Namaste Is a Greeting
by Suma Subramaniam
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"Discover namaste's many meanings in a simple, lyrical text, paired with a charmingly detailed visual narrative about a little girl's kindness. What is namaste? It's found in a smile, a friendship, a celebration. It exists in silence; it can be said when you're happy or when you're feeling low. For one small girl in a bustling city, namaste ("I bow to you") is all around her as she and her mother navigate a busy marketplace--and when she returns with a little plant and chooses to give it to show more an elderly neighbor, it can be seen in the caring bond between them. In a sweet, universal text, debut author Suma Subramaniam shines a light on a word with significance far beyond yoga class, while artist Sandhya Prabhat makes the concept of mindfulness come alive in delightful illustrations likely to draw children in again and again."-- show lessTags
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The blurb says what is true about this lovely, joyful book. I can only add that some of the scenes have too much going on for me, but most kids probably will have fun with them (appeals perhaps to the same part of the mind that Where's Waldo does, but not so random). Otherwise I loved it.
"Namaste is loving the world... Namaste is saying 'You matter.'" The pictures show the girl doing things that demonstrate her love for the world, etc.
"Namaste is loving the world... Namaste is saying 'You matter.'" The pictures show the girl doing things that demonstrate her love for the world, etc.
Simple yet profound. A prayer for peace. Namaste.
“Namaste is the divine in me honoring the divine in you.”
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- Dedication
- To Amma, Appa, and to children everywhere, namaste -SS
Dedicated to a time when we could talk, mingle, and laugh freely, unmasked and unafraid, and to a future where we can once again be that way -SP - First words
- Namaste is a greeting.
- Quotations
- A smile.
A friendship.
Namaste is "I bow to you."
Silence.
Namaste is loving the world.
Namaste calms your heart when things aren't going right.
Namaste is peace. (show all 7)
It's a light, a path when the road is unclear. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Namaste is the divine in me honoring the divine in you.
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