What’s the best way to learn yoga? With animals! With Yoga Bear, the second in our yoga board book series, little ones are invited to move, breathe, and play along with jungle animal friends—all while discovering just how fun yoga can be. Writer and illustrator Sarah Jane Hinder presents a fun, easy-to-learn yoga flow for babies, toddlers, and other early readers. With Hinder’s colorful and expressive illustrations as a guide, join Bear and his friends—including Monkey, Tiger, Sloth, and Crocodile—on a romp through 10 authentic animal poses. Countless studies have shown that reading with children in their formative years plants the seeds of lifelong literacy, creativity, curiosity, and appreciation for language. And it's never too early to start fostering a love of exercise and a respect for one's body with movement practices like yoga. Complete with a flow guide for parents and teachers, Yoga Bear is sure to become a story-time favorite.

An introduction to various exercises in yoga that are compatible for young children to do.

We're going on a bear hunt. Through the long wavy grass, the thick oozy mud and the swirling, whirling snowstorm - will we find a bear today?

My name is Yoga Bear. I've been doing yoga since I was a little cub. I like to stay healthy by breathing, stretching and wiggling. I'd like to teach you too!

Travel to all seven continents and the oceans, too, with an energetic yoga sequence set to an irresistible original song. Sweet illustrations guide children into more than a dozen yoga poses, some mimicking a distinctive animal from each global region, others paired with modes of transportation to connect them all. Written by a children’s yoga expert, the playful story concludes with step-by-step instructions for each yoga pose and a world map with a fun fact about each animal. Includes audio and animation.

Yoga Animals introduces children to yoga and mindfulness through an engaging story and illustrated step-by-step yoga poses.

Flutter, wiggle, jiggle—it’s never too early to introduce children to the fun and healthy joys of yoga Flutter like a butterfly. Twist and turn like a grasshopper. Wiggle, jiggle, and giggle like a beetle. Kids love bugs—and what better way to get them excited about yoga than with the help of our multi-legged friends? This delightfully illustrated board book brings the fun and benefits of authentic yoga practice to infants and toddlers. Yoga Bug guides children through ten authentic yoga poses named after insects that unfold in an irresistibly whimsical flow of play, imagination, and movement. Kids will want to return to them again and again. Learning to love and accept our bodies, building lifelong attention, and self-soothing when distressed—when it comes to the benefits of yoga, you can’t get started too early. Now, with Yoga Bug, parents, teachers, and caregivers have a perfect way to help children do just that. Includes a parents’ guide to the source yoga poses and helpful tips.