Books

Sitting Still Like a Frog offers a wealth of mindfulness, awareness, and practice resources for children in the classroom and at home.

This booklist is from Happy You, Happy Family, a blog by author and mom Kelly Homes.

Where's Buddha offers children a reminder that any time, any place, and in any situation, you can uncover the qualities of the Buddha: calm, mindful, joyful, and aware. 

Whoever You Are is a beautifully illustrated message about the interconnections between human beings.

Ziji: The Puppy Who Learned to Meditate offers simple and clear meditation instructions for kids (and adults) framed around a sweet story about a puppy and family.

A sweet, inspiring story about cutting through narrow limiting concepts about art and creativity.

Breathing Makes It Better was written to help children aged 3–6 learn to work with difficult emotions using mindfulness, awareness, and breathing.

This sweet book for ages 4-8 takes us on a whimsical tour through all the connections between every single thing in the universe—from people to blobfish to chairs and atoms. 

Teachers are often overwhelmed, undervalued, and disempowered in their roles. At the same time, they are uniquely situated to influence the lives of young people and even to change the world. This book offers a new vision for teachers as the architects of a more compassionate society, as well as methods to engage with teaching as a journey of self-realization.

A glimpse behind the scenes of a beautiful series of Buddhist children's books, each based on one of the Eight Verses of Mind Training written by the 11th century Tibetan Buddhist master Langri Thangpa.