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2 y separately published work icon Wisdom is Listening Peter Whitfield , Nancy Bevington (illustrator), Frenchs Forest : New Frontier , 2008 Z1841481 2008 single work picture book children's 'Pierre Potamus listens to the birds and Bruno Beagle listens to the wind as he [flies] his kite. Monkey doesn't listen and he is bored - Monkey becomes all tied up, because he doesn't listen. It is so familiar. Wisdom is not book learning or worldly knowledge- it is as the Quakers call it "The still silent voice within". It is that voice that speaks to us and says "No don't do that"' (Source: publisher's website).
2 y separately published work icon Happiness is Sharing Peter Whitfield , Nancy Bevington (illustrator), Frenchs Forest : New Frontier , 2008 Z1841478 2008 single work picture book children's 'The Zen Tails First Book of Happiness is subtitled Happiness is Sharing. It shows the student characters sharing with each other and they are happy. Grizzel Bear is not sharing and he is alone and he is not happy. In the end he does decide to share and he then experiences happiness. Parents can use this story and relate it to their child's own experiences of sharing or not sharing. Inevitably a child who is not sharing [is] not happy' (Source: publisher's website).
2 y separately published work icon Love is Helping Peter Whitfield , Nancy Bevington (illustrator), Frenchs Forest : New Frontier , 2008 Z1841468 2008 single work picture book children's 'Bruno and Pierre help Gilbert build the dam. Fur Ball is lazy and she doesn't help. Only when Fur Ball decides to help does she experience love. In Zen Tails' first book of Love, the sub title is Love is Helping. Helping is an activity that allows love to arise. Enacting love allows it to grow and become stronger. The Zen Tail's First Book of Love only has a few simple words on a page, but it is easy for a parent when reading to a young child to expand on the joys of helping and loving' (Source: publisher's website).
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