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posted December 30, 2010 11:52 AM            

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Okay, so I think some children's books are really cool. Like "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie." There are others in that series also. Very cute books. If I had kids, I would read to them every night. But as far as more Spiritual books go, my fave by far is a butterfly book called Hope For The Flowers. It's for adults, too. Very beautifully illustrated and just filled to the brim with star signs. It's probably on the shelf in your book store. You can read it in a few minutes, but once you do, you will want to buy it and keep it...or give it away.

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posted January 03, 2011 09:27 AM            

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Someone needs to write a New Agey type of children's book with great illustrations. Maybe about Karma and doing good deeds and stuff.

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posted January 03, 2011 04:24 PM            

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Yes! I need those books NOW.
To read to my 3.yo.

I have the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily... a fairy tale by Goethe. I'm not sure if she is old enough for that yet though.

Thanks for mentioning Hope For The Flowers- sounds wonderful! Thanks Randall.

I like the idea about Karma & Good deeds!!
I was also thinking about a story about a garden, keeping it beautiful as a metaphor for your soul life but written for children, apparently they absorb metaphors into their subconscious way more effectively than we do.

I have to make the stories up at the moment, good for the imagination though.

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“It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.”

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posted January 04, 2011 10:32 AM            

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Hope For The Flowers would be great for a 3-year-old. Or the 3-year-old in all of us.

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posted January 06, 2011 11:38 AM            

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Wow, making up the stories? Awesome!

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posted January 24, 2011 05:49 AM            

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A Mouse is Miracle Enough.
Brambly Hedge books.
Enchanted Wood.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. (And other classics.)

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posted January 24, 2011 11:55 AM            

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Love that title: A Mouse Is Miracle Enough. What's that about?

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posted January 25, 2011 10:50 AM            

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Is it a short book? Like, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie?

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posted March 24, 2011 01:37 PM            

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*bump*

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posted March 30, 2011 06:08 AM            

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Good stories have subconscious wisdom for children.

Like it's a good idea to talk about a beautiful Garden and not to let people tread on it, so protect it with a little fence, and carve a path, and make sure the garden stays beautiful by taking care of it.
That's pretty simple, you can make that in to a pretty long and interesting story by adding characters including your child.
It will also help protect their innocence if you know what I mean for long as possible.

you can decode that as an adult... you see what it's telling the child?

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posted March 30, 2011 02:44 PM            

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Aesops Fables

In India we tell stories from Ramayana, Mahabharat, Shri Krishna and Hanuman for the little ones.

Also, there are comics called 'Amar Chitra Katha' that have various stories of different persons - both created and real life that make an interesting and enjoyable reading (and learning) experience. Besides, the tiny tots can look at the pictures and understand the story.

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posted April 01, 2011 01:45 PM            

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There's No Such Place As Far Away by Richard Bach

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posted April 02, 2011 01:54 PM            

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That book is illustrated with paintings.

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posted April 26, 2011 12:58 PM            

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posted June 21, 2011 03:28 PM            

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Need more books like this for kids.

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