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Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure

Written and illustrated by Naomi Rose

Hardcover: out of stock

Paperback: $11.95

Ebook

Tashi loves listening to Popola, her grandpa, sing Tibetan chants to the click, click of his prayer beads. She also loves hearing Popola’s stories about the village in Tibet where he grew up. But recently Popola has been sick, and Tashi is worried.

One of the stories Tashi remembers told how people in Popola’s village use flowers to help themselves recover from illnesses. Will this healing tradition work in the United States, so far from Popola’s village? Determined to help Popola get better, Tashi recruits family, friends, and neighbors in a grand effort to find out.

Lyrically told and illustrated with impressionistic paintings, Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure shines a tender light on the universal bond between grandchild and grandparent. Readers of all ages are sure to be inspired by the gentle power of this story and its spirit of compassion and community.

Check out educator lesson plan and activities for Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure, a title featured in RIF’s Multicultural Book Collections. To find other free activities that inspire young readers as well as learn more about Reading Is Fundamental, visit us at RIF.org.

About the Creators

Thumb_thumb Naomi Rose - Author, Illustrator

is an award-winning author, illustrator, and storyteller. A student of Tibetan wisdom and culture, she has created two children’s books—Tibetan Tales for Little Buddhas and Tibetan Tales from the Top of the World—that have been honored with the Nautilus Awards, which recognizes books that promote positive social change. Rose was inspired to write Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure by the true story of a Tibetan American refugee and the flower cure that was traditionally used in his village. Rose also gives school and library presentations about Tibet throughout the United States. She lives in Sedona, Arizona. You can find her online at naomicrose.com.