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The Mindful Adventures of Master Owl
I am excited to announce the launch of my second Master Owl book 'The Mindful Adventures of Master Owl' which is a Young Reader book for 7-11 year olds. It is just over 200 pages long, with 10 chapters and illustrations again by the amazing artist Beidi Guo.
Join Master Owl and his loyal apprentice Miss Bunny on a magical mindful adventure through the forest and to far off shores, where Miss Bunny makes a shocking discovery...
These Master Owl stories help children to learn about the value of mindfulness, the importance of kindness, generosity, forgiveness, honesty, daydreaming, play and caring for the environment.
Each chapter is like a short story which can either be read to the children or they can read themselves.
The images below show a preview of the new book.
The book is now available globally on Amazon, both as a printed book and as a Kindle E-book.
I look forward to hearing what you and your children think of this latest book.
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Reviews
We have really, really enjoyed reading this book - I have read this book aloud to my 5 and 7 year old and my 10 year old has listened in and then read it to herself too! I would say that even though the characters are aimed towards the younger children, the messages are still very much relevant and the characters loved by the eldest.
I think the way the book is set out is perfect for younger children, with short stories that quickly reach conclusion but also appeal to the older audience with key messages at the forefront of the stories and then the recap at the end of each story in ‘Master Owl's Wise Words’.
These pages evoked much discussion with my children and they happily gave their opinions and each story, what they thought, could they think of anything that the characters could have done differently, how might you tackle these situations.
My eldest daughter said “this book has made me stop and think. It’s good for you to just stop and breathe for a minute - it helps to clear your mind and relax. I like this book because it teaches you valuable lessons like how to be kind- it teaches you to notice your surroundings and how lucky you are to live in this world. I also think that this book may help people to understand how changing one thing will lead to changes in other things - this may not always be good for them or for our planet. It is important that we think about the consequences of our actions.” -(Olivia 10)
“My favourite story was ‘The Clumsy Bear’ because it was funny when the bear was trying to get to the bees nest and I love that he built himself a house and got an infinite supply of honey by building bee hives!” (James 7)
“My favourite story was the one with the elephant because he cut the trees down but then he fixed it afterwards." (Erin 5)
I really like the fact that all of the stories have the same theme running throughout - stop, take a minute and just breathe. Focus on yourself and relax - I think in this day and age when we are all running around constantly- this message needs to be heard. I am very guilty of having a million and one things zooming around in my head and not knowing which way is up some days!
The story that got the most laughs was definitely the bear! I think the short descriptive sentences really helped the children to picture it in their heads and they thought the bear initially trying to get to the honey was hilarious!
The children have really enjoyed this and it’s a book that we will go back to again and again, we will practice stopping and breathing and my youngest has gone to bed tonight and said she is going to practice her breathing!
Many Thanks
Kim Stevens