The Little Lama of Tibet

A picture book with beautiful photos of the young monk and a few sentences on his life. The author is a former journalist for NY Newsday and The New York Times. The book's inside front and back covers are filled with the Tibetan alphabet and its sounds. Six year old Ling Rinpoche of Dharamsala India is shown at play, studying, eating, and greeting. In one picture, a young reader can read about how he wakes before dawn, in another, read about how he dresses in maroon and gold robes of cotton or wool. We learn what he eats for breakfast, what he studies, what toys he plays with. He meets well wishers, and we see him traveling to Bodh Gaya. The book closes with a map drawing of India, Tibet, and their neighbors.