Illustration by Ekaterina Trukhan.
This December, we’ve chosen Kindness as our virtue of the month. Kindness, at its root, is care and consideration for the feelings and needs of others. And we could all use a little more of it!
Kindness can take many forms - from the everyday care we receive from loved ones to the unexpected gestures of strangers. Each act, big or small, carries the power to uplift and transform.
Aesop said it best in his classic fable The Lion and the Mouse: “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
Like all virtues, kindness is best learned through example. To support your little ones this month, we’ve selected six stories that explore different expressions of kindness for students in grades K–6. In this collection, you’ll find gentle, memorable lessons from beloved characters like Frog and Toad, Tanisha from Be Kind, and Unhei from The Name Jar.
We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do.