Kindness in Kids Literature

World Read Aloud Day’s theme this week is Kindness.

I admit it. I’m not always kind. If I’m picking up or dropping off kids and I’m behind the only-person-on-the-face-of-the-earth who slows down when driving through a green light, or lets ten other cars go so that I miss a left turn arrow, or is holding a phone (illegal in NJ), or drives below the speed limit, I may honk my horn, may say things not appropriate for a G-rated audience, and may have a bit of road rage. May, I say. It’s not pretty.

Hmm, it sounds like a good time to answer LitWorld’s prompt this week: “What kindness role models have you met through reading?”  

Top Five kids’ books where kindness is key. 

1. Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
2. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne 
3. Matilda by Roald Dahl
4. Ginger by Charlotte Voake
5. Ella the Elegant Elephant by Carmela and Steven D’Amico

 Hon, in which books do you think kindness plays a large role?

KIND KID: Animals and children always bring out kindness in me. This sweet goat trotted over to me and got a nice neck scratch.