Recommendations

Listed here are the books and links I mention in posts or otherwise recommend. To view where I use these titles in context of the posts, simply type the title into the Search feature at the top of the page.

💗Karen

Special Note during COVID: Books are now available free from the National Emergency Library. The National Emergency Library is a collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed.

Kids Books

Bang, Molly When Sophie Gets Angry
Baylor, Byrd. Everybody Needs a Rock
Baylor, Byrd. The Other Way to Listen
Baylor, Byrd. The Way to Start the Day
Bierhorst, John (ed), Lightening Inside You and other Native American Riddles
Bruchac, James and Joseph Bruchac. The Girl who Helped Thunder and other Native American Tales
Connor, Sarah, Kindness: A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents
d’Aulaires, Ingri and Edgar. East of the Sun and West of the Moon by
Garcia, Gabi, Listening to my Body
Garth, Maureen, Moonbeam: A Book of Meditations for Children
Gates, Mariam Breathe with Me: Using Breath to Feel Strong, Calm, and Happy
Gerstein, Mordecai. The Mountains of Tibet
Grimms. The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition
Hausman, Gerald, The Story of Blue Elk
Hicks, Ester and Jerry. Sara, Book 1: Sara Learns the Secret about the Law of Attraction (3 volumes)
Hoopmann, Kathy. All Birds Have Anxiety
Hoopmann, Kathy. All Dogs Have ADHD
Itoh, Mamoru, I want to tell you about my feelings
Karst, Patrice. The Smile that Went Around the World
Katie, Byron. The Four Questions: For Henny Penny and Anybody with Stressful Thoughts
Katie, Byron, Tiger, Tiger, is it True?
Kurtis, Chara M., All I See is Part of Me
Lewis, Richard, All of You was Singing
Lite, Lori and illustrated by Max Stasuyk, Sea Otter Cove: A Relaxation Story
Martin, Rafe, The Brave Little Parrot
Martin, Rafe, Rough-faced Girl
Muth, John J. Zen Shorts
Nagaraja, Dharmachanri. Buddha at Bedtime
Reibstein, Mark, Wabi Sabi
San Souci, Robert D, The Talking Eggs
Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends
Spillane, Lisa, Six Healing Sounds: Qi Gong for Children
Stagnaro, Janaka. Silent Ripples: Parables for the Soul
Stickney, Doris, Waterbugs and Dragonflies: explaining death the young children
Vishnusharman. The Panchatantra
Walsch, Neale Donald, The Little Soul and the Sun

Books for teaching and parenting

Brody, Ed, Jay Goldspinner, Katie Green, Rona Leventhal and John Porcino (eds) (The Stories for World Change Network), Spinning Tales, Weaving Hope: stories, storytelling and activities for peace, justice and the environment
Brown, Stuart and Christopher Vaughan. Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Buhner, Stephen Harrod. The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature
Chopra, Deepak. The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents
Chopra, Deepak. I am the Universe
Crawford, Catherine. The Highly Intuitive Child: A Guide to Understanding and Parenting Unusually Sensitive and Empathic Children
Devanand, Vishnu. Meditation and Mantras: An Authoritative Text
Gay, Ross. A Book of Delights
Hanh, Thich Nhat. A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles
Hanh, Thich Nhat. Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
Holmes, Ernest. How to give Spiritual Mind Treatment
Holmes, Ernest. The Science of Mind
Hyman Tchana, Katrin. Changing Woman and Her Sisters
Kavelin Popov, Linda. The Family Virtues Guide
Kennerk, Neal and Jennifer, Out of the Garden and Into the Desert: the nine-year change through the stories of the third grade curriculum
Ker, Ruth (ed). You're Not the Boss of Me: Understanding the Six/Seven Year Transformation
Kohn, Alfie. Punished by Rewards.
Mellon, Nancy. Healing Storytelling
Mellon, Nancy. Storytelling with Children
Moore, Robin, Awakening the Hidden Storyteller: how to build a storytelling tradition in your family
Perrow, Susan, Healing Stories for Challenging Behavior
Perrow, Susan, Therapeutic Storytelling:101 Healing Stories for Children
Richo, David. How to be an Adult in Relationships.
Roche, Lorin. The Radiance Sutras
Swami Shantananda and Peggy Bendet. The Splendor of Recognition: An Exploration of the Pratyabhijna-hrdayam, a Text on the Ancient Science of the Soul
Steiner, Rudolf. Prayers for Parents and Children
Troward, Thomas. Edinburgh and Dore Lectures on Mental Science
Walker, Cami. 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life
Walsch, Neale Donald. Conversations with God
Zala, Nancy. The Joy of Affirmative Prayer