Kindness matters

Children’s Book Review: Pigeon & Cat by Edward Hemingway

Pigeon & Cat are unlikely friends but a simple act of kindness brings them together and changes their lives forever.
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Children’s Book Review: Get Up, Stand Up by Cedella Marley

Get Up, Stand Up, based on Bob Marley's song reminds all of us that we can make a difference by being kind.
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Children’s Book Review: Nila’s Perfect Coat by Norene Paulson

Nila finds the perfect coat for herself and then realizes it may actually be a perfect coat for someone else that needs it more.
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Children’s Book Review: Heart String by Brooke Boynton-Hughes

We all have an invisible string that connects our hearts to others through acts of kindness or a smile.
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Children’s Book Review: A Beginner’s Guide to Being Human by Matt Forrest Esenwine

This Beginner's Guide to Being Human offers kids a lesson on emotions and sharing kindness and forgiveness with others can go a long way.
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Children’s Book Review: All People Are Beautiful by Vincent Kelly – Summer Read-to-Learn

Celebrate the joy of being different from everyone else around you and teach your kids to spread kindness and respect by reading ALL PEOPLE ARE BEAUTIFUL.
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Children’s Book Review: A Child Called You by JD Wise – Summer Read-to-Learn

Teach your child the importance of kindness without judgment, celebrating our uniqueness, and reaching out to others.
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Children’s Book Review: A Small Kindness by Stacy McAnulty

A small kindness begins with one child on a school day and that kindness spreads throughout the whole school.
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Children’s Book Review: School by Britta Teckentrup

A peek behind the scenes in the day of some students' lives at school. Some are bullied, some are struggling to fit in, and others just want to be a friend.
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Children’s Book Review: Lulu the One and Only by Lynnette Mawhinney – Summer Read-to-Learn

Lulu is frustrated by always being asked to define what she is. This book offers an awesome opportunity to start the conversations with some of your youngest kids about racism and loving everyone.
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Stacie's read-in-2022 book montage

Master Your Core: A Science-Based Guide to Achieve Peak Performance and Resilience to Injury
Hidden Figures
Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living
Waiting for Tom Hanks
The Maid
The Other Black Girl
Anxious People
The Body
Great American Road Trips- National Parks: Discover insider tips, must see stops , nearby attractions  more
Apples Never Fall
Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love
Love and Other Consolation Prizes
The Vanishing Half
How to Find Your Way Home
People We Meet on Vacation
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
Wave
Dear Evan Hansen
The Unsinkable Greta James
The Road We Took


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