Three Quiet Books

The Sound of Kindness

Once in a while a book comes along that quietly is a WOW, a yes, a pleasure to read and share with a child.

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Crayon Boy

broken crayons

We called him Crayon Boy. On the playground, away from teachers, we made fun of him while waiting for our turn to jump rope. I could tell he could hear us. 

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Kindness

Sunrise

You don’t have to be good or first
Not even smartest or most right.
If you are kind, that is what our world needs most.

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Kindness to All

I am the child of immigrants. My father’s father was orphaned at 14 and walked from the family farm near Prague to northern Germany to buy passage on a ship…

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The Silence of Our Friends

I Am a Bear

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.” —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I often re-read these words spoken by…

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