Kindness is a Kite String

The Uplifting Power of Empathy

By Michelle Schaub Illustrated by Claire LaForte

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What happens when one child chooses kindness to start the day?

It starts a chain reaction! Watch kindness (empathy) ripple through the community…spreading happiness like sunshine, connecting diverse groups like a footbridge, and lifting hope like a kite string.

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Release Date Spring 2021
32 pages • 9x11 • Ages 4 to 10
Hardcover Picture Book,
Ebook ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-7330359-8-9
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-7330359-9-6
Lexile Leveling: 460 Fountas & Pinnell Level: L

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