Children's Spiritual Books

 

 

Be A Frog, A Bird, or A Tree
Rachel Carr
Doubleday and Co. (1973)

The book introduces Yoga exercises for children of all ages by illustrating classic Yoga postures through imitating frogs, birds, trees, camels and other creatures of the natural world.

The Melon King
Francisco Aliseda
Alif Publishing (1998)

Based on an ancient Sufi fable, this enchanting and humorous book chronicles the amazing story of how a melon became the King of a faraway land.

The Magic Horse
Idries Shah
Hoopoe Books (1998)

This wonderfully illustrated book is drawn from the Sufi tradition and recounts how a wooden horse is the vehicle for magical adventures leading to the fulfillment of the wishes of a young prince.

The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water
Idries Shah
Hoopoe Books (1998)

The story of Share the Lion King and his jungle friends is both entertaining and a tool to teach children how to overcome irrational fears.

The Farmer's Wife
Idries Shah
Hoopoe Books (1998)

This story is drawn from the rich body of Eastern literature and tells the tale of a farmer's wife and how she retrieves an apple from a hole in the ground.

 

Neem The Half Boy
Idries Shah
Hoopoe Books (1998)

The story of Neem, the half-boy, who becomes whole has been told to children all over the Middle East for more than a thousand years.

The Boy Without a Name
Idries Shah
Hoopoe Books (2000)

In this insightful story, a young boy seeks and eventually finds his own name and is able to discard an old dream for a new and wonderful one.

The Silly Chicken
Idries Shah
Hoopoe Books (2000)

This delightful tale of a chicken who learns to speak alerts children in an amusing way to the dangers of being too gullible.

The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal
Idries Shah
Hoopoe Books (2000)

When a boy visits another village he finds the townspeople terrified of a melon which they mistake as a dangerous animal.

The Man with Bad Manners
Idries Shah
Hoopoe Books (2003)

Based on a folktale from Afghanistan, the story relates how a clever boy and other villagers devise a plan to improve the manners of one of their neighbours.

The Old Woman and the Eagle
Idries Shah
Hoopoe Books (2003)

This Sufi teaching tale from Afghanistan tells the story of an old woman who insists that an eagle must really be a pigeon.