Tisha and the Blossom
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By Wendy Meddour, and and, Daniel Egneus
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We all have busy lives and little Tisha and her family are no exception. With life always moving at such a pace, Tisha must ‘hurry up’ to get ready for school on time, ‘hurry up’ to finish her drawings before break time, and ‘hurry up’ to tidy up before she goes home. But hurrying up all the time can be exhausting. Thankfully, Tisha’s Mummy knows a special game to help them all slow down when everything becomes too much . . .
A beautiful story about allowing more mindfulness and stillness into children’s lives.
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A gentle reminder to slow down in rushing and hectic world. I particularly liked how this book started and ended with a Blossom tree too.
I found the character Tisha completely relatable; she wants to look at the blossom, insects, sounds… but she’s always being told to hurry up.
The beautiful watercolour and collage illustrations help to bring to life the message that she and her parents need to learn to slow down and enjoy the moment, and the little things in life.
It reminds me of the Japanese custom of Hinami which encourages us to take time to enjoy the briefness and fragility of the nature around us.
Another beautiful book from Wendy Meddour, with great illustrations by Daniel Egneus. The story of Tisha and the adults around her, with their familiar daily hurry, reminds us of the enormous value of slowing down. We see that the constant exhortation to 'Hurry up!' means missing out on the falling blossom, or listening closely to the sounds around us, or finding pleasure in taking the time to read or draw. It is only when Tisha finally shows how upset she is that her mum takes the time to really listen to her, and we see how much Tisha's whole family gains from their slowing down and taking the time to 'crunch the cucumbers.'
Such a beautifully illustrated gentle book, as much for parents as little readers. This story urges the reader to live in the moment, to notice the small but wonderful world that surrounds us all - no matter how busy and frenetic our lives are.
Again, adding this after having it read to us by Teresa Cremin at the OU RfP conference this October. Such an important message about quiet mindfulness which resonates with readers of any age. Simply beautiful.
It was good to slow down sometimes and blossom is pretty
Tisha was a little girl who has a very busy day. Everyone was telling her to hurry up all day . At the end of the day when Tisha was having nice picnic under lovely blossom tree she said to her mummy please can we slow down now . All she wanted was to play in the blossom.
I recomend the book.
I was really good and my favourite character was Tisha. She was my favourite because she was really nice.
