You Are a Lion! - by Taeeun Yoo (Board Book)

About the Book

With simple instructions and bright, clear illustrations, "New York Times" Best Illustrator Yoo invites children to enjoy yoga by assuming playful animal poses and encourages them to pretend to be the animal in this gentle introduction to yoga. Full color.

Book Synopsis

With simple instructions and bright, clear illustrations, award-winning artist Taeeun Yoo invites children to enjoy yoga by assuming playful animal poses. And she sparks their imagination further by encouraging them to pretend to be the animal - to flutter like a butterfly, hiss like a snake, roar like a lion and more. Yoga is great for kids because it promotes flexibility and focus - and it's relaxing good fun! The charming pictures of children and animals and the lyrical text make this gentle introduction to yoga a book to be treasured.

Review Quotes

"Yoo gracefully merges the spirit of yoga with children's intuitive sense of play." -- Publishers Weekly

"A pleasingly uncomplicated introduction to yoga that can also simply be read as an invitation to play. A celebration of the ways that even young children can experience the wide world through their bodies as well as their minds." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Extremely basic and appropriate for young children; the illustrations will encourage participation and some rambunctiousness. . . . Could be used to corral the energy of a rowdy group or an individual child. . . . A good choice for introducing yoga." -- School Library Journal

"Inviting demonstration of seven safe, relatively easy poses." -- Booklist

About the Author

Taeeun Yoo (www.taeeunyoo.com) received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts. She has illustrated several picture books, including Only a Witch Can Fly (by Alison McGhee) - a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year. She lives in Seoul, Republic of Korea.