My First Book of Zen

Simple Wisdom for Children

Tracy Gallup

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Tuttle
01 September 2025

Children's & Educational; Picture storybooks; Early learning: time & seasons; Poetry (Children's&YA); General fiction (Children's&YA)

Follow two children on a gentle journey as they receive notes and messages from their mother, discovering the beauty and wisdom of Zen along the way.

Change is in the air. Oak leaves are gently falling like hands waving. Hello trees. You will soon have a change of outfit, with lacy, delicate branches reaching for the sky.

My First Book of Zen is an invitation for young minds to explore the gentle teachings of Zen philosophy. Through a day in the life of two children, young readers encounter messages of presence, kindness, and connection to the world around them.

Each of the nine moments encourages curiosity and reflection, helping children develop an appreciation for nature's beauty and the peace found in still moments. Enchanting watercolour illustrations by award-winning artist Tracy Gallup paint the soft moods of Zen and capture a sense of inner calm. Each image is paired with a thoughtful message and a quote from an inspirational thinker

like the haiku master Issa, Zen philosophers D.T. Suzuki and Alan Watts, or the Dalai Lama

offering a quiet space for reflection.

A perfect book for bedtime and fostering moments of calm, My First Book of Zen sows the seeds of inner harmony, compassion, gratitude, and a lasting love for the natural world.

By: Tracy Gallup
Imprint: Tuttle
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 254mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9784805318980
ISBN 10: 4805318988
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 01 September 2025
Recommended Age: From 5 to 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Tracy Gallup is an author and lifelong artist. She holds a BFA from Eastern Michigan University and an MFA in painting from Syracuse University. Tracy worked as an elementary school art teacher for many years, celebrating imagination and childhood in her art. She is the author and illustrator of eleven children's books, including My First Book of Haiku Poems, which won the Northern Lights Book Award (2020), the Skipping Stones Honor Award (2019), and was chosen for the Notable Poetry Book and Verse Novel list (2020) by the National Council of Teachers of English. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband.