The Calm Buddha at Bedtime: Tales of Wisdom, Compassion and Mindfulness to Read with Your Child (At Bedtime, 3)

My son loves this book and we read this every night.. I think Buddhism needs to be taught at the toddler stage itself..kids will learn to expect tough times, sad times , happy times and be able to better deal with ups and downs of life

I was under the impression that this was a small little Buddhism bedtime themed story and I was absolutely blown away when I received this amazing book with over 118 pages. Cover to cover it is brightly illustrated and filled with stories. Each story has a themed lesson and at the end a little Buddha character named Hotei gives your child a piece of wisdom to take from it. The layout of the book is PERFECT in the front you have a table of contents listing the title of each story so you can allow your child to choose based on a title. It also has a brief intro on Buddhism and how to get the most use out of the book. In the back there's an index that will tell you what themes are in each story, such as "bullying" or "anger". This helps you locate stories that could be beneficial to your child depending on things they are dealing with or issues they are having trouble with. There is also an intro into meditation which I also thought was wonderful. If I could give it more stars, I would. Based on the price my expectations were just a small picture book, but this is so so so much more. I highly recommend this book and this Author. I only have one left in the series to buy.

Our 6 and 8 year old kids love these books for bedtime. The 6 year old especially contemplates the messages of the stories - sometimes a day or two later will bring up what he learned. Cute illustrations, vivid colours, great quality.

Lovely stories. Great quality book.

This book has lots of short stories with wonderful Buddha lessons. The illustration are beautiful too. My granddaughter who is now 10 has been listening to me read these since she was a baby and she still loves them. They are great for bedtime!

We love the stories - my 6 year old loves them and so do we. They provide great lessons!!