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Imagine a world where everyone is kind-how can we make that come true? With gorgeous pictures this timely, inspiring picture book presents the many ways children can be kind, from sharing their toys and games to helping those from other countries feel welcome.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Featuring the donated work of 38 international illustrators, this volume benefits the refugee organization Three Peas. It opens by looking at everyday, child-scaled acts of inclusion, assistance, and compassion in largely anthropomorphic images that range in style and tone. Helen Stephens shows a penguin and a big, burly bear toting a bag together; Thomas Muller draws a canine band happily welcoming a saxophone player. Just past the midway point, the book shifts to a broader and bigger perspective, as Britta Teckentrup portrays a vast, translucent ocean filled with boats of people and animals seeking a new home. "Sometimes people have lived through very hard times," writes author and publisher Green. "They've had to leave their homes and their countries because of danger." But as the collaborators illustrate, kindness means not only goodwill but the all-important promise of protection and safety--and with that sense of security comes new friendships and perspectives that open up the world for everyone involved. Heartwarming but never treacly or preachy, this talent showcase serves the cause of kindness well. Ages 3--5. (Oct.)

School Library Journal Review

PreS--With a foreword by Axel Scheffler, this is a collaboration of 38 illustrators from around the globe in support of the Three Peas charity, an organization that gives "practical help to those who have had to flee their homes." There are simple suggestions for how to be kind, including listening, hugs, or holding a hand. Readers are prompted to make a Kindness Jar, show compassion toward animals, help others shine, and support newcomers by helping them feel at home. Green also suggests readers attempt new languages, make room for everyone--including those with different abilities, and those fleeing danger--and above all, recognizing the gift of others from all around the world. Text and colorful art from each illustrator in various media and styles emphasize the diversity of people to be welcomed, and ways to be "curious about the world and all the people in it." VERDICT This suggested first purchase presents an engaging collection of art with a simple message of hope for young readers: "If everyone is kind, we'll make a better world."--Mary Elam, Learning Media Services, Plano I.S.D., TX

Kirkus Book Review

A compilation of many artists' work benefits an organization that serves refugees. In his foreword, illustrator Axel Scheffler invites readers to "enjoy exploring this book." The verb choice acknowledges that this isn't so much a story as it is a call to reflect on many ways we can offer kindness to one another. He also introduces the British refugee assistance organization Three Peas, which provides context for some interior spreads' focus on "people…[who've] had to leave their homes and their countries because of danger." The text is written by Scheffler's longtime editor, and accompanying illustrations are by many different artists. The spread quoted above has a picture by Britta Teckentrup that shows not just people, but anthropomorphic animals crossing wide waters, including one boat with a giraffe accompanying three brown-skinned people. Another spread reads, "Animals need lots of kindness, too"; here, Nicola Kinnear more clearly delineates wild animals from depicted human beings. Unfortunately, given the collaborative, patchwork nature of the effort, there are several places where a conflation of "people" and anthropomorphic animals draws attention away from the heartfelt messages of inclusion, compassion, and kindness. While animals often make for comforting stand-ins for human characters in children's books, in this case their inclusion risks distancing readers from actual humans in need of empathy and welcome. Warmhearted, but the uneven approach lessens its impact. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.