Even the kids who come to the book because it has this giant panda tend to come back because there's some itch that's set off - in their minds or their hearts - to re-examine what's going on." "I think that children are completely capable of intuiting wisdom as readily as adults are," Muth says."They just don't have the verbal ability to put it into words. You write up." Muth wholeheartedly agrees. White once said, "You don't write down for children. In an interview with the Paris Review, essayist and children's writer E.B. "It's obvious that he would be a Zen teacher," Muth says of Stillwater. Most of them were inspired by Zen teachings. If you look past the panda in pants, however, Stillwater's parables are surprisingly sophisticated. Muth illustrates his books in vibrant watercolors, and his prose is sprinkled with witty asides (Stillwater speaks "with a slight panda accent"). Muth discusses his third panda picture book with NPR's Scott Simon. Stillwater imparts his latest teachings in Zen Ghosts, a story of magic and mystery on Halloween night. The first book in the series, Zen Shorts, received a Caldecott honor. The panda befriends three children and teaches them life lessons between sips of tea and slices of bamboo cake. Armed with a doodle and a big idea, Muth penned a series of picture books starring a wise panda named Stillwater.
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