Deborah Hopkinson

Who was the Buddha?

Once upon a time in ancient India, a prince was born. His name was Sid­dhartha, and one day he would inher­it a pow­er­ful king­dom. His father tried to pro­tect him from the suf­fer­ing and hard­ship beyond the palace walls, but just like chil­dren every­where, the prince longed to see the world.

Under the Bod­hi Tree is the sto­ry of a boy and his jour­ney for under­stand­ing that even­tu­al­ly led him to the path of peace. Told in lyri­cal lan­guage, this excel­lent intro­duc­tion to the sto­ry of the Bud­dha is beau­ti­ful­ly illus­trat­ed and per­fect for chil­dren who are curi­ous about the real peo­ple who made history.