The Kids' Tarot: Illustrated Deck and Guidebook for Life's Big Questions

by Jason Gruhl, Kristina Kister (Illustrator)

Overview

“Here, the focus is to ‘explore anything’ in a refreshingly accessible and wholly original deck that will spark healthy contemplation, lively conversation, and beautifully atmospheric readings.”—Shelf Awareness for Readers

The Kids’ Tarot is a fun, interactive tool to help kids engage with some of life’s biggest questions—thoughtfully, creatively, and playfully.

This gorgeous deck helps kids explore and reveal who they are while helping them understand the world and those around them. By bringing attention to their thoughts (swords), emotions (cups), intentions (wands), and actions (coins), kids expand their self-awareness, confidence, and connection to others.

Written by author of the bestselling Fountain Tarot Deck and child psychologist Jason Gruhl, The Kids’ Tarot introduces kids to powerful characters like The Magician (imagination and will power), The Hermit (quiet observation and focus), and Strength (courage and determination)—giving them ways of naming the many different parts of themselves. Friends can ask each other questions by using the cards to spark rich conversations. Parents can use them for exploring new ways of thinking about something after a hard day at school. Or they are perfect for using on your own when looking for guidance.

This beautiful deck is a touchstone that begins to put kids in the driver’s seat of their own lives—uncovering hidden gifts, truths, and possibilities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423663980
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	02/27/2024
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	4.75(w) x 6.75(h) x 2.91(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jason Gruhl believes that all kids are smart, brave, kind, and creative, and he writes books to help them remember that. As an author and psychotherapist for children and adults, Jason is dedicated to making a difference in people’s lives and to helping them realize their power and potential. He is the author of the bestselling Fountain Tarot deck.

Kristina Kister is an illustrator from Essen, Germany. Her work includes books like Unicorns, Myths, and Monsters, The Book of Stolen Dreams, and All About Dragons.

Editorial Reviews

This outstanding 78-card tarot deck from Jason Gruhl (Just a Thought) and Kristina Kister (The Prince of Yorsha Doon) encourages kids to find answers within themselves. Gentled renditions of classic tarot center the everyday experience, like roasting a marshmallow (the Ace of Wands) and dreaming (Death), as well as magical moments of unbridled power and limitless adventurousness. Nature features prominently in sun-dappled, starlit, or fiery scenes of trepidation, uncertainty, anticipation, despondency, hope, change, or ebullience, with fantastical and real-world beings (a brown-skinned mermaid, a unicorn, bees, a hummingbird, an adorable dog).

The gorgeous full-color guidebook demystifies the tarot process with a handy suits chart; fun spread guides; suggested questions to ask; and, for each card, a full-page of heartening interpretations preceded by a pithy summary ("thoughts can be deceiving," "we are all inspiring," "it's ok to say no"). Journeys, friendships, love, and family topics receive guidance, as do complicated times, via nontraditional major arcana ("The Upside Down" instead of "The Hanged Man"; "Forgiveness" instead of "Judgment"). Here, the focus is to "explore anything" in a refreshingly accessible and wholly original deck that will spark healthy contemplation, lively conversation, and beautifully atmospheric readings.— Samantha Zaboski Shelf Awareness for Readers

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