and Shohaku Okumura ; illustrated by Minette Mangahas.
Material type: TextPublisher: Somerville, MA : Wisdom Publications, [2021]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustratrations ; 21 x 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781614296935
- 1614296936
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 294.3444 L755 | Available | 33111010788855 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A Zen Buddhist story for all ages on how to cultivate harmony amid our differences.
A story for children of 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 .
"[ Squabbling Squashes ] offers a teaching which is perfectly suited for the heart of a child and yet merits a lifetime of careful tending and cultivation. A gorgeous, colorful picture book . . . this read is equally light and profound." -- Lion's Roar
"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.""-- Provided by publisher.
Grades 2-3 Wisdom Publications.