Master storyteller Dharmachari Nagaraja offers 18 beautifully illustrated bedtime stories, inspired by the Buddhist folk tradition, for parents to read to their children. Nagaraja weaves a thrilling narrative spell while conveying basic life lessons that will nurture children, calm their anxieties, and help them find peace and confidence. The tales explore themes from the Eightfold Path--Buddhism's practical route to a happy life--while gently teaching kids to speak kindly and truthfully, behave with compassion, and think selflessly..

Buddha's Apprentice at Bedtime, Dharmachari Nagaraja, Paperback, 2008, 127 Pages, $18.95

Dharmachari Nagaraja is a regular guest presenter on BBC Radio2, where he first used traditional Buddhist tales to communicate the Buddha's teachings to a UK audience of 7.7 million people. He has been a practicing Buddhist since 1988, was ordained into the Western Buddhist Order in 1993, and went on to teach at and manage the Covent Garden Meditation Centre, London. He has recently returned to his native Scotland, where he is now involved with the Glasgow Buddhist Centre and works as a psychotherapist. Buddha t Bedtime is his first book.