"Selling two favourite books to an unexpectedly erudite drug-cartel boss, a bookstore manager is forced to flee Mexico in the wake of her journalist husband’s tell-all profile and finds her family among thousands of migrants seeking hope in America."

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Maintaining as many normal routines for children is a good way to keep their stress levels at a minimum.

Reading before bed or at other times during the day is a super way to give children some quiet time. Cuddle with your baby or toddler, or let an older child curl up alone with a book. Take 10 mins to breath and be still!

Here are some books in our collection that specifically address the concept of mindfulness and slowing down to children.

While observing the busy world around them, two children and their grandfather take a moment to appreciate being quiet and still... Place Hold

Hughes treats silence—which can connote loneliness and solitude—as a source of solace and strength in this quiet story...