A historic five-day gathering to focus the world’s attention on the importance of nurturing kindness and compassion will take place at large-scale venues in Seattle from April 11 to 15, 2008. This spiritually-significant event will include public presentations by the Dalai Lama, as well as other luminaries. For a complete listing of events see Seeds of Compassion.
At the local level, the children’s, young adult and adult services librarians at Green Lake Branch are inspired to join forces and mount an interactive display, and to compile a list of suggested books for all age levels in the community. We invite you to visit our Branch to exchange seed packets in our “Sow Seeds of Compassion” display.
We also invite YOU, the reader, to contribute to and expand this list for our diverse communities in Seattle, and elsewhere. What books are you familiar with that signify compassion, or can help people become more compassionate by reading them? Feel free to provide your favorite author/title(s) and short comments at the end of this list. Let’s share our knowledge and awareness of compassion so that everyone can benefit!
Sow Seeds of Compassion:
Recommended Reading for adults, teens and children
ADULT BOOKS
Kindness in a Cruel World by Nigel Barber
Buddha Heart, Buddha Mind by Robert R. Barr
Ordinary Grace by Kathleen Brehony
Meditation, Mind & Patanjali’s Yoga by Swami Bhaskarananda
Freedom in Exile by Dalai Lama XIV
The Universe in a Single Atom by Dalai Lama XIV
Five Spirits by Lorie Eve Dechar
The Bond Between Women by China Galland
Quotation Marks by Marjorie Garber
Healing Emotions by Daniel Goleman
Forgiveness by Charles L. Griswold
Mother Teresa by Christopher Hitchens
Cultivating Compassion by Jeffrey Hopkins
Future of Peace by Scott A. Hunt
Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch
Firstlight by Sue Monk Kidd
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
The Force of Kindness by Sharon Saltzberg
Jewish Parenting Wisdom by Steven Rosman
YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilla
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
Accidents of Nature by Harriet McBryde Johnson
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Can You Greet the Whole Wide World? by Lezlie Evans
Under the Lemon Moon by Edith Hope Fine
That’s What Friends Are For by Florence Heide
Somebody’s New Pajamas by Isac Jackson
Hug Time by Patrick McDonnell
My Most Favorite Thing by Nicola Moon
How Kind by Mary Murphy
Zen Ties by Jon Muth
Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet
Because Brian Hugged His Mother by David L. Rice
Thanks and Giving All Year Long by Marlo Thomas
The Candy Shop by Jen Wahl
Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson
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