The Lemonade Hurricane: A Story of Mindfulness and Meditation

By Licia Morelli

Book Overview

Henry is a lot of fun when he's not storming through the house, so Emma decides to teach him how to be still. By showing him how to sit, bow, and breathe, Emma is able to calm the hurricane within Henry.

A perfect introduction to meditation for young readers, presented in a captivating story. The illustrations bring the story to life with delightful whimsy. Includes a back-of-book presentation of simple mindfulness techniques that can be shared at home and in the classroom. In Planting Seeds, Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teaches that by sitting still and meditating, the mind can become clear. Like Hanh's apple juice story, when a glass of lemonade is stirred, the pulp swirls around. When it sits quietly, the pulp settles and the liquid becomes clear. In this way, a glass of lemonade is a metaphor for how meditation and mindfulness work. That is why this book is called The Lemonade Hurricane. Practicing mindfulness and meditation helps us tame the hurricane within.

Fountas & Pinnell Level L

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884483967
• ISBN13: 9780884483960
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Troubling positioning of girls' responsibility for boys' bad behavior

I've read a number of children's mindfulness and meditation books, and this one stood out to me as one I won't be reading my daughter. The story centers on a brother and sister. The sister is calm, and meditates. The brother is very out of control, violent and breaks things. The sister is very uncomfortable around the brother - It is a dynamic very similar to that experienced by women in abusive households. She is shown on one page sitting outside hiding from her brother in the rain under an umbrella while he runs amok inside the house breaking her toys. No parents are shown taking responsibility. Instead, the sister feels she has to step in and teach her brother mindfulness techniques to control himself. That shouldn't be her job. Unfortunately, it does perpetuate the expectation that women are responsible for moderating men's bad behavior and emotions. If you're looking for a book to teach children mindfulness approaches and techniques, there are plenty of others that don't also have these troubling dynamics included.