Happiness Doesn't Come from Headstands
And even if I can't, there are all sorts of other things that I can do!
By Tamara Levitt
4 of 5 stars
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Number of page : 38 pages
Genre : Children book
Language : English
Year of published : April 4th, 2017
ISBN : 978-1-61429-389-7
ebook ISBN : 978-1-61429-405-4
I received this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Trying—and failing—can be a path to happiness too.
Leela loves to do yoga. She could do all sorts of poses, but there was one pose she couldn’t do. Every time Leela tried to do a headstand…KERPLUNK!
This book explores the themes of acceptance, resilience, and self-compassion and offers the message that just because we may experience a failure does not mean that we are a failure. Written as a counterpoint to the message of The Little Engine that Could, Happiness Doesn’t Come from Headstands is a story about a girl who tries her best, but still falls down. Through the process she learns that happiness is not determined by external achievement. Even in the face of failure, peace can be found if we accept that we cannot do everything and focus on our experience.
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I have to admit that this is the first time I reviewed a children book. Well, in my child age, I rarely read any kind of illustration book. Believe or not, when I was at elementary school, I've been red The Da Vinci Code. I know. My reading is really random and a little bit out of the box. But, who cares?
