About Kindness

This verse picture book for young children explores kindness: what it means, how people can show it, and how far its effects can reach, from one person to the wider world. Its three stanzas rely on rhythm, rhyme, and repeated lines, and each presents a different everyday way to be kind. The first focuses on meeting other people's needs, the second on empathy and understanding, and the third on caring for one's community and the planet. The illustrations show kind acts encouraging more kindness, happiness, and togetherness among people of different backgrounds. Readers can also search every page for a hidden heart in a game called "Find the Heart." The words and pictures are simple and clear, making the book a first introduction to the many ways children can make a positive difference through what they say and do. The book is meant to support emotional intelligence and an appreciation of diversity, giving children a set of social and emotional skills they can carry with them from childhood into adulthood.