Malaika and The Angel
Meet Malaika. Slightly shy. Sometimes mischievous. Always inquisitive and ever-open to the splendors of the spiritual world. Now meet her Guardian Angel, Rafiki, who reveals that angels can be anything and anywhere. Today Rafiki is a zebra, but tomorrow who knows where the spirit will land - because Rafiki likes to change outfits almost as much as Malaika does. Malaika and the Angel, takes readers on all-embracing adventures into an environment in which spiritual and material spaces overlap. Within each quest is a universal life lesson.
Malaika and the Angel - Intuition
Malaika meets Rafiki, her guardian angel. She is introduced to the role of her special spiritual friend but also learns how to attune to her feelings, develop and trust her intuition.
CONVERSATION STARTERS
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL: Inner Peace, Unconditional Love and Oneness
SPIRITUAL: Guardian Angels, how to connect to your Intuition
Age: 3 to 8 * Print ISBN: 978-0-620-77711-7 * Ebook ISBN: 978-2-491573-11-9 * Size: 7.11" x 7.11" (180mm x 180mm) * Binding: Paperback Perfect Bound * Page Count: 56
Malaika and the Angel - Being
Malaika learns about the natural law of actions and reactions and compassion. She meets the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. With Michael, she reflects on anger and gossiping. Gabriel teaches her that what matters most is "being" versus "doing" and Raphael shares some precious earth treasures for her wellbeing.
CONVERSATION STARTERS
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL: Death, Compassion, Race (we are all one human race) & Diversity, the hurtful nature of gossiping, the distorted value on celebrity
SPIRITUAL: Guardian Angels, the concept of “Heaven”, the Power of Thoughts, the natural Law of Action and Reaction, Introspection
Age: 3 to 8 * Print ISBN: 978-0-620-77712-4 * Ebook ISBN: 978-2-491573-12-6 * Size: 7.11" x 7.11" (180mm x 180mm) * Binding: Paperback Perfect Bound * Page Count: 60
Malaika and the Angel - Harmony
Alongside her spiritual best friend Rafiki, Malaika meets a new team of angels in charge of the harmony of the world. She questions why there are wars and reflects on the story of her friend Amani, a refugee who lost most of her family in a terrible conflict. The angels share with her wisdom on peace, the power of collaboration, civic courtesy, embracing religious diversity and much more. The angel Sala guides her into the Prayer of the Heart.
CONVERSATION STARTERS
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL: the root of all conflicts and the importance of peace, compassion, respect for religious diversity Prayer of the Heart
SPIRITUAL: Guardian Angels, Prayer of the Heart
Age: 3 to 8 * Print ISBN: 978-2-491573-13-3 * Ebook ISBN: 978-2-491573-14-0 * Size: 7.11" x 7.11" (180mm x 180mm) * Binding: Paperback Perfect Bound * Page Count:
“Swaady Martin’s innovative and inspirational children’s book series, Malaika and the Angel, takes readers on all-embracing adventures into an environment in which spiritual and material spaces overlap. Within each quest is a universal life lesson. The first book offers insight into intuition while the second takes our heroine into an exploration of being. Both see Malaika take an ethereal inner journey full of mystery, wonder and excitement.”
Malaika and the Angel - Upcoming books:
Malaika and the Angel - Oneness
Malaika and the Angel - Love
The magical watercolor illustrations of Malaika and the Angel were lovingly created by Maria Baumann (South Africa)
“When Swaady and I started talking about this book, I worried about being the wrong person to bring it to life, belonging to no organised religion. Swaady emphasized that the stories were not specifically for the religious. I have been working on these drawings while addressing a long standing problem with pelvic pain. It is very significant that Malaika has been by my side during this process. Malaika has come to mean finding a complex and magical system of self-love from within oneself to me. ”
Maria is an illustrator living and working in central Johannesburg, South Africa. Her mother taught her to draw very young. She has always been an introvert and preferred the fantastical to the real. Maria completed her Masters in Fine Arts at the University of Stellenbosch. Since then she has been in the incredibly lucky position to focus entirely on her passion.
“Maria Baumann’s exquisite watercolour illustrations support and enhance the text’s dreamlike quality. Booklovers are left longing for more and wondering - is Rafiki real or are we travelling through the land where the best guardian angels are to be found? Deep within ourselves…”
