SuitabookWabi Sabi
Mark Reibstein
- Reading
- Read a haiku aloud, then give time to look closely at the collage. Invite your child to describe what they notice before offering your own interpretation.
- Themes
- Beauty in simplicity and imperfection: Wabi Sabi searches for the meaning of her name and encounters the idea of seeing beauty in simplicity, ordinary things and imperfection. The story presents this idea as a way of understanding and noticing the world.
- Worth knowing
- The story draws on a Japanese aesthetic idea. If cultural context matters to your family, you may want to explore what the book does and does not explain about it.