Kindness –
177.7 KID
Kids' Random Acts of Kindness
Summary: Presents brief anecdotes in which children tell of random acts of kindness have they received or committed.
398.2 Aul
Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine)
Beauty and the Beast: a creative tale.
Summary: Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.
398.2 BRE
Brett, Jan.
Beauty and the Beast.
Summary: Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.
398.2 SAN
San Souci, Robert D.
The Talking Eggs: a folktale from the American South.
Summary: A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.
398.2 SNO
Snow-White and Rose-Red.
Summary: A newly illustrated version of the classic tale about two kind sisters' experiences with an enchanted bear and an ungrateful gnome.
398.2 STE
Steptoe, John.
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: an African tale. New
Summary: Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.
398.2 WIL
Willard, Nancy.
Beauty and the Beast.
Summary: A retelling, set in the early 1900's in New York City, of the traditional tale in which a kind and beautiful young woman, through her great capacity to love, releases a handsome young man from the spell which has made him into an ugly beast.
398.21 SAN
San Souci, Robert D.
Sukey and the Mermaid.
Summary: Unhappy with her life at home, Sukey receives kindness and wealth from Mama Jo the mermaid.
FIC LIO
Lionni, Leo.
Swimmy.
Summary: A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies.
FICMCL
McLelland, Michael J.
Beating the Bully .
Summary: Tired of being bullied, a boy vows to get revenge, but when the opportunity presents itself, he decides to be kind instead.
FICPOL
Polacco, Patricia.
Pink and Say
Summary: Chronicles the friendship of Pink, a fifteen-year-old African-American Union soldier, and Say, his poor white comrade, as one nurses the other back to health from a battle wound and the two of them are imprisoned at Andersonville. Based on a true story.
FICRYL
Rylant, Cynthia.
The Bookshop Dog .
Summary: When Martha Jane's owner falls ill and has to go to the hospital, the inhabitants of her small town bicker over who will care for the beloved dog.
FICRYL
Rylant, Cynthia.
An Angel for Solomon Singer.
Summary: A lonely New York City resident finds companionship and good cheer at the Westway Cafe where dreams come true.
FICSCH
Scheidl, Gerda Marie.
The Crystal Ball .
Summary: After several attempts to solve the problem of the fierce giant at the edge of their kingdom, a kind princess and a glassblower succeed in achieving peace.
FIC SEU
Dr. Seuss.
Horton Hears a Who!
Summary: Horton the elephant goes to great trouble to protect some very small creatures who make their home on a speck of dust.
FIC WIL
Williams, Vera B.
A Chair for My Mother.
Summary: A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.