I am very happy to announce that In the Garden of Our Minds and Other Buddhist Stories received a bronze medal in the 2013 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards in category 27: Religion/Spirituality.

Some information from the website: “The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary children’s books and their creators, and to support childhood literacy and life-long reading. The Awards recognize and reward the best of these books and bring them to the attention of parents, booksellers, librarians – and to children themselves.” This year there “are 165 medalists in all, chosen from over 1,200 total entries. The winners represent 35 U.S. States, five Canadian Provinces, and 7 countries overseas.”