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Author
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Piero Ferrucci warns against the dangers of "global cooling." As the pace of living grows faster and the impact of new technologies more insistent, communications become hurried and impersonal. The drive for profit overrides the heart. Warmth and genuine presence fade. The Power of Kindness is a stirring examination of a simple but profound concept. Piero Ferrucci, one of the world's most respected transpersonal psychologists, explores the many...
Author
Publisher
Canongate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A deep-dive into kindness, the science behind it and how we can better build it into our lives, from the author of The Art of Rest In The Keys to Kindness, Claudia Hammond takes us on an eye-opening tour of kindness: what constitutes kindness (it’s not what you think), effective strategies to build more of it into our lives and the benefits of being kind. She draws on the latest research from psychology and neuroscience, and her work in collaboration...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Description
When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.
5) I can help
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Zahra loves spending time with Kyle at school, but when her other classmates start teasing her for helping him she starts making choices she regrets"--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A small boy has saved all his pocket money and visits the market with high expectations. When disaster strikes and he loses his money, he feels very devastated. But wait, what's that? A Smile Shop? He could really do with a smile. What will happen if he goes in?"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Quarto Library
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Library edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Wolf loses his patience teaching Little Owl after a couple of failed attempts at flying, he realizes that all his little friend needs to succeed is kindness.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas story about how a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family's history into a time of strength and love. After the unexpected death of her husband, Joanne Huist Smith had no idea how she would keep herself together and be strong for her three children--especially with the holiday season approaching. But 12 days before...
Author
Series
Princess Pulverizer volume 1
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Princess Serena (or as she prefers, Princess Pulverizer) doesn't want to be a princess--she wants to be knight. But her father, King Alexander of Empiria, thinks she still has a lot to learn when it comes to exhibiting valiant behavior. So he presents a challenge: the princess must first go on a Quest of Kindness and perform good deeds to prove that she truly deserves to go to knight school. With help from a friendly dragon named Dribble and a perpetually...
11) Kindness grows
Author
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It all starts with a crack that we can hardly see. It happens when we shout or if we disagree. Angry words cause a crack to open up and widen, but find out what happens when kindness begins to blossom in this thought-provoking peek-through picture book.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Seven-year-old Paulie, an ordinary boy, brings peace to his home and school through small acts of kindness, but needs help to achieve his goal of world peace.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Alexander helps an old man instead of going to see the annual lighting of the Christmas torch, he does not realize the reward his kindness will bring.
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For the Buckley brothers, payback almost always wins over brotherly love -- unless they are working together against the Hagbarts, the meanest bullies at school. But now Mrs. Buckley has decided that the Buckley family is going to "Elve" the Hagbarts for their Christmas project this year, and the Buckley boys can hardly stand it.
Author
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press
Pub. Date
©2019
Language
English
Description
"From a simple smile to a soft wave hello, tiny acts of kindness can fly to faraway places . . . then flutter right back into your arms. In Tiny Acts of Kindness, author-illustrator Thuy Ha weaves a heartwarming rhythmic tale about the magical powers of kindness"--Dust jacket.
16) The starkeeper
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When a girl finds a fallen star, she decides to keep it hidden. But this star encourages kindness and needs to shine, so it comes out from the shadows. At first the glow from the star starts to fade, and the girl worries—maybe she's not a very good starkeeper. Then a chance gesture of kindness seems to brighten the star, and soon this kindness leads to a chain of good works that light up the once-dreary town.
18) Christmas dress
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas Eve, and Leland Jeppson's hope is gone. Struggling to get by in their rustic homestead, he had at least wanted to give his family a special Christmas. But with a blizzard blowing in and the train bearing their gifts no where in sight, it seems Christmas is just one more thing they'll have to do without. But as dusk falls, the Jeppsons' packages unexpectedly arrive at the post office in the not-so-nearby town. Half-blind postman George...
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