Sharing: How Kindness Grows

by Fran Shaw, Miki Sakamoto

Six boys and girls find out how sharing can make friends, brighten up a day, and more in this feel-good book, illustrated by artist Miki Sakamoto. Children can open flaps and follow along as the boys and girls see how situations such as sharing cookies, crayons, and a ride on a swing, can brighten a day. The story also shows how sharing makes building a sandcastle twice as much fun, and how it can avoid fights, and make tears disappear. A wonderful pop-up at the end embodies the focus of the whole story and will delight both young and old alike.Everybody could use a lesson in sharing these days. This brightly illustrated storybook really engages young readers and teaches them the joyfulness of sharing. The last spread of the book features a charming pop-up circular paper doll chain.

Includes flaps throughout and unique pop-up on last spread

+ Wonderful illustrations A Mike Sakamoto is the illustrator of WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ME (8/05) and WHAT I DO BEST (8/06)

+ Crossover to inspiration.

+ Sharing is a major part of the preschool/kindergarten curriculum.

+ Great for Back to School!

14 pages, Board Book

First published September 5, 2006

About the author

Fran Shaw, Ph.D. is a longtime practitioner in a spiritual discipline. She is a university professor and an award-winning author whose books include I AM Stories: Up at the Retreat, Notes on The Next Attention, Writing My Yoga: Poems for Presence, 50 Ways to Help You Write, and Lord Have Murphy: Waking Up in the Spiritual Marketplace.

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

The more you share with a person the more it will influence them to make a good choice too. By having a little boy make a good decision it made his friends make good decisions too. Friends can always be there to get you through difficult times and to help you succeed in doing something fun like making a sandcastle on a beach. I would recommend this book to anyone in the classroom who needs a quick reminder or pick me up after making a mistake. This is a gentle book that won’t sound too bad to the child and will help them remember that their decisions have consequences. I really enjoyed this book because it had a plot and one thing happened after another. It kept me wanting to know more about everyone involved. I think more kids should read this.