PICTURE BOOKS ABOUT KINDNESS

 

 

 

 

An Angel for Solomon Singer / by Cynthia Rylant
The Ant and the Elephant / Bill Peet
Bamboo Hats and a Rice Cake  / Tompert, Ann
Chrysanthemum /by Kevin Henkes
Crow boy / Taro Yashima
Curse in Reverse  / Coppinger, Tom
Don't need friends / Carolyn Crimi ; illustrated by Lynn Munsinger.
The Giving Tree / Shel Silverstein
Glenna’s Seeds / Nancy Edwards
How Kind / Mary Murphy
I Like Your Buttons / Sarah Lamstein
I'm Sorry / by Sam McBratney
The kindness quilt / Nancy Elizabeth Wallace.
The Leprechaun's Gold  / Edwards, Pamela Duncan
Lily's Big Day / Kevin Henkes
Little Miss Spider at Sunny Patch School / David Kirk
The Lion and the Mouse / Aesop
Martha Walks the Dog / Meddaugh, Susan
The magic amber : a Korean legend / retold & illustrated by Charles
Reasoner.
The Magic Purse  / Uchida, Yoshiko
On Cat Mountain / Richard, Francoise
An Orange for Frankie  / Polocco, Patricia
The Story of Jumping mouse / John Steptoe
The talking eggs/ retold by Robert D. San Souci
Three good blankets / by Ida
The Quiltmaker's Gift / by Jeff Brumbeau
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks  / Paterson, Katherine.
Welcome Comfort  / Patricia Polacco's
Whatever Wanda Wanted by Jude Wisdom is my favorite.

http://polk.ga.net/Westside/Character/kindness.html
 lists titles that are examples of being friendly, considerate, and
willing to help others.


http://www.ncpublicschools.org/nccep/wake_county/index.html


http://midgefrazel.net/character.html

 Jack Canfield and Mark Hansen do Chicken Soup for Little Souls picture books that definitely target themes of compassion and kindness.  The Best Night Out With Dad, A Dog of My Own, The Braids Girl and Della Splatnuk, Birthday Girl are a few from this series.

Tracy Ludwig author of My Secret Bully, Just Kidding and Sorry! 

We just purchased The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper.

Picture Window Books.
www.picturewindowbooks.com