Parallax Press is here for you. This is a revealing time when raw uncertainty, physical awareness, and powerful global disruption are coming home and touching each of us, personally.
What do we see? We see that mindfulness practice is not just a societal trend, but an absolute necessity for us to exist in this unfolding reality and come out the other side. When we look deeply into the effects of COVID-19, we see the truth of our profound interconnectedness with each other and all of humanity—our interbeing, as Thich Nhat Hanh says. Your health and well-being, your safety and freedom from harm are also ours. We inter-are with each other.
With this in mind, we’ve put together two book collections that can help.
30% off Children’s and Classroom Books
Our Plum Blossom Books imprint is a haven of mindfulness books for kids, parents, and educators.
Our whole library of children’s books is now 30% off with code BREATHE.
We vow to keep it that way until schools return to session.
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A Handful of Quiet
Happiness in Four Pebbles
View this bookA Handful of Quiet presents one of the best known and most innovative meditation practices developed by Thich Nhat Hanh as part of the Plum Village community's practice with children....
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A Pebble for Your Pocket
Mindful Stories for Children and Grown-ups
View this bookDrawn from Thich Nhat Hanh’s Dharma talks given to young people, A Pebble for Your Pocket presents the basic teachings of the Buddha in accessible and modern language. Combining the...
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Anh’s Anger
View this bookThis wonderful and engaging story gives children and caregivers a concrete practice for dealing with anger and other difficult emotions. In Anh’s Anger, five-year-old Anh becomes enraged when his grandfather...
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Awakening Joy for Kids
A Hands-on Guide for Grown-ups to Nourish Themselves and Raise Mindful, Happy Children
View this book2016 Nautilus Book Award – Gold Medal, Parenting & Family Spirit Rock founder, author, and teacher James Baraz’s Awakening Joy offers his large and devoted readership a program to gain...
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Baby Present
View this bookBaby Present combines the inherent love babies have for one another with a tongue-in-cheek take on mindfulness for their parents and caretakers. This is for the perfect gift for the...
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Charlotte and the Quiet Place
View this book2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award - Gold Winner 2016 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) - Silver Medal Winner 2015 National Parenting Publications (NPPA) - Bronze Award Winner Charlotte...
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Each Breath a Smile
Based on teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh; Written down by Sister Thuc Nghiem; Illustrated by Nguyen Thi Hop and Nguyen Dong
View this bookInspired by the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, in Each Breath a Smile children learn how to calm body and mind and enjoy the present moment.
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Fear, Illustrated
Transforming What Scares Us
View this bookFear, Illustrated is a visually stunning, light-hearted, and compelling visual exploration of the fears people confront in their daily lives. For many years artist Julie Elman has collected common and not-so-common...
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Girls Rising
A Guide to Nurturing a Confident and Soulful Adolescent
View this bookThis guide for adults working with adolescent girls will help them explore and develop their emotional, social, and spiritual selves. Young people are hungry and capable of engaging in meaningful...
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Happy Teachers Change the World
A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education
View this bookHappy Teachers Change the World is the first official, authoritative guide to the Thich Nhat Hanh/Plum Village approach to mindfulness in education. Spanning the whole range of schools and grade levels,...
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Is Nothing Something?
Kids' Questions and Zen Answers About Life, Death, Family, Friendship, and Everything in Between
View this bookIn Is Nothing Something? Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh answers heartfelt, difficult, and funny questions from children of all ages. Illustrated with original full-color artwork by Jessica McClure, Is Nothing...
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Mindful Arts in the Classroom
Stories and Creative Activities for Social and Emotional Learning
View this bookWritten especially for the teacher or camp director who wants to bring mindfulness, social and emotional learning (SEL), and the arts into their busy day through storytelling and fun games,...
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Mr. Pack Rat Really Wants That
View this bookMr. Pack Rat really wants that. He is a particularly acquisitive small mammal with a hoarding problem (sound like someone you know?). Through trial and error, he begins to question...
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My Name is Zedonk
View this bookIn the 2010 Census, almost 10 million Americans identified as multiracial. As our population grows, more and more families will be made up of people who may not look just...
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Once Upon a Tree
View this bookThis fable of a little leaf looking for his purpose will delight children and their caretakers.
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Peace, Bugs, and Understanding
An Adventure in Sibling Harmony
View this bookLily and her little sister Ruby are having a picnic when Ruby spoils their game of checkers. Lily lashes out but soon gets absorbed in a wonderful book, the story...
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Peace, Love, Action!
Everyday Acts of Goodness from A to Z
View this bookPeace, Love, Action! is an illustrated, illuminated A-Z of everyday actions that directly make a peaceful, fun, and vibrant world. With original artworks bringing each action to life, "make friends," "go...
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Planting Seeds
Practicing Mindfulness with Children
View this bookPlanting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children is the fruit of decades of development and innovation in the Plum Village community's collective practice with children. Based on Thich Nhat Hanh's years...
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Puppy Mind
View this bookPuppy Mind is a picture book for children and adults which features a young child who discovers their mind is like a puppy, always wandering away, into the past or...
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Steps and Stones
An Anh's Anger Story
View this bookWhen Anh’s friends leave and he feels left out at school, his anger shows up to keep him company. Anh the protagonist of Gail Silver’s previous book Anh’s Anger, is...
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Teach, Breathe, Learn
Mindfulness in and out of the Classroom
View this bookIn Teach, Breathe, Learn, Meena Srinivasan highlights how mindfulness can be an effective tool in the classroom. What makes this book truly unique is her perspective as a classroom teacher,...
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The Lion in Me
View this book"When I feel anger start to roar, I take a deep breath and count to four..." In the latest picture book from educator Andrew Nance, author of the bestselling Puppy...
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Under the Rose Apple Tree
View this bookIn this sequel to A Pebble for Your Pocket, Zen teacher and poet Thich Nhat Hanh looks deeply at the issues that confront young people in today's society. Applying his...
The Best Books for Dealing with Difficulty
These are our very best titles directed at two things:
Dealing with distress, and developing a supportive meditation practice wherever you may be.
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Biography of Silence
An Essay on Meditation
View this bookA publishing phenomenon in Spain—a moving, lyrical, far-ranging meditation on the deep joys of confronting oneself through silence by a Spanish priest and Zen disciple.
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How to Relax
View this bookIn How to Relax, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares inspiration and clear, simple directions for exploring mindfulness meditation. With sections on healing, relief from nonstop thinking, transforming unpleasant sounds, solitude,...
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How to Sit
View this bookTo sit is to restore ourselves, to become fully present and fully alive in the here and now.—Thich Nhat Hanh How to Sit provides simple directions on the mechanics of posture...
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Making Space
Creating a Home Meditation Practice
View this bookFind peace and calm amid the busyness of your life with Making Space by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Designed to be both inspiration and guidebook for those new to...
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No Mud, No Lotus
The Art of Transforming Suffering
View this bookThe secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. In No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices and inspiration transforming suffering...
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Sacred Places
A Mindful Journey and Coloring Book
View this bookIn this second book in our Mindful Journey Coloring Book series, Thich Nhat Hanh’s wisdom is paired with black-and-white renderings of magical places and simple interiors created by multi- faceted...
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Solid Ground
Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times
View this bookSolid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times is a lively and topical book that offers guidance on how to respond to the individual crises that inevitably arise in all of...
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The Nest in the Stream
Lessons from Nature on Being with Pain
View this bookA concise and inspirational book for anyone dealing with pain by a long time palliative care doctor who is greatly inspired by Native American wisdom and the natural world. This...
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This Difficult Thing of Being Human
The Art of Self-Compassion
View this bookWe all long for someone to offer us unconditional love and support. But what if that person is us? The practice of mindful self-compassion creates the space we need so...
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What Now?
Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond
View this bookBuddhist teachings and meditation offer a roadmap to help college students and others in early adulthood incorporate mindfulness into their lives as a means of facing the myriad struggles unique to this stage of life.
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