Yoga Whale: Simple Poses for Little Ones

by Sarah Jane Hinder

Overview

Let's take a "deep dive" into yoga!

This delightful board book invites children ages 0–4 to join in a fun series of easy yoga poses. Whale, Jellyfish, Dolphin, Starfish, and six more friendly sea creatures show the way.

Yoga Whale, the third offering in our bestselling yoga board book series, keeps the healthy fun going. Includes complete yoga instructions for parents and caretakers.

Creature Highlights:

Whale
Bridge Pose
Peaceful water giant.
Blow, blow away!

Octopus
Happy Baby Pose
Waving tentacles in the sea.
Eight hellos to you and me.

Seahorse
Hero Pose
Bobbing up and down beneath the waves.
Spiral tail with spiny scales.

Puffer Fish
Full Belly Breath
Breathe in and feel your tummy grow.
Then breathe out, nice and slow.

Crab
Reverse Tabletop Pose
Creepy crawly in the sand.
Clickety-click, clickety-clack!

. . . and five other oceanic friends!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683640769
Publisher:	Sounds True, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/05/2019
Series:	Yoga Kids and Animal Friends Board Books , #3
Pages:	22
Sales rank:	260,673
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	1 - 4 Years

About the Author

Sarah Jane Hinder
Sarah Jane Hinder, illustrator, creates acrylic artwork for a variety of children’s books, including Good Morning Yoga, The Three Little Pigs, and The Elves and the Shoemaker. She lives in Manchester, England, with her husband and two chihuahuas. See sarahjanehinder.com.

Editorial Reviews

2019-03-03

Following the pattern set in Yoga Bug and Yoga Bear (2017, 2018), 10 toddlers model yoga poses whimsically named after sea creatures.

Their varied skin tones, hairstyles, and yoga clothes, which match the coloring of their animal partners, stand out against solid-color backgrounds. The brief text describes both animal behavior and the depicted child's actions. Appropriately, Hinder begins and ends with deep breathing and relaxation, starting with deep breathing that makes "your tummy grow," illustrated by a puffer fish, and finishing with a "sparkly stretch," illustrated by a smiling "Starfish." In between, her fanciful descriptions of yoga poses are not always useful. Young children unfamiliar with sea horses may be mystified by that metaphor. The poses emulating a dolphin and a crab are clear, but "Shark" (for boat or locust pose) or "Sea Urchin" for child pose are a stretch. A child in happy-baby pose waving four limbs is paired with an eight-legged octopus. The picture of a child in a wide-legged forward fold ("Jellyfish") does not indicate how to move into the position. Thankfully, the final spread includes a thumbnail picture of each child in their posture along with the common name of that pose and clear instructions in small print.

This whale of a metaphor requires adult assistance to really flow. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews