Synopsis: The panda, Stillwater, his haiku-speaking nephew, Koo, and their friends Michael, Karl and Addy gain great rewards when they help an elderly neighbor in need.
Review: Zen Ties is soothing / like breathing in yoga class / forgetting worries
Animate readers / with soft, light watercolors / and careful phrases
Rewards are greatest / when we help one another / teaches Stillwater
Be kind to planet / remember not to destroy / learns our young wee Koo
Happier today / for reading this picture book / Many thanks to Muth
I hope my five haiku express my enormous appreciation for what John J. Muth has created in Zen Ties, as well as in his Caldecott Honor book, Zen Shorts. If only I too could have a panda for a neighbor and teacher.
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