Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“I cannot say this frequently enough: the goal is not to clear your mind but to focus your mind—for a few nanoseconds at a time—and whenever you become distracted, just start again. Getting lost and starting over is not failing at meditation, it is succeeding.”

Meditations for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-To Book by Dan Harris and Jeff Warren

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This book is one part Meditation how to, one part road trip, one part Dan Harris being cantankerous and introspective and just very frank about his own life. I featured it on my podcast “Advice from the Cheerbrarian” in the episode titled “The Power of Yes (Part 3) – Give meditation a whirl: how meditation has helped me and might help you.” Juuust had to get that icky self-promotion outta the way. And now onto the book! Firstly, who is Dan Harris? You may have […]

Free Spirit Publishing has some neat books

Thank You, Night by Dan McCauley

Thank You, Rain by Dan McCauley

B Is for Belonging by Shannon Anderson

Hello, Beech Tree! by Rasha Hamid

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A while back I saw two online reader copies that had intriguing covers (or thumbnails of the cover as it was only a small image). I liked them, but figured I knew what they were about by judging the cover. Thank You, Night and Thank You, Rain looked like they would be nice father and child stories. One set at night and one set in/around a rainy day. And I was not wrong. (Yes, I read them eventually.) They had more to them than those […]

Small Things

Thank You, Miyuki by Marie Roxanne Galliez

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Thank You, Miyuki by Marie Roxanne Galliez has some amazing illustrations by Seng Soun Ratanavanh. Bursting with colors that bring to life the Japanese world of Miyuki’s grandfather, the world of patience and being in the moment is introduced. This third book by the duo shows Miyuki a rambunctious, rowdy child who is terribly active. Curious and full of imagination, she tries to do tai chi with her grandfather, but falls over. And every time he tries to meditate there is Miyuki asking away. During […]

Primal Roar : A Meditation on Nature and Humankind

The Snow Panther (La Panthère des Neiges) by Sylvain Tesson

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Writer Sylvain Tesson embarks on a journey with expert animal observer Vincent Munier in the high rocky plateaux of China, looking for the soon to be extinct and mythic Snow Leopard. They have to survive at polar temperatures in desolate landscapes where nature and wilderness reign supreme. The long hours of waiting for the famed leopard to cross the line of their cameras provide the notoriously prolix author plenty to think of the place of humankind and its evolution. Where did progress lead men ? […]

Sit and Meditate

Sit With Me: Meditation of Kids in Seven Easy Steps by Carolyn Kaniuro

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Have you ever read a book and think, “Wow. That was so not for me, but that was really interesting?” It might seem like an odd thing to say but Sit With Me: Meditation of Kids in Seven Easy Steps by Carolyn Kaniuro and Nan Lawson was that book for me. This picture book is one that deals with the practice of mindfulness for kids. I am not a fan of the word mindfulness or the word, medication. I prefer to use the words breathing/breathe […]

Butterfly breathing

Already a Butterfly: A Medication Story by Julia Alvarez

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Do you need a reason to read Already a Butterfly: A Medication Story other than the fact it is by Julia Alvarez and Raul Colon? I mean, it almost does not get much better than this. Yet, it does get better when you read this picture book on meditation for kids and even, adults. However, if I have one comment that leans towards a negative it is that the word “medication” is used.  I completely enjoyed the journey of our heroine Mari Posa. I just […]



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