I Am Kind

PreS-Gr 1—This title's stated intent is to teach "kids and parents alike the power of positive affirmations and how to incorporate them into their daily lives." It features a young girl who sees kindness around her and acts in kind ways herself. The book begins with the child observing her mother, "the kindest person I know." Her mom is shown helping Grandma and then, along with her daughter, serving food at a community center. Other vignettes include the girl helping in the garden of a neighbor who has a broken arm, making friends with a new girl at school, being patient with her baby brother, being kind to friends as well as to the Earth on a scout hike, and creating a garden for the whole community. Throughout, variants on the phrase "I am kind" are repeated, with a prompt on the last page for readers to think of ways to be kind. Big-eyed, slightly cartoon-style, mostly white characters are featured in the colorful illustrations. While there are several examples of ways to be kind in this book, there is not much of a story here, resulting in a somewhat generic tale.