On display in November as a nod to gratitude and Thanksgiving, but relevant all year-round, here is a list of about 30 children’s books about kindness. Stop by the display in the Lafayette children’s area, or visit this collection in the catalog to place a hold.
- We All Sing With The Same Voice by J. Philip Miller and Sheppard M. Greene
- Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
- Have You Filled A Bucket Today? A Guide To Daily Happiness For Kids by Carol McCloud
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- A Sick Day For Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead
- The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
- Horton Hears A Who by Dr. Seuss
- Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
- Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
- Last Stop On Market Street by Matt de la Pena
- Rude Cakes by Rowboat Watkins
- Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson, Fumi Kosaka
- The Three Questions by Jon J Muth
- The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig
- How Kind! by Mary Murphy
- Pinduli by Janell Cannon
- Non-Random Acts of Kindness by Lauren Myracle
- Kindness is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler by Margery Cuyler
- A Home for Bird by Philip C. Stead
- The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper
- Good People Everywhere by Linea Gillen
- Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli
- Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
- Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose
- Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein
- How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
- The Mine-O-Saur by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
- The Kindness Quilt by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
- I See Kindness Everywhere by Shelley Frost
- What Does It Mean to Be Kind? By Rana DiOrio
-Contributed by Aubrey