{"product_id":"boyogi-how-a-wounded-family-learned-to-heal-isbn-9781536213706","title":"Boyogi: How a Wounded Family Learned to Heal","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen his daddy comes home from the service struggling with PTSD, a young boy discovers that learning yoga together can be a source of healing. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEver since Daddy returned from overseas, he’s been different. At first, Butta Bean thinks it’s his fault—that maybe his daddy doesn’t love him anymore. But Mama explains that Daddy’s mind is hurt from things that happened while he was away. When Mama takes them all to yoga class at their local YMCA, Daddy doesn’t want to go at first, and Butta Bean thinks it looks weird. But as Daddy and Butta Bean get better at the yoga poses (Daddy says he’s a real \u003ci\u003eboyogi\u003c\/i\u003e), Butta Bean starts to see a change in Daddy. He seems more and more like his old self. In a picture book gently tuned to a child’s understanding, award-winning author David Barclay Moore and Caldecott Honor recipient Noa Denmon celebrate the transformative power of yoga, therapy, and abiding love for your family.Moore and Denmon shine a powerful spotlight on a difficult topic, treading carefully and offering understanding and hope for families of veterans and other traumatized adults. Depicting self-care, wellness, and healthy, supportive relationships in the context of a loving Black family facing a serious challenge, this story makes a transformative contribution to the world of picture books. Denmon’s muted palette, with contrasting yellow and blue tones, effectively denotes happy and gloomy emotions and times, strengthening readers’ comprehension of the characters’ evolution. . . . Necessary and memorable.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sensitive, accessible approach to trauma and the mind-body relationship.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDenmon’s digital illustrations juxtapose somber blues for difficult moments and golden tones for both the Black family’s warm memories and Daddy’s arc toward feeling “way better.” In conversational text that spotlights one family’s experience, Moore addresses an important but conceptual topic in a developmentally appropriate way.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis picture book addresses the difficult topic of how veterans can reconnect with their families after their service. . . . The message of self-care and supportive family relationships amid a serious family crisis will provide hope for other families with a beloved member altered by war.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Journal\u003cb\u003eDavid Barclay Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and filmmaker. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Stars Beneath Our Feet\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Author Award\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewinner, a \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Top Ten Children’s Book of the Year, and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Children’s Book of the Year. His picture book debut, \u003ci\u003eCarrimebac\u003c\/i\u003e, was illustrated by John Holyfield. Born and raised in Missouri, he has done work with Sony, Harlem Children’s Zone, and Quality Services for the Autism Community. David Barclay Moore is based in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoa Denmon \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning illustrator who has worked with the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand Google, among others. Her picture book debut, \u003ci\u003eA Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e by Zetta Elliott, won a Caldecott Honor in 2020. Noa Denmon lives in Pittsburgh.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299772158181,"sku":"NP9781536213706","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536213706.jpg?v=1767723000","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/boyogi-how-a-wounded-family-learned-to-heal-isbn-9781536213706","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}