Blue Moon Aurora

06/27/2014

A new review!

“In the Garden of our Minds and Other Buddhist Stories is a collection of children's stories that bring traditional Buddhist teachings into the context of modern life through the lens of a western Buddhist family of four...This book is a simple but entertaining way to teach children about the Dharma in a home or classroom setting. Colorful illustrations by Brian Chen show an interesting mix of scenes of modern family life as well as from the time of the Buddha. Even though the book is designed for children, adults will find it an enjoyable way to learn about the Buddha’s teachings.” – Review by Sandra Diaz, published in the Summer 2014 issue of The Mindfulness Bell

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This illustrated book of children's stories presents the wisdom of Mahayana Buddhism through the accessible and entertaining lens of a modern Buddhist family with two rambunctious elementary school...

06/27/2014

Our website www.bluemoonaurora.com has been completely redesigned to showcase all of our books in print. Bonus material includes behind-the-scenes information on the West Pacific Supers universe, articles on duet roleplaying, and some of the gorgeous artwork created by our freelance artists. Check it out!

06/10/2014

Summer reading sale! the truth about Hannah Rose now available for Amazon Kindle for only 99 cents!

Ally Eisenberg is approaching forty, recently divorced, and disconnected from her Jewish heritage. She turns to adoption from Russia to fulfill her lifelong dream of mothering. Soon she has accepted the referral of a little girl she's always known she’d call Hannah Rose. Ally successfully ...

02/05/2014

Duet roleplaying (one GM and one player) is something Kirk writes and talks a lot about so we're always on the looking out for duet products. Here's a new KS that's looks like a solid product for old-school sword & sorcery duet play.

Old-school sword & sorcery heroics for a single player and GM.

02/03/2014

Happy Lunar New Year! Whether you celebrate the Tibetan New Year (Losar), the Vietnamese New Year (Tet), or the Chinese New Year, have a happy Year of the Wood Horse. A great gift idea for Lunar New Year is a copy of the illustrated paperback book In the Garden of our Minds and other Buddhist stories. Order today at Amazon.com!

This illustrated book of children's stories presents the wisdom of Mahayana Buddhism through the accessible and entertaining lens of a modern Buddhist family with two rambunctious elementary school-aged children. Five of the chapters retell traditional stories of the life of the Buddha in a way t...

01/31/2014

A great blog by M on the Buddhist concept of renunciation. It's her ability to honestly tackle tricky issues in Buddhism that I think make In the Garden of Our Minds such an effective Buddhist children's book.

My catalyst in this life to becoming a Buddhist occurred when I was a teenager visiting Asia with my parents. In Nepal, we encountered Tibetans in exile, who radiated the most amazing peace and joy...

01/02/2014

Sharing a link for an Kickstarter for an anthology based on a setting developed for roleplaying purposes.

7 tales blending magic, mystery, advanced technology, superheroes and horror, set within the vast, Blended-Genre RPG Cosmoverse.

12/02/2013

Blue Moon Aurora has dropped the price of Black Throne Conspiracy to $.99 in honor of Cyber Monday. This is a book we are very proud of, it's a complex and detailed science fantasy ebook that's quite engaging.

Sir Cobran Derithal was a rising star in the Army of the Concordance, one of the major stellar powers of the Ascension Galaxy. Then an explosion shattered his leg, killed his fiancée, and ended his military career. Back on his homeworld of Jarissa, he’s been content to convalesce unti...

10/28/2013

If you haven't visited the main Blue Moon Aurora website in a while, it's worth a look. On the left, we've separated out our K.M. Johnson-Weider novels into two distinct categories to better descri...

05/30/2013

We are pleased to announce the release of our fourth book: In the Garden of our Minds and other Buddhist stories. This was written by Michelle and illustrated by Brian Chen.

The book is 108 pages, paperback. Individual retail copies may be purchased for $19.95 (plus shipping and handling). If you want to ask your local bookstore to carry the book, it is being distributed through New Leaf Distributing Company. The book’s ISBN is 978-0-9837984-6-0. Part of the profits from sales of the book will go to Buddhist charities, including the Tibetan Nuns Project and 84000, Translating the Words of the Buddha.

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04/16/2013

Have lowered the price for the ebook version of West Pacific Supers: Rising Tide to $0.99 for the next month.

Imagine a world like our own but with superheroes. Would the superheroes change the world or would the world change the superheroes?It's 2013 and West Pacific Supers is the professional superhero team for the city of West Pacific in northern California. It's hard to know what's more dangerous for...

02/21/2013

Kirkus Review is up for Black Throne Conspiracy. Great review, we're quite happy with it!

A rich sci-fi mystery thriller set in a technologically advanced and politically corrupt galaxy.