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Breathe and Be - by Kate Coombs (Hardcover)

Breathe and Be - by  Kate Coombs (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Teaching mindfulness helps kids learn to stay calm, regulate their emotions, and appreciate the world around us. Author Coombs and illustrator Laitinen team up to present a book of poetry and art for young readers to make mindfulness easy, natural, and beautiful. Full color. 10 13/16 x 8 1/2.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>I breathe slowly in, </i><br><i>I breathe slowly out. My breath </i><br><i>is a river of peace. </i><br><i>I am here in the world. </i><br><i>Each moment I can breathe and be.</i> <p/> Hear thunder crash, feel your toes touch sand, and watch leaves drift softly away on a quiet stream. The simple poems in <i>Breathe and Be</i> help children learn mindfulness as they connect to the beauty of the natural world. <p/> Mindfulness teaches us how to stay calm, soothe our emotions, and appreciate the world around us. Whether we're watching tiny colored fish darting in the water or exploring the leaves, branches, and roots of a towering tree, the thoughtful words and the lovely art of <i>Breathe and Be </i>remind us how much joy we can find by simply living with awareness and inner peace. <p/> Ages 4-8</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Nature provides reassurance in times of trouble and allows disruptive moods and angry thoughts to be moderated and transformed into peaceful mindfulness...A successful introduction to the concept of mindfulness for young children." --Kirkus Reviews <p/>"A serene collection celebrating nature and the importance of mindfulness, and a swell addition to -poetry shelves." --School Library Journal</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Kate Coombs</b><br><b>KATE COOMBS </b>is the author of numerous books, including picture books, novels, and books of poetry. Her collection of ocean poems, <i>Water Sings Blue, </i> won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for 2012. She's a former teacher, and has taught both K-12 and college. Her favorite color is the blue-green at the top of an ocean wave, and she goes out of her way to step on dry leaves just to hear them crunch. For more, see katecoombs.com.</p>

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