Hado Bear's Secret (A Hado Bear Book) - Softcover

Caputo, Kathleen Quigley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 099889060X ISBN 13: 9780998890609

Publisher: Hado Bear, Inc., 2017

Synopsis

"What's wrong with me?" sighs Hado Bear – a seemingly ordinary stuffed toy polar bear – as he sits in the gift store window. "Why doesn't anyone take me home?" How many children feel the same way? Worried there's something wrong with them. Feeling they don't fit in because they look different, have different customs, speak differently, or simply don't know anyone. Join Hado Bear on his first adventure. Where he meets Janine, a little girl who's also afraid no one likes her. Hold your breath as Hado Bear shares his secret with Janine. Smile when Janine and Hado Bear both learn that we are all perfect just the way we are, and then share this message with other children.

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About the Author

Kathleen Quigley Caputo is an ordained interfaith minister who focuses on providing positive an life affirming resources to children of all cultures and backgrounds. Following a 30-year career as a business executive, she founded Source of Guidance, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children and families to have happy, healthy and fulfilling lives and to better respond to life's challenges. Kathleen received her Ministerial Credentials from Emerson Theological Institute. She is a Staff Minister at the Center for Spiritual Living Long Island, and has led more than 100 programs for children. Kathleen has also taught workshops on creativity and guided imagery for the New York City School System, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and City University of New York. HADO BEAR'S SECRET is the first in a series of books Kathleen is authoring to teach both children and parents that we are all perfect just the way we are. Though the character of Hado Bear, we learn that our thoughts, feelings, beliefs and words have the power to change our life energy (Hado) and transform life's challenges into positive experiences for ourselves and those around us.

Review

Hado Bear's Secret will reach kids ages 4 and older with a picture book story of a stuffed polar bear who lives in a gift shop and waits for somebody to buy him. Many kids pass him up for other kinds of toys, so Hado Bear is lonely and feels unwanted. Why isn't anybody buying him? Eventually someone does buy him, and he goes home with a new family; but when should he tell them his big secret? Gorgeous, colorful illustrations by Melanie Hall accompany a gentle tale that invites adults interested in read-alouds to choose this for young children. Such interaction assures that the more ethereal message in the story can be discussed and absorbed by this audience: "Aunt Donna, do you remember telling me about ‘Hado’ ?You said our lives are all made out of something that we cannot see. It is our life energy. Energy is always working inside of us, always in motion. That’s why our heart beats and why we can breathe and do all the things we do. The Japanese have a word for that invisible life energy, the word is Hado.” “That’s right, Janine,” Aunt Donna answered. “Just as a mirror reflects what we look like back to us, our thoughts and words are reflected back to our life energy,our Hado. Our good thoughts and words make our Hado strong and happy,attracting good things to us. Meanwhile, our negative thoughts and words can make us feel weak and sad.” One doesn't expect such a contemplative tone in a children's picture book; but that's one of the exceptional features of Hado Bear's Secret: an opportunity for adults to open a discourse on the power of positive thinking to an age group that usually doesn't receive such messages in a simple enough form to be understandable or compelling. Hado Bear's Secret isn't really about the bear's special ability - it's about his special, encouraging message which should be an intrinsic part of any youngster's growth, helped along by this book. It's a powerful, uplifting message indeed; backed by the force of a stuffed bear who is different, special, and who imparts a key message about love and acceptance to his new family. Hado Bear's story is highly recommended as a standout for children and parents who would choose a picture book for its message as much as its entertainment value and fine visual presentation. - MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

About this edition

• Publisher: Hado Bear, Inc.
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 099889060X
• ISBN 13: 9780998890609
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Hall Melanie