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Kindness
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Table of Contents

To The Young Reader

Preface

Stories and Sayings

Birdsnest

The Mustard Seed

The Elephant and the Wind: A Jataka Tale

The Monk’s Heavy Load

When the Horse Runs Off

The Noble Ibex: A Jataka Tale

Heaven and Hell

Many Elephants

The Worth of Cherry Blossoms

The Span of Life

Teaching a Thief

Anger

Gifts for the Robber

The Quarrelsome Quails: A Jataka Tale

Two Teachers and Tea

The Buddha and the Brahmins

The Broom Master

The Old Teacher’s Test: A Jataka Tale

Prince Dighavu

A Man, Two Tigers, and a Strawberry

The Dung Beetle: A Jataka Tale

Castles of Sand

The Mice Who Taught the Monk to Smile

The Monkey King: A Jataka Tale

Mr. Kitagaki

Great Joy the Ox: A Jataka Tale

The Thief Within

The Prince and the Monster: A Jataka Tale

Perfecting Patience

The Party

The Art of Attention

The Scared Little Rabbit: A Jataka Tale

Sources of Sayings

Story Sources

Further Resources for Children

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  • Online campaign featuring social media images with blurbs and reviews of the book as well as designed graphics of select excerpts.
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  • National review outreach to trade and print publications (PW, Kirkus, Booklist, Library Journal, Foreword, New York Times) and online (NPR, Spirituality & Practice)
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About the Author

Sarah Conover has written six books on world wisdom traditions and the spiritual education of families. Her interests lie in building bridges of understanding between people of differing world cultures and wisdom traditions. As a former high-school teacher, she strived to bring multicultural perspectives to her students by collaborating with other educators worldwide. She was the recipient of two U.S. State Department grants that brought U.S. teachers to the Middle East to initiate classroom collaborations between students in the two regions. Sarah lives in Spokane, Washington, where she teaches creative writing and Buddhist meditation.

Valerie Wahl is a graduate of Washington State University where she studied Fine Art. She is the illustrator of Kindness: A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents and Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs: A Treasury of Islamic Wisdom for Children and Parents.

Reviews

"Many American children know the parable of the mustard seed told in the New Testament. Few, however, have been exposed to the equally compelling Buddhist story of the mustard seed. In this parable, the Buddha tells a woman who has lost her child to seek out mustard seeds from families that have not been exposed to death. In doing so, the woman learns the universality of grief. Thirty-one such stories have been masterfully adapted and translated by Conover to transmit the soft, lyrical voice of the originals. These include Jataka tales, stories of the Buddha in past incarnations, which are widely read and retold to Buddhist children throughout the world. Populated with sticky-haired dragons, verbose monkeys, and strange-looking monks, and illustrated in pleasant, sepia-tone pictures contributed by Valerie Wahl, Kindness is packed with excellent tales that will surprise and delight readers while introducing them to the diversity of religious traditions." ―John Green, Booklist

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