Download or read book Zen Ties A Stillwater and Friends Book written by Jon J Muth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, now in his own Apple TV+ original series! Stillwater the Panda returns in a delightful companion to his Caldecott Honor Book, Zen Shorts. Summer has arrived -- and so has Koo, Stillwater's haiku-speaking young nephew. And when Stillwater encourages Koo, and his friends Addy, Michael, and Karl to help a grouchy old neighbor in need, their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways.Zen Ties is a charming story of compassion and friendship that reaffirms the importance of our ties to one another.
Download or read book Zen Socks A Stillwater and Friends Book written by Jon J Muth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, now in his own Apple TV+ original series! On life's journey...kindness is the key.Leo and Molly love their new neighborhood. Most of all they love their friend Stillwater. The three friends are quite a team! From Caldecott Honoree Jon J Muth comes a story about sharing, another about patience, and a third about compassion. With warmth and fun, they learn from one another in the most surprising ways....
Download or read book Zen Ghosts written by Jon J. Muth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Halloween night, Stillwater the giant panda tells Karl, Addy, and Michael a spooky and unusual story. Based on a Zen koan, includes an author's note with a history of the story and facts about Zen koans.
Download or read book Zen Shorts A Stillwater and Friends Book written by Jon J Muth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, now in his own Apple TV+ original series! This Caldecott Honor Book presents wondrous Zen tales to light up your life.... When a giant panda named Stillwater moves into Michael, Addy, and Karl's neighborhood, he tells them the most amazing stories! To Addy, he tells a tale of a poor man who gives gifts to a robber. To Michael, he tells of a farmer who learns not to judge luck. And to Karl, he tells the tale of a monk who continues to carry the weight of a burden long past.With vibrant watercolors and elegant ink drawings, Jon J Muth--and Stillwater the bear--imaginatively present three classic Zen stories that abound with enlightenment and love.
Download or read book Stillwater and Koo Save the World A Stillwater and Friends Book written by Jon J Muth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first book in an exciting new four-book series for younger readers featuring the beloved Zen panda, Stillwater -- star of the Caldecott Honor Book and New York Times bestseller, Zen Shorts, and of the Peabody Award and Emmy Award-winning Apple+ TV series. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection "Today feels full of opportunities," said Stillwater. "What would you like to do?" "Something important!" said his nephew, Koo. "Let us save the world!" But that's such a big job. The world is so big. And Koo is just a small panda. During the course of the day, Koo straightens his room, feeds his cat and the hungry fish outside, and he bakes a cake to welcome new neighbors. He even helps a family of ducklings to safely cross a street. But still, Koo wonders, how will HE ever save the world? At the end of the day, Uncle Stillwater has the answer: "You did so many things today that made the world a better place. And each time you do the right thing--you save the world a little bit." In a story brimming with love and light, Jon J Muth shows how we can all heal the world a little bit at a time -- just the right message for now -- and always!
Download or read book The Three Questions written by Jon J Muth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his stunning watercolors -- and text that resounds with universal truths, award-winning artist Jon J Muth has transformed a story by Tolstoy into a timeless fable for young readers. What is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do? Nikolai knows that he wants to be the best person he can be, but often he is unsure if he is doing the right thing. So he goes to ask Leo, the wise turtle. But it is Nikolai's own response to a stranger's cry for help that leads him directly to the answers he is looking for.Jon J Muth combined his studies of Zen with his love for Tolstoy to create this profound, yet simple book about compassion and living in the moment.
Download or read book Hi Koo A Year of Seasons A Stillwater and Friends Book written by Jon J Muth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, now in his own Apple TV+ original series! Caldecott Honoree and New York Times bestselling author/artist Jon J Muth takes a fresh and exciting new look at the four seasons! Eating warm cookies on a cold day is easy water catchesevery thrown stone skip skip splash With a featherlight touch and disarming charm, Jon J Muth--and his delightful little panda bear, Koo--challenge readers to stretch their minds and imaginations with twenty-six haikus about the four seasons.
Download or read book Stonecutter written by Jon J. Muth and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This adaptation of a Chinese folktale begins with a man's dissatisfaction with his life. Weary of being a stonecutter, he becomes many things in his quest for authority, each time finding that greater power lies elsewhere. Rooted in Taoist principles, Stonecutter is a story about the nature of power and the value of accepting who you are. Originally published in a limited, fine art edition and long out of print, this is one of Jon J Muth's most heartfelt and exquisite works, and a book he entrusted to Feiwel and Friends to reach a wide new audience.
Download or read book Addy s Cup of Sugar Based on a Buddhist story of healing A Stillwater and Friends Book written by Jon J Muth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, now in his own Apple TV+ original series! Jon J Muth's enlightening new picture book is based on an ancient Buddhist legend, and features Stillwater the Panda from Jon's Caldecott Honor Book and New York Times Bestselling book, Zen Shorts. * "A master class of picture-book storytelling." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review Addy has moved to a new neighborhood with her beloved kitten, Trumpet. They are best friends, and inseparable. But when Trumpet is hit by a car, Addy seeks her wise friend, Stillwater. She is sure he will know how to bring Trumpet back to life. Stillwater tells Addy she will need to find a special medicine. To do this, she must go to everyone in the neighborhood and collect a cup of sugar. But there is one condition: it can only come from the home of someone who has never been touched by loss. Addy goes from house to house. And when she returns home, Stillwater asks for her cup of sugar. But, of course, she has none. For there isn't a person who has not felt the pain of loss. How Addy comes to understand how this special medicine works makes for a reassuring story of consolation and healing. Muth's stunning interpretation of this Buddhist tale is infused with light and compassion. And it celebrates the fragile and sacred moments we all share with those we love.
Download or read book Kindergarten is Cool written by Linda Elovitz Marshall and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for kindergarten in this fun, rhyming story that's sure to reassure little ones anxious about their first day. When you wake up for schoolyou'll get dressed, really coolwith your sneakers and socksand your lunch in a box . . .Kindergarten's begun.Big kids say that it's fun.But is that really true?Will it be fun . . . for you?Celebrate all the familiar milestones and moments shared by every kid entering kindergarten in this charming second-person narrative. Whether it's early-morning jitters or becoming familiar with new classroom routines, this sweet and bouncy story will have expectant kindergarteners saying, "Kindergarten is cool!"
Download or read book Come On Rain written by Karen Hesse and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse recreates the body and soul-renewing experience of a summer downpour after a sweltering city heat wave. "Come on, rain!" Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless heat. Up and down the block, cats pant while heat wavers off tar patches in the broiling alleyway. More than anything, Tess hopes for rain. And when it comes, she and her friends are ready for a surprising and joyous celebration....Through exquisite language and acute observation, Newberry medalist Karen Hesse recreates the glorious experience of a quenching rainstorm on a sweltering summer day. Jon J Muth's masterful and lyrical watercolors perfectly reflect the spirit of the text.
Download or read book The Very Greedy Bee written by Steve Smallman and published by Tiger Tales. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MINE! That's what the very greed bee says to anyone who asks him to share. While all the other bees work hard to clean the hive and make honey, the very greedy bee spends all of his time gobbling pollen and guzzling nectar. One day he finds a meadow full of flowers and decides not to tell anyone. He spends the entire day buzzing from flower to flower until...THUMP. The very greedy bee is so full that he cannot fly! It's getting dark and he doesn't know how to get home unless he flies. With the help of some new found friends the very greedy bee is able to return to his hive and has learned that it's best to work with others and share what you have.
Download or read book Cleonardo the Little Inventor written by Mary GrandPré and published by Arthur A. Levine Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the town's annual Grand Festival of Inventions coming up, Cleonardo is determined to invent something impressive to enter, something that will impress her inventor father Geonardo.
Download or read book The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game written by Stan Berenstain and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1997-10-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic Berenstain Bears story is a perfect way to teach children about taking responsibility for their actions! Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Papa and Mama have had it with Brother and Sister constantly blaming each other for everything. Will the cubs ever learn to accept responsibility, or will they just keep playing the blame game? Includes over 50 bonus stickers!
Download or read book Stone Soup written by Jon J Muth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning artist Jon J Muth retells the favorite tale of a selfish community who is tricked into creating a delicious soup from stones. Set in China in Muth's hauntingly beautiful watercolors. Three strangers, hungry and tired, pass through a war-torn village. Embittered and suspicious from the war, the people hide their food and close their windows tight. That is, until the clever strangers suggest making a soup from stones. Intrigued by the idea, everyone brings what they have until-- together, they have made a feast fit for a king! In this inspiring story about the strength people possess when they work together, Muth takes a simple, beloved tale and adds his own fresh twist.
Download or read book Emma and the Whale written by Julie Case and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lyrical picture book with subtle conservation themes, a girl helps rescue a whale who has washed ashore. Here is a beautifully written, moving story that will appeal to all animal lovers, and to those interested in protecting our oceans and marine life. Emma lives in a crooked house in an old whaling town, and often takes her dog, Nemo, to the beach. On their walks, they find amazing treasures, like shells and stones and sea glass—and even a loggerhead turtle. But one day, they find something completely unexpected: a baby whale, washed ashore. Emma empathizes with the animal’s suffering, imagining what the whale is thinking and feeling. When the tide starts to come in, Emma pushes as the water swirls and rises, and eventually the whale swims free, back to her mother.
Download or read book Trouper written by Meg Kearney and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trooper, a three-legged dog, remembers his life as a stray, before he was adopted.
