Publisher's Synopsis
Dragon and Friends' Mindful Adventures: The Great Race Again! is the third book in the Lunar New Year Animal Books for Kids. The book recounts the adventures of Shan-Long, the wood dragon, and his zodiac animal friends, who join together in another great race organized by the Jade Emperor. The book showcases the animals' exceptional efforts in helping the humans put out the village fire and rebuild it with creativity and courage, earning the respect, gratitude and appreciation of the humans and the Jade Emperor. It is a moving story of friendship, teamwork and courage, integrating the wisdom from Eastern and Western philosophies, psychologies, and the great Spiritual traditions.
This heart-warming book, featuring exceptional animal characters, is filled with beautiful, evocative illustrations interwoven with humour and inspirational poetry. The book is a unique experiential guide for family and kids to learn the important psychosocial skills of mindfulness, sharing, gratitude, appreciation, humility and compassion in actions. The twists and turns of the plot make this distinctive book a page-turner.
Dragon and Friends' Mindful Adventures contains interesting, informative explanatory notes about the origin and meaning of the Chinese names and words used in the story, the Lunar New Year, and the personality of individuals born in the year of the dragon. It also includes a zodiac calendar for readers to discover their Chinese zodiac animal signs.
