The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness Juvenile Fiction Animals - Dogs Humorous Stories Social Themes - New Experience Pura Belpré Honor winner Anika

Pura Belpré Honor winner Anika Aldamuy Denise (Planting Stories) and New York Times bestselling illustrator Leo Espinosa (Islandborn) tell the story of Rita Moreno

"Published posthumously

which is a core competency for transformation• How our thoughts and emotions "rigidify" our sense of self—and how to return to the natural flow of who we are• Body

sometimes in disappointing ways

Age Range:  8 - 12

The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness Juvenile Fiction Animals - Dogs Humorous Stories Social Themes - New Experience Pura Belpré Honor winner AnikaIlluminates the very heart of social justice and how it might be approached and nurtured through mindfulness practices in community and through the discernment and new degrees of freedom these practices entrain. from the foreword by Jon Kabat Zinn In a society where unconscious bias, microaggressions, institutionalized racism, and systemic injustices are so deeply ingrained, healing is an ongoing process. When conflict and division are everyday