Find out what the pumpkins learned just by sitting still for one long day and one long night. This beautifully illustrated tale rejoices in the great family of all living things--fishes,birds, butterflies, snakes, cats, dogs, giraffes, tigers, trees, flowers, the big rivers, oceans, the sun, the moon, the stars...and you and me! A brief epilogue relates the Buddha Way to the story of the pumpkins, and to our everyday lives.
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June Atkin is an artist and children's book illustrator who has taught book illustration and computer graphics at several colleges. She currently lives in Greenwich Village, attending retreats at the Insight Meditation Society and Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Caldicott medal candidate,
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This review is from: Pumpkin Patch: A Traditional Buddhist Tale (Hardcover)
This enchanting children's book deserves to become a classic, both in its story and exquisite artwork. Sybil Taylor has written a timely adaptation of an inspiring traditional Buddhist tale of a farmer who teaches his pumpkins a lesson in the peaceful resolution of animosities. The story unfolds to reveal the healing power of meditation that can be easily understood by children and explains the nature of Buddhist path. June Atkin has enriched the book with dazzling color pencil illustrations that will provide generations of children - and their parents - with hours of delight discovering the layers of magic in each picture. They make the book a good candidate for the Caldicott medal. The Pumpkin Patch is a sheer joy for eye and mind. Christopher Brummel
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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An Exquisite Book,
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This review is from: Pumpkin Patch: A Traditional Buddhist Tale (Hardcover)
This is a wonderful book, just the thing for curious and spiritually developed children and also, because it is so beautifully illustrated, an enchanting way for all children to learn from nature. Each page, with its vivid and beautifully executed illustration draws the viewer into the story which contains some valuable lessons in life and ends up by showing the interconnectedness of all things. I thoroughly recommend The Pumpkin Patch to all parents who either want to introduce children to meditation or to those who simply want their children to read a well-conceived and written and equisitely illustrated book.
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A Magical Introduction to the Practice of Meditation,
By "hopeinthedesert" (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pumpkin Patch: A Traditional Buddhist Tale (Hardcover)
Don't be misled by the title- this is not a story about picking the perfect Halloween pumpkin! "The Pumpkin Patch" is a useful tool for parents, classroom teachers, and religious school educators who wish to introduce children to the practice of meditation. The story uses pumpkins in a pumpkin patch to beautifully show through clean writing and colorful illustrations how we are all interconnected. Its message of peace, tolerance and unity makes this an especially important and timely contribution to the body of literature available to children. Following the story is an excellent explanation of the "Way of the Buddha." This section of the book serves to teach children that amazing discoveries can be made when one takes the time to sit quietly. This book nourishes the soul and promotes peace. (It is not just for Buddhists.)
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