PW said of it, “Readers will fall easily into the rhythm of visits to Stillwater and his storytelling sessions, and many more will fall in love with the panda, whose shape and size offer the children many opportunities for cuddling.” They also provide all kinds of questions to ask kids. It’s kind of an adorable booktalk produced by Scholastic. Relying on Muth’s childhood fantasy of having a real panda as a friend, Zen Shorts takes readers into sophisticated concepts, but those as young as three years old have appreciated Muth’s blend of realism and spirituality.” The text, that lingers long after the book has been closed, is accompanied by Muth’s stunning watercolor and ink art.
In this book he has introduced young readers to an entirely new way of looking at the world-just as Stillwater introduces these three children to a different way to perceive reality. At one point she says, “In an Author’s Note, Muth explains Zen Buddhism and his sources for these stories from Zen Buddhist literature and Taoism.
On her Children’s Book-a-Day Almanac Anita Silvey has a lovely write-up of the book.
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