The Hermit and the Well

By Thich Nhat Hanh

Book Overview

"The Hermit and the Well" is a story from the time the author was a young boy in Vietnam. When his school class goes on a trip to climb a mountain. He hopes to meet the hermit who lives near the top.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888375310
• ISBN13: 9781888375312
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Plum Blossom
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.5" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

I love this book

When I read this to my 6 year old, I physically notice peace come over her every time. And thoughtfulness. It's a sweet story, perfect for falling asleep with warm fuzzies and imagination of what could be, or may already be- if we just notice it. My 6 year old requested this story to refer to when exploring meditation on her own.

A good lesson for children

This is a kids story that has a really good lesson as the great teacher always has in his children's books. Children need these lessons today, ones that busy parents usually do not have time to teach.

The Hermit and the Well by Thich Nhat Hahn

While this book is supposedly for children, it's a quick read that still has meaning for the inner child of we adults, as well. I love uncle Thich!

Lovely

This is a very lovely, charming book. Deceptively simple, yet ultimately quite deep. In that sense, it reminds me a bit of the famous serious of drawings of an ox and his master; this is the series that serve to remind us of the search for, and discovery of, ourselves -- wisdom -- whatever. In this short book, a young boy and his school class learn that they are to visit a hermit -- the boy wanders away from the group, looking for the hermit. Whre he finally discovers the wise man is the point of the book. This is a very sweet book with excellent drawings. I highly recommend it.

The ethnic artwork of Vo-Dinh Mai is a perfect complement

In The Hermit And The Well, Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, scholar, and human rights activist Thich Nhat Hanh has written a story of a young Vietnamese boy who climbs a mountain in the hope of meeting a famed hermit that lives there. What the boy finds is the secret of his own happiness. The ethnic artwork of Vo-Dinh Mai is a perfect complement to Hanh's marvelous tale showcasing the importance of slowing down and appreciating the beauty that is always around us -- if we would only see it.