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Summary: A Precious Little Book!
Review: The five minutes it takes to read this little book just might be the best time investment in your life. I'm serious.Nikolai is an adorable little boy who is seeking for (what else?) the meaning of life. He has three simple questions: 1) When is the best time to do things? 2) Who is the most important one? 3) What is the right thing to do? The answers to these questions will astound you with their simplicity and grace. The book is based on a Tolstoy story of the same name. It is simplified for small children, but perhaps it will be read most rewardingly by older children and adults. This adult certainly likes it. In fact, as it combines the aspects of illustration and storytelling, I would have to call this the best children's book I have ever read. Highly recommended, for all ages.
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Summary: A Precious Little Book!
Review: The five minutes it takes to read this little book just might be the best time investment in your life. I'm serious. Nikolai is an adorable little boy who is seeking for (what else?) the meaning of life. He has three simple questions: 1) When is the best time to do things? 2) Who is the most important one? 3) What is the right thing to do? The answers to these questions will astound you with their simplicity and grace. The book is based on a Tolstoy story of the same name. It is simplified for small children, but perhaps it will be read most rewardingly by older children and adults. This adult certainly likes it. In fact, as it combines the aspects of illustration and storytelling, I would have to call this the best children's book I have ever read. Highly recommended, for all ages.
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Summary: Great book
Review: This a great book to read with children. Both my 5 & 7 year olds were intriqued by this story - so much that my 7 year old had me read it to her class! Her teacher loved the book so much that I ended up giving her a copy for her class! It is a great story & a great way to start a discussion with your child.
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Summary: Teach your child how to know how to responsive to others.
Review: This book tells a story that helps children learn one of the most important lessons in life. Parents will benefit from reading this book as well. There is a parallel between this book and the work of the famous Arbinger Institute (arbinger.com), where adults can even learn more about living the principles provided from this excellent children's book.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: This is a wonderful message to share with children. I have used it as a starting point for writing and visual arts learning with my 5th grade students. The message combined with the illustrations is powerful.
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Summary: A great book to talk about
Review: What a wonderful book. It really gives you a great starting place for basic discussions with children. It gives good tools to help a child with basic problem solving and teaches them that everything in life can be seen from differrent perspectives.
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Summary: Questions, Questions, Questions
Review: What is the best time to do things? Who is the most important ones? What is the right thing to do? So I hope that doesn't give it away for you, but that's the book's central search...a boy Nikolai, his three friends Sonya the Heron, Gogol the Monkey, Pushkin the Dog, and the final answers are facilitated by Leo the wise Turtle. The watercolor art is the true gem in this book and the Zen-exercise in the meaning of life takes a close second.
"The Three Questions," is currently my two year old's nightly request...although he sometimes asks for the three questions and sometimes ask for the "Nikolai" book. The writing is really to engage children of older ages but something about the characters, language, and pictures connect with children and adults of all ages.
The esoteric Zen exercise may seem a little off-putting or prententious to some, but it gets kids thinking about morality and ethics at an early age. It gets kids thinking about what is the best approach to life and an approach to be mindful about the present and others.
A wonderful wonderful book with beautiful art throughout. This one comes recommended as a magical treatise on thinking about life.
--MMW
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