Meena's Mindful Moment
Meena's Mindful Moment

Meena's Mindful Moment

Written by Tina Athaide & illustrated by Åsa Gilland
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4 - 8
Reading age
32
Page count
Nov 30, 2021
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What's This Book About

Publisher Summary

Meena is excited to visit Dada and explore all the exciting sights and sensations of his home with him. But Meena has so much energy, it becomes a whole imaginary character she calls her hurly-burly hullabaloo. Wherever Meena goes, her hurly-burly hullabaloo goes too. Together they’re never calm, as they run and cartwheel and make a lot of noise! But when Meena makes a mess, her grandfather is there to teach her how to handle it with deep breaths and meditative poses–after all, he has a hurly-burly hullabaloo too. With playful art and engaging characters (real and imagined), this charming story all about mindfulness will be wonderfully relatable to anyone with a rambunctious hurly-burly hullabaloo of their own.

What Kind of Book is Meena's Mindful Moment

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    I'm not normally big on "mindfulness" books as a category, because I feel they're often pedantic and overly moralizing, but this one pleasantly surprised me with its charming grandfather/granddaugher relationship and the hullaballoos.

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    I can relate to Meena with her Hullabaloo. Sometimes life feels chaotic and busy. This book is a nice reminder that we can find peace and calm, all it takes is a little practice. An unspoken message seen in the illustrations is that there are times to be a little loud with our hullabaloo, it's just about learning the right timing.

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The Creatives Behind the Book

    Author
    Tina Athaide

    Tina Athaide was born in Uganda and grew up in London and Canada. While her family left Entebbe just prior to the expulsion, she has memories of refugee family and friends staying with them in their London home. The stories and conversations she listened to through the years became the inspiration for her book Orange for the Sunsets. Tina now lives in California with her husband, Ron, and their daughter, Isabella.

    Illustrator
    Åsa Gilland

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Book Details

ISBN
9781645672869
Publication Date
November 30, 2021
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Original Publication Date
November 30, 2021
Page Count
32
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
4 - 8 years

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