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Some primary themes in the Edgar Cayce readings for parents and caretakers working with children include:
- Spending Time in Nature
- Cultivating Creativity and Intuition
- Nurturing Generosity, Patience, Forgiveness, Kindness and Peace
- Developing Mindfulness and Meditation
Below is an ever-growing booklist for children on these subjects. If you have suggestions or questions, please contact Corinne Cayce at corinne.cayce@edgarcayce.org.
Nature
Fatima’s Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott
A Place to Grow by Stephanie Bloom
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers.
Canoe Days by Gary Paulsen
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Everglades by Jean Craighead George and Wendell Mior
The Greening Bookby Ellen Sabin
Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World by Laurie Lawlor,
Feathers by Eileen Spinelli
Fire Flies! by Julie Brinkloe
The Forrest Has Eyes by Bev Doolittle
The Magic and The Mystery of Trees by Jen Green
Jayden’s Impossible Garden by Mélina Mangal
The Keeper of Wild Words by Brooke Smith
A Leaf Can Be… by Laurie Purdie Salas
The Littlest Gardener by Emily Hughes
My First Day by Phung Nguyen Quang
Outside, You Notice by Erin Alladin
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Plants Can’t Sit Still by Rebecca Hirsch
Two Old Potatoes and Me by John Coy
The Tree that Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination (A Poetry Speaks Experience) by Linda Winston, Mary Ann Hoberman, and Barbara Fortin.
The Story of the Blue Planet by Andri Snaer Magneson
Peace
Peace and Me: Inspired by the Lives of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates by Ali WInter and Micakel El Fathi
The Peace Stick by Nidhi Misra
Wangari’s Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter
We Are All Born Free by Amnesty International
The Peace Stick by Nidhi Misra
The Peace Bell by Margi Preus
Peace and Me: Inspired by the Lives of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates by Ali WInter and Micakel El Fathi
Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi
Imagination
Fairy House by Tracy Kane.
Meditation
A Handful of Quiet by Thich Nhat Hanh
Wondrous You by Kayla Floyd
Listening to My Body by Gabi Garcia
Charlotte and the Quiet Place by Deborah Sosin
I am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness by Susan Verde and Peter Reynolds
The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor
Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth
Earth Dance by Joanne Ryder
Something’s Wrong! by Jory John
Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and their parents) by Eline Snel
Silence by Lemniscates
The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor
Quiet by Tomie dePaolo
No One But You by Douglas Wood
Munchy and Jumpy Tales by Noah Teitelbaum
The Mindful Dragon by Steve Herman
Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems by Kristine O’Connell George
Love & Kindness
The Three Questions by Jon J. Muth
Tomorrow I’ll Be Kind by Jessica Hische
The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau
Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson
Miss Tizzy by Libba More Gray.
Kindness Is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler by Margery Cuyler
Chapter Books
Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka, Martin Ganda, and Liz Welch
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Edgar Cayce’s Life Story
Story Time with Edgar Cayce by Karla Peterson with Leslie Cayce
What Does Edgar Cayce’s Work Have to Do With Young People? A Guide to the A.R.E. Written By and For Kids / A.R.E. Junior Congress, vol. 1 (1994), vol. 2 (1995)
