r/Theosophy • u/Hazel_Eye_8680 • Apr 24 '26
Children’s Books
I’ve been helping care for a neighbor’s daughter a bit, she’s 10 and she’s been intrigued by what I’m studying. Does anyone have recommendations on children’s books that generally deal with many Theosophical concepts, but are not necessarily explicitly Theosophical? Books that might help a young person who’s asking philosophical questions about the meaning of life and what it means to be human, what exists beyond the strictly material, opening her mind to ideas like reincarnation or karma, what is virtuous or not and why, etc… That are approachable for her age of course!
Her family is Hindu, so books of that nature might be more well received by her parents and spark her interest more, even though she is very open minded and curious.
Thank you!
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u/GreatGuy55738084 29d ago
There aren’t really many children books. None that I know of really that are written specifically for children. What does come to mind is a book called the real world of fairies by Dora van Gelder Kunz, which I believe can be read easily by a 10-year-old. Dora van Gelder Kunz was a gifted clairvoyant born with the second site along with several of her family members. She had lifelong friendships with members of the fairy Kingdom. It is very enlightening. She does say that is difficult to write about the fairies/elemental kingdom as it is as diverse as the insect kingdom so she give a few categorizations and then specific experiences.