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Buddy's Candle

by Dr. Bernie S. Siegel; Illustrated by Mari Gayatri Stein

34 pages; Saddle stitched; catalogue #07-1199; ISBN 1-4251-3227-8; US$18.00, C$18.00, EUR12.30, £9.29

Buddy's Candle is a touching and heartwarming story. In its gentle way, it helps us to deal with grief and teaches us how to live life fully and accept loss and death with an open heart.

About the Book

In Dr. Bernie Siegel's new book, Buddy's Candle, a father shares a meaningful story from his childhood with his nine year old son. In a gentle way, the father describes how a loving dog named Buddy not only helped him to heal when facing a serious illness, but also changed his life in miraculous ways. Buddy's Candle is a touching and heartwarming story. In its gentle way, it helps us to deal with grief and teaches us how to live life fully and accept loss and death with an open heart. The original and charming illustrations by Mari Gayatri Stein take us on a joy filled adventure. These full spectrum color drawings add humor, and a heartfelt exuberance.

As a surgeon who has worked with people with life threatening illnesses for many years, Dr. Bernie Siegel shares in this story his belief that there is a light in each of us by God's/Dog's design. And, that we are all a part of the candle parade of light. As long as we remember to love, our candles will glow with life as will Buddy's candle across the Rainbow Bridge. This is a story both children and adults will find healing, uplifting, and inspiring.

About the Author and Illustrator

BERNIE S. SIEGEL: Dr. Siegel, who prefers Bernie, was born in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Colgate and Cornell University and his surgical training took place at Yale New Haven Hospital, and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is a former president of the American Holistic Medicine Association.

For many, Bernie needs no introduction as he has already touched many lives. In the late seventies he began talking about patient empowerment and the choice to live fully and die in peace. As a physician, who has cared for and counseled innumerable people whose mortality has been threatened by an illness, Bernie embraces a philosophy of living and dying that stands at the forefront of the medical ethics and spiritual issues.

His first book, Love, Medicine Miracles was published in 1986. Many books followed including, 365 Prescriptions for the Soul, the debut of Bernie's first children's book, Smudge Bunny followed by his latest book for parents entitled Love, Magic Mudpies - Raising Your Kids to Feel Loved, Be Kind, and Make a Difference.

Bernie, and his wife Bobbie, live in a suburb of New Haven, Connecticut. They have five children and eight grandchildren. Bernie and Bobbie have co-authored their children, books, and articles. Their home, with its many children, pets and interests, often resembles a cross between a family art gallery, museum, zoo, and automobile repair shop. Bernie continues to pursue the breaking of new ground in the field of healing and personal growth, and to live and spread the message of kindness and love. berniesiegelmd.com

MARI GAYATRI STEIN - Mari's whimsical and insightful words and drawings have been published in numerous collaborative book efforts, magazines, newspapers and journals. Seven of her highly acclaimed books were both written and illustrated by Mari. Her recent books, Unleashing Your Inner Dog: Your Best Friend's Guide to Life and The Buddha Smiles are stories about love, spirit and heart, doused with humor, irony and hope.

Sylvia Boorstein said, "…Mari's drawings are full of her great wit, charm and whimsy. I think of William Steig each time I see and appreciate her skill." Clarissa Pinkola Estés describes her artwork as, "Witty and charming, artful little gems," adding, "Mari has universal insight into what people find funny."

Her book contributions include: The First New Moon Book (New World Library);The Educated Heart (Lippincott); Ready for Romance (New World Library);The Buddha Laughing (Bell Tower Press); Insight Meditation: An In-Depth Course Workbook (Sounds True) and more. Nolo Press has featured her artwork in over 30 books, notably throughout the four printings of 29 Reasons Not To Go To Law School. She has contributed articles and illustrations to such diverse publications as: Inquiring Mind; Tea Magazine; Massage and Bodywork Magazine; The Mail Tribune; The Healing Garden Journal and The Jefferson Public Monthly, to name a few.

Mari lives with her husband and their two canine companions on a bamboo sanctuary. She teaches yoga and meditation, has a new line of whimsical greeting cards and is goofy-in-love when it comes to animals of all kinds.