“…a beautiful, heart-warming and inspiring story of redemption and connection, sure to appeal to children of many ages…”
“This true story comes from ancient sacred writings of India, retold with grace and unexpected surprises. It’s a beautiful, heart-warming and inspiring story of redemption and connection, sure to appeal to children of many ages and backgrounds. Adults will delight in reading this story again and again to their young listeners, exploring the ways in which we find our higher nature. Illustrations beautiful enough to grace a living room wall bring the forest and its inhabitants to life with depth and motion. The message of ahimsa is artfully woven into the book to delicately stir the minds and hearts of readers to be part of a better world.”
–Dr. Edith Best, (Urmila Devidasi) teacher, and author of Dr. Best Learn to Read, a literacy program for children
“I am thrilled to have another certain family favorite for bedtimes!”
“In my home, Kosa Ely’s first book The Prince and the Polestar, is a big favorite. My children love the tale of Prince Dhruva and can recite the text by heart. Now, after having the pleasure of reading her second offering, ‘The Peaceable Forest’, I am thrilled to have another certain family favorite for bedtimes! The story is heart-meltingly sweet. The spiritual and moral voice in this book is very well introduced, with nothing jarring in it’s message, though the message is strong. The illustrations, by Anna Johansson, are very beautiful and flow wonderfully with the text. The subject is close to my own heart, that of kindness to animals. I feel that all children love this subject too, and by reading The Peaceable Forest will come to understand the deeper meaning behind nonviolence to animals, and peace in general. I shall be reading this book to my little children tonight, and, I am guessing, many more nights to come… and my only question to Ms. Ely is… when will your next book be coming out?”
–Pia, Award-winning Singer and Songwriter
“A must read for every child…a must have in every library…”
“Discover the divine message of nonviolence brought to life through the brilliant illustration that portrays the glory of an ancient civilization. The Peaceable Forest evokes kindness, friendship, responsibility, divinity, and love to every living being on this planet. A must read for every child…a must have in every library…”
-Dr. Mega M. Subramaniam, Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
“…a narrative of timeless wisdom coming from sacred India…”
“One of the great messages of the East is the importance of cultivating a heightened sensitivity to all creatures and all life. The author imports this message in a narrative of timeless wisdom coming from sacred India in a beautifully illustrated, delightful story for the children of our time.”
–Graham M. Schweig, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies Director of the Asian Studies Program, Christopher Newport University
“this charming story can reach the hearts of the young”
“In these times of uncurbed violence against animals this charming story can reach the hearts of the young. Thus a seed of cherishing and practice of nonviolence can be sown: eventually this seed may fructify in their own lives, helping sustain a vision that needs desperately to be spread to all the far reaches of our ailing planet.”
–Kenneth R. Valpey (Ph.D., Oxon) Research Fellow, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
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