FAQs
1) What age range is this book intended for?
The target audience for the fun read-aloud elements of “Llamas and Niyamas” is children ages 4-8. But the subtitle is “Yoga Fables for Young and Old” because the collection makes an engaging reminder of the importance of niyama practice for readers of any age, such as yoga parents, grandparents, older siblings, and teachers. We won’t tell anyone if you’re using a children’s book to guide your personal improvements.
2) What if I back this book and my kid still refuses to pick up their toys?
Ah, the "santoṣa " (contentment) challenge! Read the second chapter of our book and reflect. While our book shows the value of a tidy space, our years of yoga practice has not achieved magical abilities that can induce a child to put toys back into their bins. We’re working on a game for that! We keep hoping that with a few more years of yoga practice, we'll be able to levitate the toys into the bins.
3) What if I have trouble making the llama sounds when I read the stories aloud?
Do the best you can. Most children won't care. You can challenge them to make the llama sounds themselves. However, if you are stickler, real llama vocalizations are readily available through an internet search. One of our stretch goals is to provide links to some animals vocalizations on our social media sites. So buy more books!
4) Are the stickers edible?
Hmm, that was completely off our radar when designing them. Most adults aren't interested in eating a raccoon or a spider sticker, but we don't judge. Some kids are curious about what everything tastes like, and truly not everything tastes like chicken. While the designs may be a feast for the eyes, the stickers are strictly "low-carb/non-food." Please keep them on water bottles, notebooks, desks, walls, toilet seats, or your most expensive furniture, and off the dinner menu. If you or your child chose to eat them, call poison control just in case (800-222-1222).
5) How do I remove the stickers from my expensive furniture.
We should have anticipated this question after our last answer. We decline responsibility for the results of sticker removal. Our favorite AI-empowered search engine advocates using a hair dryer on a low setting and offers a variety of options for removing the residue. (I note that my ancient laptop still has the Velma stickers that my daughter placed on it.)
6) How will I get the ebook and what platform will it be on?
Ebooks are downloadable through our BookFunnel App. At a minimum, we intend to provide an EPUB format.
7) Why don't the animals in my neighborhood talk or do asana?
They do! Listen and watch them. Sometimes you just have to catch them before their morning espresso. Certainly, their language is different, and their anatomical differences require different rules of alignment for postures. Get outside and show them how humans move! Often, neighborhood animals are practicing "stealth yoga." It’s an advanced meditation technique, which looks a lot like staring blankly at you until you fill the bird feeder.
8) Will the books be printed in the U.S.?
Print-on-demand fulfillment to U.S. addresses would be printed and bound in the U.S. For books ordered to be sent to International addresses, the print-on-demand printing and binding location will likely be outside the U.S.
9) Will non-English versions of these books be available?
Initially, the books will be printed only in English. The author is working on his French language skills, but waiting for him to be sufficiently adept to create an understandable French translation may take longer than his lifespan. So, following publication, we will be presenting our title(s) to foreign publishers to measure interest.
10) Will the illustrator receive royalties?
Beyond the advances, royalties are expressly provided for in our contract. So, buy enough books, and she will earn out her royalties and more!
11) My dog already does "downward dog" perfectly. Can he skip the book?
Your dog is clearly a prodigy, but even masters need a refresher. Just make sure he doesn’t eat it. Plus, the book focuses on the niyamas (not on the asanas), and we suspect that your dog could work on his "śauca" after he rolls in the grass (or something else)!
FAQs
1) What age range is this book intended for?
The target audience for the fun read-aloud elements of “Llamas and Niyamas” is children ages 4-8. But the subtitle is “Yoga Fables for Young and Old” because the collection makes an engaging reminder of the importance of niyama practice for readers of any age, such as yoga parents, grandparents, older siblings, and teachers. We won’t tell anyone if you’re using a children’s book to guide your personal improvements.
2) What if I back this book and my kid still refuses to pick up their toys?
Ah, the "santoṣa " (contentment) challenge! Read the second chapter of our book and reflect. While our book shows the value of a tidy space, our years of yoga practice has not achieved magical abilities that can induce a child to put toys back into their bins. We’re working on a game for that! We keep hoping that with a few more years of yoga practice, we'll be able to levitate the toys into the bins.
3) What if I have trouble making the llama sounds when I read the stories aloud?
Do the best you can. Most children won't care. You can challenge them to make the llama sounds themselves. However, if you are stickler, real llama vocalizations are readily available through an internet search. One of our stretch goals is to provide links to some animals vocalizations on our social media sites. So buy more books!
4) Are the stickers edible?
Hmm, that was completely off our radar when designing them. Most adults aren't interested in eating a raccoon or a spider sticker, but we don't judge. Some kids are curious about what everything tastes like, and truly not everything tastes like chicken. While the designs may be a feast for the eyes, the stickers are strictly "low-carb/non-food." Please keep them on water bottles, notebooks, desks, walls, toilet seats, or your most expensive furniture, and off the dinner menu. If you or your child chose to eat them, call poison control just in case (800-222-1222).
5) How do I remove the stickers from my expensive furniture.
We should have anticipated this question after our last answer. We decline responsibility for the results of sticker removal. Our favorite AI-empowered search engine advocates using a hair dryer on a low setting and offers a variety of options for removing the residue. (I note that my ancient laptop still has the Velma stickers that my daughter placed on it.)
6) How will I get the ebook and what platform will it be on?
Ebooks will be delivered through our BookFunnel app and will be provided at least in an EPUB format.
7) Why don't the animals in my neighborhood talk or do asana?
They do! Listen and watch them. Sometimes you just have to catch them before their morning espresso. Certainly, their language is different, and their anatomical differences require different rules of alignment for postures. Get outside and show them how humans move! Often, neighborhood animals are practicing "stealth yoga." It’s an advanced meditation technique, which looks a lot like staring blankly at you until you fill the bird feeder.
8) Will the illustrator receive royalties?
Beyond the advances, royalties are expressly provided for in our contract. So, buy enough books, and she will earn out her royalties and more!
9) My dog already does "downward dog" perfectly. Can he skip the book?
Your dog is clearly a prodigy, but even masters need a refresher. Just make sure he doesn’t eat it. Plus, the book focuses on the niyamas (not on the asanas), and we suspect that your dog could work on his "śauca" after he rolls in the grass (or something else)!
