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A gorgeous and powerful book about how simple acts of kindness can change the world.

Pay It Forward. Random Acts of Kindness. The Golden Rule. Choose Kind.
As parents, teachers, grandparents, aunts and uncles, we hope to teach children compassion, kindness, and selflessness.

With a gentle, poignant text by Jen Arena, and colorful, detailed illustrations by Rahele Jomepour Bell, this unforgettable story shows the power of simple acts of kindness and the potential to change other people’s days for the better.

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ISBN-13:	9781524714994
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	08/22/2023
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	1,043,668
Product dimensions:	10.44(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD220L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jen Arena is formerly an editorial director at Random House Books for Young Readers, and has written over 50 books for kids, including Lady Libery's Holiday, Salsa Lullaby, Sleep Tight, Snow White, Marta! Big & Small, and Besos for Baby.

When she's not writing or editing, you can find Jen in her garden, curled up with a good book, on a volleyball court, or at her local bookstore. She lives in Tampa, FL.

Rahele Jomepour Bell came to the United States from Iran in 2011 to pursue her dream of being a free international artist and graduated with an MFA in Integrated Visual Arts from Iowa State University in 2015. Books she has illustrated include To Change a Planet, The Treasure Box, Angry Me, Book's Big Adventure, and Our Favorite Day of the Year.

Rahele is the recipient of the We Need Diverse Books Illustration Mentorship Award, the SCBWI Portfolio Showcase Grand Prize, and the SCBWI Social Media Mentorship Award. She lives in the green state of Washington with her husband and her daughter, and works as a full-time freelance illustrator in her home studio.

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Editorial Reviews

05/22/2023
Arena (Salsa Lullaby) portrays a group of schoolchildren cultivating a culture of generosity in this pay-it-forward picture book. Alongside a starting phrase—“Sometimes bad things happen”— Jomepour Bell (Our Favorite Day of the Year) paints a child whose blue hair ribbon blows away in a rainy gust of wind. Another kid, passing by with a wrapped gift, promptly unties the box’s ribbon and passes it over. “Give what you have,” a line reads. A second spread focuses more closely on the two, conveying the new bond that giving has wrought. They join classmates portrayed with varying skin tones entering a school building in companionable pairs. “Sometimes we get cold.// Give warmth,” accompanies an image of the child with the new hair ribbon draping their own fuzzy scarf around a shivering schoolmate, who later passes their pencil to a teacher to replace one that has snapped (“Sometimes something breaks.// Give something new”). Via simple lines and saturated, stroke-heavy art, the considerate cast places readers in a classroom where mutual care and its pleasures are part of the fabric of togetherness: “The good you do comes back to you.” Ages 4–8. Author’s agent: Jennifer Mattson, Andrea Brown Literary. Illustrator’s agent: Christy Tugeau Ewers, CAT Agency. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

2023-05-09
Small kindnesses make a big difference in this pay-it-forward story.
Two children walk to school on a blustery day, one holding a tall yellow box tied with pink ribbon. Oh no! The other’s blue hair ribbon is blown away—“Sometimes bad things happen.” And the pink ribbon is handed over. “Give what you have.” Using this simple construction, each subsequent spread tells a microstory, depicting a person who encounters a problem (“Sometimes something breaks”) on the verso and the previous recipient of help providing a kind solution (“Give something new”) on the recto. The minimal text has a lovely, spare feeling; the problems are simple, ranging from spilled milk to being lonely, though some feel more poetic than others. Spread over the course of a single day in a community that includes a school and a park, they emphasize noticing, understanding, and making connections. Oil paintings in earthy colors create texture and whimsy, suggesting a simpler time when kids walked to school and flew kites in the park without adult supervision. The children are diverse in terms of skin tone and hair texture. (This book was reviewed digitally.)
An appealing addition to the growing number of books on kindness and community. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews

An appealing addition to the growing number of books on kindness and community.” —Kirkus Reviews

"Via simple lines and saturated, stroke-heavy art, the considerate cast places readers in a classroom where mutual care and its pleasures are part of the fabric of togetherness." —Publishers Weekly

"Bell's eye-pleasing textured illustrations feature a diverse classroom and bring liveliness to a story that works non-didactically to instill values of kindness and generosity." —The Horn Book

"This story warmly encourages mutual support and serves as a lovely reminder to always offer a little kindness while going about each day." —The Bulletin

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