Title: Let’s Fill this World with Kindness: True Tales of Goodwill in Action
Authors: Alexandra Stewart and Jake Alexander
Age: Grades 4-6
“The perfect book for troubled times, this collection of over twenty-five real-life stories shows how heroic acts of kindness can change our world for the better.
Let’s Fill This World with Kindness explores the science of how our brains and bodies behave when we give and receive kindness. Featuring biographies of thinkers and philosophers from across different cultures who have celebrated the power of goodwill toward others, each chapter concludes with a list of questions for readers to help them reflect on the ways they too can be a kindness superhero.” (editor’s notes)
Highlights:
- There are examples of kindness in a lot of ways – in sports, towards animals, in the face of prejudice, during war, and more. Every section includes some critical thinking questions too.
- This book is really optimistic! Yeah, sometimes humans are mean to each other and life is unfair. But when you go looking for the helpers, you’ll still find a lot of people.
- Kindness is infectious! The book talks about the science behind kindness but the stories share many examples about how the kindness of one person encourages similar actions in others.
-by Alice Mitchell, Youth Services Manager