Zoo Zen: A Yoga Story For Kids [Hardcover]

You Can Count on Animals to Make Yoga Fun!

What could be more fun for kids than to hop like a frog, slither like a snake, and roar like a lionall while learning an empowering, healthy life skill?Zoo Zen: A Yoga Story for Kidsis a delightful pose-along adventure for children ages four to eight. Young readers will join our heroine Lyla as she learns ten yoga poses from her friends at the zoo, receiving helpful tips along the way from each animal she encounters. Using rhyming and counting to make memorization easier, here is an imaginative book that combines the benefits of yoga with kids natural love for animals to create a magical learning journey that parents and kids can enjoy together.

Ages 48

Counting meets yoga in this first childrens book from adult author Fischer. Lyla, a girl with a head of blueberry-colored curls, demonstrates 10 poses that correspond with zoo animals. After rolling out her mat on her bedroom floor, Lyla poses like one balancing bear, two cobras, three eagles, and so on. Debut illustrator Schaefer creates an air of serenity in her multitextured digital collages, emphasizing how Lylas movements echo the animals movements or bodies. Fischers perky verse generally makes clear how readers can achieve each pose ( Eight gorillas screech/ Lyla folds in half/ Clasps hands under feet/ And lets out a laugh ), and separate exclamatory comments ( Its okay to bend your knees! ) offer encouragement.Parents seeking to introduce yoga to their children should find this an engaging, easy-to-follow resource. Publishers Weekly

From one balancing bear to ten frogs by a pond Lyla turns to her animal friends for help in doing yoga. The illustrations in this delightfully inventive book lead her through a simple (for children) yoga routine that will put smiles on the faces of all the children who read it. Beguiling cobras remind her to keep her hands under her shoulders for theCobra Pose. Lion cubs roar and ló&