Be Kind
Pat Zietlow Miller
Illustrated by Jen Hill
Ages 3 to 6
Paperback
23 July 2020Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Synopsis
Each act, big or small, can make a difference – or at least help a friend.
What does it mean to be kind? When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate contemplates how to make her feel better and what it means to be kind. From asking the new girl to play to standing up for...
Details
23 July 202032 pages
9781529041903Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Reviews
[A] lovely exploration of empathy and thoughtfulness.Publishers Weekly
These days, it seems more important than ever for books to show young people how to act with thoughtfulness, civility, and kindness.The New York Times Book Review
The precisely worded, hopeful text offers ideas to ponder, while the artwork places them within kidfriendly contexts, such as a multiracial classroom and a neighborhood park. Nicely designed for drawing out children’s ideas and opening a discussion on kindness, this picture book works well one-on-one or read aloud in a classroom, for the expressive pictures are still effective from a distance. A thoughtful picture book.Booklist
The book presents the powerful message that small acts of kindness matter, and that they can build with other acts of kindness to make a difference . . . A valuable addition on this topic [that] will promote conversation about what it means to be kind.School Library Journal
