10th Annual Picture Book 10 for 10: Kindness

Picture Book 10 for 10 is an annual event to share picture books you love with fellow book lovers! I’ve been participating for a few years and like to choose a new theme each year. Previous themes have included – Sing Along, Owls, and Wordless Picture Books. Today’s theme is Picture Book 10 for 10: Kindness.

I wanted to focus on something that seems to be a bit lacking in today’s society. The news is full of awful stories, social media is filled with angry tweets, posts, and messages. But, if you look closely kindness prevails. Communities come together, strangers pay it forward and those small acts of kindness should not be ignored.

And I can’t think of a better way to kick off the school year than to share an expectation that kindness matters and these books can help start that conversation. Fiction is shown to help children develop empathy and build interpersonal skills. And as more and more schools are looking at how to help kids increase their social-emotional learning as well as their “book smarts” I think reading fiction is a great place to begin.

Booklist

• Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
• Come With Me by Holly M. McGhee
• Dragon Night by J.R. Krause
• Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
• How to Two by David Soman
• The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig
• I Walk with Vanessa: A Story about a Simple Act of Kindness by Kerascoët
• A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
• We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
• Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell

Don’t miss out on the other amazing lists that will be created today by picture book lovers from around the world! Search for #pb10for10 on Twitter or check out the comments on the Reflect & Refine blog for more lists!