books about kindness — must-have’s for older and younger readers

How can you start to spread a little kindness now? At your home? With your kids? In your community?

I’ve got a few great books about kindness for you–must-have’s for older and younger readers.

Grab a few of these kindness focused books for our younger readers:

How to Heal a Broken Wing, by Bob Graham

The Gardener, by Sarah Stewart and illustrated by David Small

How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer and illustrated by Maurie J. Manning

The Rain Came Down, by David Shannon

The Farmer, by Mark Ludy

And a few books for our slightly older readers that can spark a good discussion about kindness:

Wonder, by R. J. Palacio

El Deafo, by Cece Bell

Counting By 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan

The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate

Out of my Mind, by Sharon M. Drapier

Are you familiar with any of these books? Which ones should be included in the list that I haven’t added? I’d love to know!

Do you want a few more posts about spreading kindness? Click the images for more . . .

Cheers, and happy reading during this incredibly exciting journey!

Check out these other fab posts about getting kids writing:

• at-home writing center
• authentic writing: power notes to nana
• 1-hand summary
• teach left-handed kids to write
• stop, observe, and write!
• everyday journal writing — and tons of topics!
• hello, teacher! notes
• FUN ways to learn spelling words

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