Зайчето Скокливко не може да стои на едно място – все мърда, подскача и се върти. Даже когато дядо Дългоушко учи малките зайчета как да правят йога упражнения, Скокливко не се спира и за миг. Но когато се озовава сам в тъмната гора, упражненията на дядо му помагат... Зайчето Скокливко ще покаже на децата стъпка по стъпка как да правят лесни упражнения, за да са здрави, бодри и спокойни.
Тази книга ще е интересна и забавна за всяко дете, ще е в помощ и на родителите със свръхактивни деца.
Yo-Yo is a bouncy bunny. She can never sit still. Her grandpa tries to teach her some yoga poses to help her learn to be calm and still. But Yo-Yo gets distracted and races after a butterfly. She runs so far that she gets lost. Yo-Yo starts to panic, but then remembers the yoga poses and breathing exercises her grandpa taught her. It helps her to stay calm and find her way home.
I loved this sweet book! This is a great way to teach young children some easy yoga poses and teach them to manage their emotions and breathing. Plus it's just a fun story! I love the adorable illustrations and the cute bunny characters.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher/author in exchange for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts, and are not influenced by anyone.
I received this book from the publisher/Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.
I am so happy I got the chance to read this one because I just love yoga and I love bunnies~ It is a perfect combo!
Meet Yo-Yo, a very hyper and active bunny who really reminds me of myself! Throughout the book I was just seeing myself. Just in bunny form! I loved seeing Yo-Yo bounce around, loved seeing her get distracted by pretty butterflies (and girl, I understand that fully), and more! Plus, I loved that her family was trying to help her find some calm and peace and I loved that Yo-Yo at least tried. Though haha, you can guess how it went. Ohh, ticklish grass. Oh, something moves. XD
It was fun to see what was next. I had a laugh, though I also knew that things may just get a tad scarier. Because she is totally going for it! But, since this is a picture book, I knew things would be fine! And I was right! I was so happy for our cute little bunny, not just for finding her way out, but also seeing that yoga does work for her! Again, no spoilers, this is a children’s book and 99% of those have HEAs.
Sadly, whereas Yo-Yo worked out that yoga works for her and that she can find some peace and quiet, I know that it won’t work with my ADHD brain. Yes, Yoga is fun if it is about the moves and then especially when they are a tad harder to do, but meditation? I tried. I really did. It worked once, I fell asleep when we weren’t supposed to. XD But after that. Nothing. I got other mechanisms that work for me to find a bit more quiet. Like doing a lot of exercise (aka let my energy burn) for 10-20 minutes. Or just do multiple things at once to stop the flow of thoughts. XD
The art was really adorable and I just love the style. The colours are great, they really scream SPRING at me, which at time of writing (March 3rd) I could really use.
Loved LOVED that some yoga positions were added!
All in all, a fun book about a cute bunny finding some peace and quiet with meditation~
What a fantastic book. Emily Ann Davidson's story is fantastic and Deborah Allwright's art is really stunning.
We all love this book in our house and regularly read it at bedtime. The yoga exercises really help my son calm down and be ready for sleep. He even took it in to show his yoga loving teacher who ordered some copies for her yoga classes.
A really original story that is very much 'of its day', but also feels absolutely timeless.
Interactive book as it has the poses that the bunnies do in the back of the book, could cross link into PE. Also can help children who relate to the main character feel more heard with how they feel
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
YoYo is an exuberant young bunny who has trouble settling down. Even at bedtime, she has a lot of trouble not wiggling and giggling. Her Grandpa has a good idea; he will teach YoYo and other little bunnies how to do yoga. YoYo tries, but the grass tickles her bottom, she rolls around too much when doing bridge pose, and jumps around when trying to be a calm mountain. When the group is doing tree pose, YoYo spots a butterfly and is soon running off to chase it. She gets lost deep in the woods, and is scared and anxious. She tries some of the poses that Grandpa taught her, and breathes in and out. This calms her down, and she is able to remember her way home. After all of the exercise of getting home, she is able to join the other bunnies who are sitting and breathing. Even though she still has some trouble calming herself down, she now has new tools to regulate her behavior and to help her get to sleep at night. The end of the book gives directions for six traditional beginner yoga poses.
Young readers will understand YoYo's inability to sit still, and will probably want to act out her wiggles and giggles along with the yoga poses. I love that her grandfather is the one teaching her this discipline; it would have been all too easy to default to a woman instructor. I also really enjoyed seeing how YoYo used her new found skills in a situation when she was particularly anxious, and seeing how they were able to focus her and help her.
Allwright's illustrations are quite fun, and the woods and burrows where the bunnies sleep are delightful. When YoYo gets lost in the woods, the palette changes to a gray brown background of trees that is a big change.
This would be a great book to use while teaching yoga to young children, or for a mindfulness library story time. Other books on the topic include Carle's Calm with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Thompson's Deep Breaths, Nance's Puppy Mind, and my favorite, Gravel's quirky Puppy in My Head.
JOJO I JOGA, to fantastyczna książeczka, która w uroczy sposób pomoże i małym i dużym zapanować nad emocjami, uspokoić buzującą w żyłach energię i zrobić wdech i wydech. Bardzo podoba mi się ta pozycja, bo w niewymuszony, naturalny sposób uczy uważności nawet najbardziej opornych. Historia opowiada o JOJO i jej dwójce rodzeństwa, oraz ich dziadku, który próbuje zapanować nad gromadną. Sprawa z Koko i Toto jest prosta, bo króliczki słuchają rad starszego królika, ale Jojo jest nieznośna, a jej energiczność przeszkadza w lekcjach jogi. Malutka nie potrafi się skupić i cały czas ją coś rozprasza... aż z tej szybkości gubi się. Czy Jojo odnajdzie drogę do domu? I czy nauczy się panować nad emocjami? Cóż... aby poznać odpowiedź, trzeba przeczytać książkę. Emily Ann Davison odpowiada za tekst, który choć prosty, składający się z krótkich zdań, to bardzo celny i uroczy. Ogromnie podoba mi się przejrzystość tej opowieści, jej niewymuszony charakter, naturalny rozwój wypadków i walory edukacyjne. Tak właśnie powinno się pisać książeczki dla dzieci, które w założeniu mają mieć niewiele słów. Ilustracje Deborah Allwright z miejsca wywołują na twarzy uśmiech. Króliczki są kochane, słodziutkie, a Jojo idealnie niesforna. Piękne kolory, duże obrazy, figlarne minki i parę prostych pozycji jogi tworzą genialną kompozycję i zachęcają do ćwiczeń. Ta opowieść jest tym lepsza, że pokazuje jak się od siebie różnimy. Nie każdy potrafi od razu medytować, a rozproszenie, to rzecz powszechna i nie ma co się denerwować. Jednak pewne umiejętności i wiedza mogą się nam przydać i może nawet uratować skórę. JOJO I JOGA to pozycja śliczne wydana. Duży format, do kwadratu, elegancki papier, piękne kolory - to wszystko zachęca nie tylko do czytania, ale także do ćwiczeń. na końcu dostajemy także miły bonus w formie krótkich opisów pozycji, które występują w opowieści o JOJO. Polecam! Świetna do wspólnego czytania i śmiało wyginania ciała.
Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny is a gorgeous book about an excitable bunny named Yo-Yo who can't stay still but he soon learns that some of the yoga moves his grandpa tried to teach him might be useful after all.
This is a great book that I'm sure is relatable for many children, I've definitely seen some children like Yo-Yo! It's lovely how we get to see grandpa trying to help Yo-Yo whilst also allowing his excitable personality to show. It's nice to see the yoga moves being incorporated into the story so seamlessly as it kept the children's attention and focus on how the moves can help them calm down whilst also making them curious about trying them too.
The children loved seeing all of the bunnies in the illustrations and it is good that we could see each of the yoga moves so clearly. The natural outdoor setting in this book is so beautiful to look at and gives the book a calming feel which is perfect for the kind of book it is.
We loved this book, the children loved the story and getting to see Yo-Yo calm down his emotions and body and it was great for the children to learn some moves too so they can also experience the calm like Yo-Yo does.
As is the case for many youngsters, the aptly named Yo-Yo simply can't stay still or focus. Even when Grandpa is trying to teach his young bunnies various yoga poses and ways to breathe, she's giggling, and her mind is wandering. When a lovely yellow butterfly catches her eye, she forgets all about yoga class and follows it. Unfortunately, she becomes quite lost. But all that yoga, breathing, and mindfulness come in handy as she is able to calm down, review all the poses and connect them with where she's been so that she can rejoin her family. Realistically, the book points out that Yo-Yo hasn't changed her true nature. She's still "too jiggly, too wiggly, too giggly" (unpaged), but now she has some tools to tame some of those urges. The illustrations complement her journey quite well, and the backmatter includes six yoga poses or shapes, including frog, bridge, mountain, tree, easy pose, child's pose, that youngsters can practice to soothe their racing minds. If I could get down on the floor, I'd try these out for myself.
This is a "story about yoga, calm, and mindfulness" and I think it's important to teach these skills to children, as well as adults.
This rhyming, colorful picture book was such a fun read.
"Yo-Yo was a fidgety bunny. A bouncy bunny. A can't-sit-still-ever kind of bunny. She tried her best...but her legs were too jiggly. Her bottom too wiggly. And Yo-Yo was just too giggly."
If you can relate to Yo-Yo, and I know I do, then this is the book for you!
Grandpa bunny tries to teach the little bunnies, including Yo-Yo, yoga as a means of calming oneself. All of the little bunnies did yoga along with Grandpa, but not Yo-Yo. She found other, more interesting, things to do, which we all know can lead to trouble. When Yo-Yo runs into some difficulties, will she remember what Grandpa taught her?
This book even concludes with a yoga lesson, so all readers can participate with Grandpa and the bunnies.
Thank you to Nosy Crow for this gifted book. All opinions are my own.
This is such a cute, beautifully illustrated and magical little children's book, about a hyper little bunny who just can't sit still, being taught yoga, breathing and mindfulness by her awesome Grandpa. Will he be able to teach her how to be calm, focused and mindful?
My daughter and I loved this story, and my daughter really enjoyed doing all the yoga poses which were displayed using cute bunnies out in nature.
This is an amazing little book, which is so much fun, and it is such a treasure, with easy to read sections explaining each pose in a way that is easy for children to understand. Highly recommended for all the little yogis in your life!
Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
What a gorgeous book, both the text and the illustrations, for young (and older) readers! Yo-Yo is such a relatable character, especially for a fidget like myself. This is such a great book to help with anxiety too and giving readers the chance to follow some yoga moves and stay calm and relaxed. I love the rhythm and pace of the story and bounding through the pages with Yo-Yo. The Yoga shapes to try are perfect and even the less flexible readers, like myself, can give yoga a go and find some inner peace and settle down for a little bit of relaxation. I will definitely be recommending this book to others.
Yo-Yo is a fidgety, giggly, wiggly bunny, and when Grandpa tries to teach her how to calm her thoughts, she cannot focus. When she hops off to follow a butterfly, she loses her way home and has to try and keep calm. With the help of Grandpa’s yoga poses, she remembers how to get back. And when her mind is busy, she can now use yoga to calm herself.
The illustrations are wonderful and expressive, and this would be a great book to read with children and teach them mindfulness and simple yoga techniques when they need to take a pause from a busy day.
End pages also show how to do the yoga poses, featuring Yo-Yo.
Every Bunny Is A Yoga Bunny by @emily.a.davison @deborahallwright is a colorful, relatable, cute, fun, and energetic story! I absolutely love the bright illustrations and lively personality of the main character! This book features one can't sit still Bunny, her siblings, and her grandpa. I love that yoga isn't an instant love for the main character instead she learns the value of calming her mind and body in a time of need. This is such an important message for kids to understand....you don't have to love coping skills but it is important to know how and when to use them.
This is such a gorgeous story, Yo-Yo is so relatable and I loved how it deals with anxiety too and uses this to help teach the reader about yoga and how it can help them stay calm and relaxed, showing some moves. The Yoga it uses to show are great examples and so easy to try and replicate, so you can settle into your first bit of release
Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion
If you're 65 and over, this one might remind you more of the test for early dementia in which you are given three words and told that you will be asked to repeat them later. In this case, Yo-Yo learns 4 yoga poses
As an adult sort of like Yo-Yo, this book is going to be a hit with me and my students next school year! What a great way to enjoy a story while learning some basic yoga poses and the benefits of it, in a very relatable context.
Забавна, полезна и шарена. Зайчето Скокливко хич не може да стои на едно място. Затова дядо му решава да му покажа как да се успокои. Въпреки че не слуша и е разсеян, упражненията, които му показва влизат в полза, когато се изгубва в гората.
This is a type of book I think is important to have in an early elementary grade classroom. It will be really helpful in teaching kids how to calm down when they are stressed out or upset.
Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny is the beautifully illustrated story of Yo-Yo, a very fidgety bunny who can’t sit still and we love that way that Grandpa’s yoga class gives Yo-Yo and young readers a great introduction to easy yoga poses.
Emily Ann Davison’s easy to read text bounces along like Yo-Yo. I’ve always been a fan of Deborah Allwright’s illustrations and her bunnies in this story are absolutely fabulous – they have such wonderfully emotive expressions as they try to copy Grandpa’s yoga poses
The story would be fabulous to read to a group of children and lends itself beautifully to joining in - children can copy Grandpa’s poses as they listen to the story. Six easy yoga poses are introduced at the end of the book, all demonstrated by Yo-Yo..
What a fantastic little book! My hyperactive 3 year old instantly wanted to do bunny yoga and was breathing along with the yoga bunnies. I think I enjoyed it just as much as he did. Definitely recommend 100%!