Books like How Kind!
By Mary Murphy
For the toddler just learning to share, this is a gentle nudge that giving feels good — and it catches on. Bright, cheerful, and warm, with a bouncy, feel-good rhythm.
A cheerful look at children being kind to one another in everyday moments — a friendly hello, a boost onto a bike, a cheer of encouragement — all across a busy neighborhood.
A girl balances a basket of seven delicious fruits on her head, walking to surprise her friend Akeyo, while hungry animals secretly help themselves along the way.
The most beautiful fish in the ocean has shimmering silver scales but no friends, until he learns to share what makes him special.
A little mouse spends a full day at preschool, from hanging her coat on her own peg through painting, snack time, stories, nap time, music, and outdoor play on the sandbox and slide.
Three children and their pets meet up, becoming fast friends who play, squabble, laugh, and make up again, the way real friendships actually go.
A friendly zookeeper who's always on time oversleeps and misses his bus, putting a surprise he planned for his animal friends in jeopardy — so they set out to help him.
A small boy and a big friendly bear head off on a berry-picking adventure, paddling canoes and crossing bridges through Berryland in search of blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries for jam.
In a Dutch town still recovering after World War II, a girl receives a surprise care package from an American stranger — and a simple thank-you letter grows into an exchange of boxes that keeps getting bigger.
A curious little penguin finds a lost pinecone in the snow and becomes fast friends, until Grandpa explains that pinecones belong in the warm forest, far from home.
A veterinarian heading off to serve in World War I rescues a baby bear at a train station, names her Winnie after his hometown, and brings her along to war — a true story that leads all the way to a boy named Christopher Robin.
While Farmer Gray is away, a goose, a hen, a chick, and a duck grab paintbrushes and turn their plain black-and-white barnyard into a world of color.
