Children's Books about Kindness

"Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran"--

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text introduce a school where diversity is celebrated and songs, stories, and talents are shared.

"... offers [readers] simple, actionable things they can do in their daily lives that help them cultivate kindness toward others and grow into people with the capacity to make the world a kinder place."--

A spacious umbrella welcomes anyone and everyone who needs shelter from the rain.

In this book are lots of acts of kindness that kids can do to spread a little joy -- with a side order of mischief and magic! It's nice to be nice. You make someone else feel happy, which makes you feel happy too, and happy people tend to be nice to other people -- so what starts small ends up as a big, smiley chain reaction of happiness. We challenge you to try it! The question is, are you sly enough to pull off a "reverse robbery," and sneak a treat...

With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.

Harold's a very special bear who always wears a woolly hat, so when a crow steals the hat from him, he tries to win it back.

Horton the elephant goes to great trouble to protect some very small creatures who make their home on a speck of dust.

A child recognizes his own humanity, his capacity for doing harm and being harmed, his ability to feel joy and sadness, and his belief in hope and promise to keep learning.

An elementary school girl witnesses the bullying of another girl, but she is not sure how to help.