num_pages: 40
description:  Summer fadingnew friends' faceslighten the way home. Summer has arrived  and so has Koo Stillwater the Panda's haiku-speaking young nephew. When Stillwater encourages Koo and their friends Addy Michael and Karl to help a grouchy neighbor in need their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways. Jon J. Muth's warm engaging story and his luminous watercolors are as fresh and magical as a summer breeze. Readers of all ages will be disarmed by this tale of compassion and friendship that reaffirms the importance of our ties to one another.
language: English
title: Zen Ties
publisher: Scholastic Press