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A Culture of Kindness

Posted on August 12th, 2015

It seems lately that there are lots of people around who don’t treat each other very well. These books for children and young adults, “promote tolerance… and support the transformative power of kindness.” Selected by Professor and Reference Librarian Ann Brownson from an article by Amina Chaudhri in the September, 2014 issue of Booklist. All of these books are available in Booth Library’s Ballenger Teacher’s Center. Chaudhri’s article provides a synopsis and suggests classroom activities aligned with common core.

Chaudhri, A. (2014). A Culture of Kindness. Booklist, 111(1S), 34-38.

• Chair for My Mother
• Williams, Vera B.
• 800 W6759c
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• Counting by 7s
• Sloan, Holly Goldberg, 1958-
• 813 SL523co
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• Each Kindness
• Woodson, Jacqueline.
• 800 W8686ea
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• Extra Yarn
• Barnett, Mac.
• 800 B2646ex
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• Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
• DiCamillo, Kate,
• 813 D547fl
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• Out Of the Blue
• Jay, Alison,
• 800 J33ou
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• Sick Day for Amos Mcgee
• Stead, Philip Christian.
• 800 St311si
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• Thing About Luck
• Kadohata, Cynthia,
• 813 K116th
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• When You Reach Me
• Stead, Rebecca.
• 813 St311wh
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• Wonder
• Palacio, R. J.,
• 813 P171wo
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