Author: Sherry Garland
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152014834
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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A Vietnamese family is forced to flee from their homeland to escape a devastating civil war.

Author: Stephie Morton
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 0884487660
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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To author Stephie Morton, nature's powerful forces are a metaphor for the hardships faced by displaced children. Kids, like seeds, thrive when given a chance. Each of the three seeds in this story—a cherry seed in the Middle East, an acacia seed in Australia, and a lotus seed in Asia—survives a difficult journey through flood, fire, or drought, then sprouts (in the case of the lotus seed, a hundred years later) and flourishes. Stephie's verses and Nicole Wong's art make a picture book to treasure.

Author: Mark Griffiths
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429964529
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 525

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A captivating history of one of the world's most iconic and mysterious flowers Bewitched by a lotus which flowered from three-thousandyear- old seeds in his English garden, Mark Griffiths set out to track the origins and significance of this sublime plant in this beautifully-illustrated book. The Lotus Quest takes Griffiths from the headquarters of the Linnaean Society in London to a mountain top in northern Japan. As he travels in search of this ancient flower, Griffiths looks at the lotus's significance in ancient Egypt and India, the plant's medicinal uses and the inspiration it has provided to Western artists. As he tracks the plant, its story unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era with visits to shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes as well as meetings with priests and archaeologists, philosophers and anthropologists, gardeners and botanists, poets and artists. He even dines on the lotus in a Tokyo cafe. By the end of Griffiths' journey, when he reaches the hauntingly beautiful Japanese temple of Chuson-ji, readers will finally understand why the lotus has obsessed people throughout the ages.

Author: Jen Myzel
Publisher: Dragonfly
ISBN: 9780578410210
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Yellow Lotus Flower is a children's sing-a-long book for the soul. The story is told by the lotus herself, reminiscing on a time when she was a scared little seed, stuck in the murky depths of the pond, unsure of herself and if life would ever be different. Luckily, she encounters guides along the way, like the benevolent sun and a wise golden fish who proclaims, "there's light at the top, you've got to believe me! So grow up and up and send your roots down deep". The lotus flower lives a parallel and intertwined life with a grieving young girl. Through fear and uncertainty, they have to muster their own courage to send their roots down into the muck in order to transform into the beautiful flower and human they are meant to be. As Yellow Lotus Flower sings her song, she is joined by a symphony at the pond: a frog on guitar, singing dragonflies, turtles on drums and piano-playing newts. To conclude the epic song of her life, Yellow Lotus encourages the next generation of seeds to have faith that they too will find their way through the muck and bloom. Yellow Lotus Flower follows the simple life cycle of a flower, yet carries a deep personal and cultural message about transformation and finding our way through dark times. Author, scholar and elder, Joanna Macy, praises it as "a story for our times". Yellow Lotus Flower draws wisdom directly from the natural world and is also inspired by Buddhist teachings, offering a beacon of hope for children and parents grappling with life's inevitable challenges and transitions. "Yellow Lotus Flower, like the sun, you rise up from the darkness When tears come, your heart grows stronger, like the sun we rise up from the darkness" Yellow Lotus Flower offers an innovative multi-media experience, in which children and parents can sing along to the words of the book by downloading or streaming the Yellow Lotus Flower song, or scanning a QR code in the book. Children and parents can also find guitar chords in the back of the back, and learn how to play the song! To see the Yellow Lotus Flower music video, listen to the song, and check out the online shop, visit: www.jenmyzel.net/yellowlotusflower or bit.ly/yellowlotus

Author: Louise Gale
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781527222328
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Reconnect to Mother Earth and recharge your creativity by combining the healing energy of nature with the meditative process of drawing and painting mandalas. Explore Botanical Mandalas and watch your artistic expression flourish! Full of inspiration for reconnecting with natures beauty to inspire you to create expressive mandala artworks. Includes drawing, painting and mixed-media projects to find endless inspiration for your own botanical mandala journey.

Author: Dominique Job
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832512038
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher: Awaken Publishing & Design (Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery)
ISBN: 9810511434
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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This body is not me. I am not caught by this body. I am life without boundaries. I have never been born. I will never die. Look at me. Look at the stars and the moon. All of them are me, manifestations of me. This book contain transcripts of Dharma talks given by the world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. These teachings show us how mindfulness practice can bring about freedom no matter where you are,and bring joy and hope to ourselves and others. [Visit Publisher's Website - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery @ www.kmspks.org]

Author: Dilipkumar Pal
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9819730147
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 900

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Author: José Manuel Lorenzo
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 044318982X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 565

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Non-Conventional Starch Sources: Properties, Functionality, and Applications presents the use of non-conventional, unutilized, and underutilized sources to isolate, characterize and functionalize starches. Specific attention is paid to the sources' application in foods as well as their incorporation into packaging through films and coatings. Broken into seven sections, this book addresses sources from fruit seeds, cereals and millets, pseudo-cereals, seeds, roots and tubers, rhizome and legumes. Food scientists, technologists and students and researchers studying related fields will benefit from this important reference. - Presents chapters with a set of specific sections, including an introduction, chemical derivatization of natural products, current applications, pharmacological activities of semisynthetic derivatives, and references - Covers fruit seeds such as avocado, litchi, mango, jackfruit, loquat, longan and tamarind - Addresses adlay starch, sorghum starch, finger millet starch, pros-millet starch, fox millet starch, and kodo millet starch as well as that from amaranth, quinoa and buckwheat - Explores starches from annatto, lotus and bamboo seeds as well as starches from roots and tubers, including yams and kudzu - Considers starch from ginger and turmeric as well as that from legumes, including faba and kidney beans, common beans, chickpeas and peas

Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher: Parallax Press
ISBN: 1935209450
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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Thich Nhat Hanh presents Buddhist teachings in child-friendly parables, offering a colorful introduction to mindfulness for kids ages 5-10. This expanded edition now includes Under the Rose Apple Tree and several new stories—plus over 2 dozen practices for kids and grown-ups. Written in a highly accessible style that doesn’t rely on lot of jargon or difficult vocabulary, Thich Nhat Hanh emphasizes the importance of the present moment through vivid metaphors, original allegories, and colorful stories. Young readers will learn: • How to handle anger • How to live in the present moment • How to recognize the interconnectedness of all things. • Practices for transforming anger or unhappiness • Techniques for connecting to the wonders of nature and the present moment • And more! This revised edition contains teachings and stories that the whole family can benefit from, as well as practices such as transforming anger in the family, instructions on how to ‘invite the bell’, breathing and sitting meditation, ‘touching the Buddha inside’, and others. Including 10 black & white illustrations by Philippe Ames and Nguyen Thi Hop.