Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure

By: Naomi C. Rose

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Synopsis: A Tibetan American girl helps her grandfather recover from an illness through the use of a traditional cure that focuses on friendship and compassion as partners in physical recovery.Tashi loves listening to Popola, her grandpa, sing Tibetan chants to the click, click of his prayer beads. She also loves hearing Popola's stories about the village in Tibet where he grew up. But recently Popola has been sick, and Tashi is worried. One of the stories Tashi remembers told how people in Popola's village use flowers to help themselves recover from illnesses. Will this healing tradition work in the United States, so far from Popola's village? Determined to help Popola get better, Tashi recruits family, friends, and neighbors in a grand effort to find out. Lyrically told and illustrated with impressionistic paintings, Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure shines a tender light on the universal bond between grandchild and grandparent. Readers of all ages are sure to be inspired by the gentle power of this story and its spirit of compassion and community.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 40 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781600609510
Publisher:: Lee & Low Books
Date of Addition:: 09/13/24
Copyrighted By:: Naomi C. Rose
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Children's Books, Health, Mind and Body, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
Grade Levels:: First grade, Second grade, Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade
Reading Age:: 6–11
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.