num_pages: 32
description: Discover namastes many meanings in a simple lyrical text paired with a charmingly detailed visual narrative about a little girls kindness.Namaste calms your heart when things arent going right.Namaste is saying You matter.What is namaste? Its found in a smile a friendship a celebration. It exists in silence; it can be said when youre happy or when youre 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 marketplaceand when she returns with a little plant and chooses to give it to 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.
language: English
title: Namaste Is a Greeting
publisher: Candlewick Press