As I’ve said every month since
Andrew Luck started his book club, I love it that he chooses a “rookie” book
for his younger fans every month.
That is being a good role model, encouraging the use of brains as well
as body. As luck would have it
(pun!), his March selection, Zen Shorts
by Jon J. Muth is about mindfulness.
This Caldecott Award-winning book obviously has lovely pictures, but
also three lovely little stories a panda neighbor tells to the children next
door. Kids or adults who want some
gentle ways to think about mindfulness will enjoy the stories and the
panda-human friendship.
Luck’s April selection is a book
I happen to have read when my kids were younger, the first in T.A. Barron’s Merlin
saga, The Lost Years. I have a weakness for Arthurian
stories. This reinterpretation
asks how Merlin became the wizard we all know so well. Young Merlin faces all kinds of
challenges in a well-paced and interesting adventure. Barron has written in other places about how story shapes
our characters in real life. This
is a book that lives up to his own standard.
Read these books to yourself or
to a kid and enjoy!
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