This set of books about stillwater the panda are wondrous. Pandas show up periodically in works of literature for children but the iconic ones can be. Zen shorts is the story of how stillwater the panda becomes friends with three kids addy, michael and karl. Other beloved titles from jon include the new york times bestseller hi, koo. Every story offers the opportunity for real life application. Zen shorts was named a caldecott honor book and spent 41 weeks on the new york times best seller list. One day, a giant panda named stillwater lands in the backyard of addy, michael, and karls house. Zen is a japanese word that simply means meditation. When i am lonely or sad or struggling, i come to stillwater as if he is a friend. The first book in the series, zen shorts, received a caldecott honor. This is how three children meet stillwater, a giant panda who moves into the. Hes a true artist and my girls three and five years old simply love his books and stillwater, the great panda who appears in most but not all of muths books. This is a story about a zen philosophy toting giant panda named stillwater.
Zen ghosts was published in september 2010 by scholastic press. To addy he tells a story about the value of material goods. Stillwater imparts his latest teachings in zen ghosts, a story of magic and. An adorable and tranquil book about a panda bear named stillwater moving in to a new neighbourhood and next door to three siblings.
His illustrations are beautiful, kind, warm and inviting. Muth lives in upstate new york with his wife and four children, where he spends time chasing the clouds from his brushes. Zen shorts is a 2005 childrens picture book by jon j. Through stories zen stories, he teaches each of them to look at the world in new ways. This book module deals with ethics, specifically happiness. Stillwater, the relaxed and freespirited panda, in his zen shorts has. Three children, karl, michael and addy, encounter a giant panda named stillwater. Zen shorts is the story of how stillwater the panda becomes friends with three.
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