Blue Wolf Reviews

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  • Our Family Dragon: A Lunar New Year Story

    Our Family Dragon: A Lunar New Year Story

    Our Family Dragon is a great way to explain Chinese New Year customs to children. Beautifully coloured, this picture book tells the of excitement and planning that the family experience and exactly what they do. The young boy who tells the story is filled with anticipation and delight as he prepares to welcome in the Dragon!

    As the reader turns the pages, we see that the family have hung red lanterns and decorations, to bring plenty into the house. They have cleaned the house and thrown out rubbish to get rid of bad luck. So much food is cooked, spring rolls, noodles, dumplings, rice, and vegetable dishes.

    All the family get together and sing songs and stay up to see the New Year in. There are fifteen days of celebrations, with new clothes. Red packets of money are given by the elders. The group go to Chinatown to see the colourful dragon that dances down the lanes.

    Every page is filled with joy and delight, which the illustrations reflect cleverly. All the customs and traditions are explained for young and old to appreciate. 2024 is the Year of the Dragon and this clever story will ensure that children understand the importance of this year for Chinese people.

  • Once I Was Loved

    Once I Was Loved

    Told through the eyes of a rather travel worn toy rabbit called Tock, found in the Charity box, Tock tells his story about all the people who once loved him, but have grown up and moved on with their lives.

    There was Sam, who named him Tock, and loved him through the years, sharing her sadness when her dad went to war, her happiness at birthdays; they did everything together until once day, Sam’s mum, who was a Nurse, took her to visit Flynn, who was very sick with polio.

    Sam felt Flynn needed Tock far more than she did, as when she gave him Tock, he smiled and began to get better. They shared adventures until Flynn was strong enough to go home. When the celebrations for Victory Day where being held Tock slipped from Flynn’s hands, flying off the balcony and down into the crowd.

    Over many, many years Tock found his way into so many small hands and new homes, each one crammed with new adventures until he found himself discarded, left in the Charity Box, sad, forlorn and homeless until………

    Once, I Was Loved is set gracefully set against the background of history spaning almost ninety years, from the beginning of the Second World War, to the lunar landing and then into the internet age of today, where toys are left on the shelf in pursuit of the instant pleasure of the internet.

    As the story evolves there are many discussion points to have with children such as what polio was, war, the first lunar landing, and the Rock and Roll craze, all important aspects of the years long gone.

    Charming and crammed full of love, Belinda Landsbury’s beguiling illustrations along with the gentle storyline have created a book to be treasured and one that will leave a happy little tear in the eye at the end of the story.

  • Cosmic Crystals Rituals and Meditations for Connecting With Lunar Energy

    Cosmic Crystals Rituals and Meditations for Connecting With Lunar Energy

    Cosmic Crystals is a beautifully presented book wrapped around the power of combining crystals and lunar energy for healing, creating sacred space and meditation, along with a host of other alternate healing modalities.

    Created by Ashley Leavy, a practitioner and trainer for crystal healing, she lovingly shares her knowledge gained over many years working within the healing modalities. Set in the northern hemisphere in so far and the Lunar cycles and connection to the seasonal and nature are concerned, it is a simple matter for those in the southern hemisphere to simply reverse the chapters as required.

    Lunar energy is an energy that is, when used correctly, a very powerful force, but in so many ways the rhythms of this amazing energy are still not comprehensively understood.

    Reaching out, Leavy not only presents a course in understanding lunar and crystal energies, she also offers a far better understanding how to utilise these forces for greater healing and alignment with universal energy.

    Each section is comprehensively laid out and beautifully illustrated with stunning photography, which sets the tone of the book throughout. A good, clear use of language allows beginners in the art of healing to understand the often-complex aspects of any form of energy healing, particularly when the combination of Luna and crystal energies are being combined. Both are powerful in their own perfection therefore should be well understood before attempting to harness both for the greater good.

    The huge amount of information contained within the pages is almost overwhelming when attempting to read the book cover to cover, therefor, and as discovered, chapter by chapter is the best way forward, as it will also enhance the learning and understanding presented.

    Ashely Leavy offers, at the commencement of the book a little of her personal journey, and a ‘how to’ guide. Chapter One commences the journey with a how, why, where and what of crystals and lunar energy, and also includes a little information on what is to follow.

    Cosmic Crystals is definitely a must have for any journeyman or woman interested in healing modalities and a must read, for anyone just beginning to investigate the power of healing, through meditation and universal energy.