false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186079777m/1628435.jpg 1628435 1 <div><div>Young Takeboki needs a job and the monks in the temple need a flower keeper &#8211; so Takeboki sets to work, sweeping up flowers and leaves and creating swirling miniature worlds of his own in the temple garden. As the years go by, others ask him: Don&#8217;t you want a better job? But as the seasons shift, each as beautiful as the last, Takeboki knows the pleasures of nature and of humbly doing a job well. He is happy.<br> <br>Luminous collage illustrations created from delicate Japanese papers by a Caldecott Honor artist bring to life this thought-provoking tale that, with its Zen Buddhist sensibility, has much to say about work, wisdom, and the joy of being true to oneself.</div></div> 1622521 20 3 2007 Sky Sweeper total:9|5:3|4:3|3:2|1:1| 9 34 9 3 4 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 10:53:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 10:57:13 -0700 2009
The sweeper considers other paths in life, but he always remembers that a sweeper is...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 11:36:36 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 11:38:16 -0700 2007 Zen Shorts, although this isn't quite as compact and sharp. Quiet and lovely, not the sort of thing you see a lot of in picture books. ]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 07:36:47 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 07:37:09 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 05:15:16 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 05:15:16 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sun Mar 01 14:27:28 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 14:28:07 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Dec 07 18:41:38 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 18:41:38 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Wed Aug 15 10:32:03 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 10:32:03 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 11:39:27 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 11:39:45 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Aug 05 21:09:41 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 21:09:41 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1628435