Thanks to Princeton Architectural Press and NetGalley for a free copy of this book in return for my honest review. This is a book about meditation and inner peace. Miyuki wants to learn to meditate as her grandfather does and so throughout the day she follows him while he walks through the garden, sits by the stream and other daily routines. By the end of the day she has learned a fine lesson on meditation and appreciation of life and nature. A very good book for us to read with our children who are so caught up in rushing everywhere and not appreciating, concentrating and understanding life and the things around us. In this electronic age meditation is a lost art and this wonderful book helps all of us learn to meditate, appreciate and understand the world around us. Peace!

Three stars for this – it's a book that feels more like a vignette for the adult than a story a youngster will engage in for long. Miyuki is a boundless ball of energy, and constantly interrupting her grandfather's tai chi and laidback attitude to life. (Or, conversely, Miyuki is an active girl frustrated by the old man's idleness and unwillingness to answer a single simple question.) In sharing his inactive ways with her for the day we see the pleasure in mindfulness and meditation, even if it never actually convinced me either way. It certainly looks attractive – a delicate touch with lots of Asiatic patterning and nature. But I can't see it as containing that successful a lesson, nor as being a book turned to often.

Thanks to Netgalley and publisher for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange for a honest review.

This is a story which teaches us about real meditation.

Meditation is not just about closing eyes and focusing on our thoughts but admiring things with open eyes

Thank You, Miyuki is a short but delightful story about meditation, inner peace, and appreciating the natural beauty all around us. The artwork is just absolutely beautiful and the actual story itself is constructed in a slightly different and unique structure, but lovely, nonetheless. A short but adorable book that is just a pleasure to read!