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Stillwater (great name for a Zen panda!) is back as the children prepare for Halloween. Stillwater tells then a ghost story which is really a koan (Zen story designed to get you to think). I loved the koan/ghost story about duality, which ended with an unexpected twist. I think I'd have liked the whole book better without the Stillwater framework, though. Jon Muth's note at the end of the book explaining the history of this story and what koans are and how they are used was interesting. His expl
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It's Halloween and Addy, Michael and Karl are getting their costumes ready for trick or treating. Their friend, Stillwater, shows up and tells them that after trick or treating if they wait by the stone wall he will take them to a storyteller.
Once trick or treating is over, the three friends wait. Then Stillwater comes and takes them to the storyteller, who will tell them a very ghostly story full of wonder.
I wasn't sure what to expect with Zen Ghosts. I knew that it looked interesting and I th ...more
Once trick or treating is over, the three friends wait. Then Stillwater comes and takes them to the storyteller, who will tell them a very ghostly story full of wonder.
I wasn't sure what to expect with Zen Ghosts. I knew that it looked interesting and I th ...more
