The Little Book of Joy, Dalai Lama
The Little Book of Joy, Dalai Lama
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The Little Book of Joy

Author: Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Random House

Narrator: Francois Chau, Peter Francis James

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/27/2022


Synopsis

Nobel Peace Prize winners His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu share their own childhood struggles to show young readers how they can thrive and find joy even during the most challenging times in this adaptation of the international bestseller The Book of Joy.

If you just focus on the thing that is making you sad, then the sadness is all you see. But if you look around, you will see that joy is everywhere.
 
In their only collaboration for children, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu use their childhood stories to show young people how to find joy even in hard times and why sharing joy with others makes it grow. The two spiritual masters tell a simple story of how every child has joy inside them, even when it sometimes hides, and how we can find it, keep it close, and grow it by sharing it with the world.
 
Sprung from the friendship, humor, and deep affection between these holy men, the book is a perfectly timed and important gift from two revered spiritual leaders to children. It is a reminder that joy is abundant—no matter what challenges we face—and has the power to transform the world around us even in the darkest of times.

About The Author

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan People and of Tibetan Buddhism. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and the US Congressional Gold Medal in 2007. The Dalai Lama has traveled the world to promote kindness and compassion, interfaith understanding, respect for the environment, and, above all, world peace. He lives in exile in Dharamsala, India.   Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Southern Africa, was a prominent leader in the crusade for justice and reconciliation in South Africa. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Archbishop Tutu was regarded as a leading moral voice and an icon of hope.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jasmine on November 07, 2022

Read for my toddler's bedtime a few too many times. It has a sweet message. This book introduces a little boy growing up in a small house and another little boy living in the big house by the mountain in the monastery. They're worlds apart, yet both feel lonely all the same. They're lonely also beca......more

Goodreads review by Nancy1978 on October 05, 2022

Simply beautiful.........more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on December 01, 2022

Two good friends, who both just happen to be Nobel prize winners, relate the story of finding each other as friends. United by the quest to spread peace and joy to their communities and to the world, their message is powerful. If you to look beyond the things that make you sad and find the joy that......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on December 31, 2022

This inspiring and encouraging picture book is a 3.5 for me. Written by two influential men who walk the path of peace, the book describes how very different were the circumstances of their formative years. And yet, there were similarities as both experienced loneliness and longed for a friend. Both......more

Goodreads review by Linda on January 04, 2023

Rafael López' illustrations of bright and colorful scenes showing diverse children all over the world, both sad and finding joy, beautifully show the words of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu in this brief book where those words give hope to young children when they are lonel......more


Quotes

"It’s hard to imagine anyone in the world more qualified to deliver such a message than these two...López expands the simply delivered proposal in fresh and lyrical ways." - Kirkus Reviews

"With unalloyed optimism, the pages earnestly lean into the creators’ comforting promise:'As it spreads from person to person, the world will fill with JOY.'" - Publishers Weekly  

"The pages glow...For children who find themselves in a puzzling and difficult world, this work can offer hope and guidance." - School Library Journal