{"product_id":"goodnight-love-a-bedtime-meditation-story-9781611809442","title":"Goodnight Love: A Bedtime Meditation Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eShare love with yourself, your people, and the world (alongside fun sloths) in this big-hearted bedtime meditation for children.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the day comes to a close, \u003ci\u003eGoodnight Love \u003c\/i\u003ehelps children (ages 2-5) connect to the warmth of their hearts through the power of lovingkindness. We foster self-compassion by sending care to ourselves. We share kindness by wishing good things for our families and friends. And we cultivate unconditional love by radiating the wish for happiness and peace on Earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eGoodnight Love \u003c\/i\u003ebrings the heart-based practice of\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003elovingkindness (metta) into the ritual of bedtime, with adorable sloth characters that kids will delight in practicing beside. The beautiful, richly colored art portrays a caregiver sloth guiding a young sloth through this relaxing evening meditation, helping children slip into slumber with a heart filled with kindness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUMI LOUNDON KIM is the Buddhist chaplain at Yale University and founder of the Mindful Families of Durham. She is editor of the anthologies \u003ci\u003eBlue Jean Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Buddha's Apprentices\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of \u003ci\u003eSitting Together: A Family-Centered Curriculum on Mindfulness, Meditation, and Buddhist Teachings\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLAURA WATKINS has a great passion and love for stories. As a child, Laura was always drawing. Often she would run out of sheeted paper and resort to drawing upon huge rolls of wallpaper. Nowadays Laura happily draws from her floating studio, onboard a houseboat she has half repaired.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bala Kids","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727113949458,"sku":"9781611809442","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_31fcefc1-d22d-4ebd-be91-095d277d05f5.jpg?v=1734892868","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/goodnight-love-a-bedtime-meditation-story-9781611809442","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}