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4.42 AVERAGE
4.42 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
fast-paced
Not a particularly fun story, but an important one about bullying, friendship, and kindness. Great for a unit on any of these topics.
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow! This book blew me away! This is a perfect book for showing kindness to new kids and to each other. Also addresses the mean girl, clique culture that happens in 4th and 5th grades. Might have to read this one to my students several times this year.
A beautiful story of kindness and should be used as a read-aloud in any classroom!
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautifully written and illustrated. Great for sharing with students to discuss social issues of bullying and the importance of kindness in our daily lives.
Jaqueline Woodson is amazing. Each Kindness is a powerful picture book about how important even the smallest kindness is and that you won't always be given another chance to make things better if you are not kind.
As I have shelved it, this is a children's fiction book (juvenile easy), but the message would be most effective for a slightly older child (and is a wonderful reminder for all of us).
The story is told first person through the eyes of a child who treats a new girl very poorly--what one reviewer called "subtle bullying." Through an object lesson done by her teacher, she comes to realize how important each kindness we do matters and effects life. Her heart changes to want to at least be a little kind where she was never kind at all.
I really liked this book. It is so much easier not to make any effort sometimes, and yet once we start making that effort, it becomes more natural and more easy. I'd like to think this little fictional girl would learn that someday.
The story is told first person through the eyes of a child who treats a new girl very poorly--what one reviewer called "subtle bullying." Through an object lesson done by her teacher, she comes to realize how important each kindness we do matters and effects life. Her heart changes to want to at least be a little kind where she was never kind at all.
I really liked this book. It is so much easier not to make any effort sometimes, and yet once we start making that effort, it becomes more natural and more easy. I'd like to think this little fictional girl would learn that someday.