Resources

Below is a list of wonderful children's books I've used when teaching; any would make a fine addition to the home or classroom library.  Also, there are a number of adult resources for learning to meditate and the effects on the brain and nervous system, as well as titles that explore the relationship between mindfulness with social and racial justice.

for children

• A Still and Quiet Place for Athletes by Amy Saltzman

• I Am Peace by Susan Verde

• Mindful Monkey Happy Panda by Lauren Alderfer

• Anh’s Anger by Gail Silver

• Steps and Stones by Gail Silver

• Silence by Lemniscates

• Puppy Mind by Andrew Jordan Nance

• Visiting Feelings - Lauren Rubenstein

• Moody Cow Meditates by Kerry Lee MacLean

• ishi - Akiko Yabuki

• The Want Monster - Chelo Manchego

• The Sound of Silence - Katrina Goldsaito

• The Listening Walk by Paul Showers

• What Does It Mean To Be Present by Rana Diorio

• Take the Time by Maud Roegiers

• Listening to My Body by Gabi Garcia

• Masters of Mindfulness by Laurie Grossman, Angelina Alvarez & Mr. Musumeci’s 5th Grade Class

• Mindfulness Workbook for Teens by Linette Bixby

for adults

• Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach

• Mindfulness for Teachers by Tish Jennings

• Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness by David A. Treleaven

• Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom by Rick Hanson

• Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

• The Whole Brain Child by Dan Siegel

• The Emotional Life of Your Brain by Richard J. Davidson

• The Mindful Way through Depression by M. Williams, J. Teasdale, Z. Segal, & J Kabat-Zinn

• After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path by Jack Kornfield

• The Mindful Child by Susan Kaiser Greenland

• Sitting Like a Frog Eline Snel

• Mindfulness & the Art of Drawing by Wendy Ann Greenhalgh

• How to Train a Wild Elephant by Jan Chozen Bays

• The Awakened Family by Shefali Tsabary

• Real Love by Sharon Salzburg

• The Mindful Athlete by George Mumford

• Mind Gym by Gary Mack

social justice and mindfulness

• The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda Magee

• Radical Dharma by Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Ownes and Jasmine Syedullah, PhD

• My Grandmothers Hands by Resmaa Menakem

• Stamped From the Beginning by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

• How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi