Be kind by Miller, Pat Zietlow 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 644413 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
AR: 2.2 LG Lexile: 480 AD

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Kindness - Fiction Helping behavior - Fiction Conduct of life - Fiction

Summary: Explores what a child can do to be kind, and how each act, big or small, can make a difference--or at least help a friend.

Captain Superlative by Puller, J. S. 

BTSB Prebound(Disney/Hyperion, 2019)

BTSB #: 734748 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 600

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Heroes - Fiction Superheroes - Fiction Kindness - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Single-parent families - Fiction

Summary: Janey, a quiet outsider, is inspired by the eccentric and enigmatic Captain Superlative, a masked superhero who runs through the halls of their middle school, performing radical acts of kindness.

Each kindness by Woodson, Jacqueline 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2012)

BTSB #: 964971 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 3.4 LG RC: 2.7 K-2 Lexile: 530 AD

Genres:

Subjects: Kindness - Fiction Friendship - Fiction School stories

Summary: 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.

I walk with Vanessa : a story about a simple act of kindness by Kerascoet 

BTSB Prebound(Schwartz & Wade Books, 2018)

BTSB #: 514999 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
Lexile: NP F&P: WB

Genres:

Subjects: Stories without words Bullying - Fiction School stories Friendship - Fiction Kindness - Fiction

Summary: An elementary school girl witnesses the bullying of another girl, but she is not sure how to help.

If you plant a seed by Nelson, Kadir 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2015)

BTSB #: 670491 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
RC: 1 K-2 Lexile: 340 AD

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Kindness - Fiction Gardening - Fiction Animals - Fiction

Summary: While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness.

Just a little blue [Owly Volume: Book 2]by Runton, Andy 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2020)

BTSB #: 771106 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 5-8   
Lexile: 410 GN

Genres:

Subjects: Owls - Fiction Worms - Fiction Bluebirds - Fiction Kindness - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Best friends Owly and Wormy have days filled with adventure and hearts filled with kindness. And when they discover a bluebird family living in a damaged tree, they want to help out the best way they can: by building the birds a new home! But when Owly and Wormy share their gift, the birds don't welcome the new birdhouse quite as Owly and Wormy had hoped. With a big storm moving in, can Owly and Wormy help get the birds (and their chicks!) to safety before it's too late? In graphic novel format.

Little doctor and the fearless beast by Gilmore, Sophie 

BTSB Prebound(Owlkids, 2019)

BTSB #: 379668 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
Lexile: 700

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Veterinarians - Fiction Crocodiles - Fiction Kindness - Fiction

Summary: A doctor of crocodiles meets her most challenging patient yet.

Poisoned by Donnelly, Jennifer 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 286011 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.5 UG

Genres: Fairy Tales Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Princesses - Fiction Fear - Fiction Kindness - Fiction Love - Fiction Courage - Fiction Clocks and watches - Fiction Fantasy fiction

Summary: In this adaptation of the fairy tale Snow White, the huntsman follows the queen's order to kill Sophie, but the princess is brought back to life by the seven men of the woods, who, along with other brave friends, help Sophie overcome the story's true villain and reclaim her throne.

Power of one : every act of kindness counts by Ludwig, Trudy 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2020)

BTSB #: 590106 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 480 AD

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Kindness - Fiction Friendship - Fiction School stories Community life - Fiction

Summary: When one child reaches out in friendship to a classmate who seems lonely, she begins a chain reaction of kindness that ripples throughout her school and her community.

Shiloh season [Shiloh quartet]by Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books For Young Readers, 1996)

BTSB #: 668705 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 5.9 6-8 Lexile: 860

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Dogs - Fiction Kindness - Fiction West Virginia - Fiction

Summary: When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal.

Sorry (really sorry) by Cotler, Joanna 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 244681 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Humorous Fiction Animals

Subjects: Animal behavior - Fiction Kindness - Fiction Apologizing - Fiction Domestic animals - Fiction

Summary: After Cow's bad mood spreads to the whole farm, Dog starts a new chain reaction by showing kindness.

Tucky Jo and Little Heart by Polacco, Patricia 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 723354 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.6 LG RC: 3.5 K-2 Lexile: 670 AD

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Soldiers - Fiction Kindness - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Philippines - Fiction Philippines - History|yJapanese occupation, 1942-1945 - Fiction

Summary: A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation, and many years later she returns his kindness.

When we are kind by Gray Smith, Monique 

BTSB Prebound(Orca, 2020)

BTSB #: 831147 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-5   
Lexile: NP F&P: G

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Kindness - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction Respect - Fiction Etiquette - Fiction Human behavior - Fiction

Summary: This beautiful picture book looks at how the simple act of being kind, to others and oneself, affects all aspects of a child's life.