Echoes of Wisdom - Poems for Children and Youth by Kundisai Mudita

The anthology Echoes of Wisdom is a collection of poems written for children and youth that will guide and counsel them, helping them confront life challenges and make informed decisions in real-life situations. The poems are grouped into five themes, including wisdom; school; guidance and counseling; life issues; and appreciation. The poems under wisdom are about helping youth to mind how they talk, respect parents, be considerate to others, be honest, discusses vigilance, and making careful decisions. The theme of school covers helping youth to be assertive in school issues like preparedness in learning, making maximum use of school time, personal talents, books, and appreciating themselves and others different from them. Guidance and counseling considers being diligent, hardworking, respectful, thankful, considerate, purposeful and directional, so young people can prepare themselves fully for independent living. The poems under life issues are about exercising kindness, sharing, and taking responsibility of their own actions, making the right choices, the right friends, and future lifestyles. Poems about appreciation guide youth in appreciating others, their country, and life issues in general.