Compassion

by Katie Marsico, Jeff Bane (Illustrations)

Early readers are introduced to a foundation of daily mindfulness practices in the My Mindful Day series. Compassion explores the importance of dealing with pain and being kind to others. This engaging early approach to mindfulness helps readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Each book in this series includes a table of contents, glossary, index, and an author biography.

Genres: Ebooks

24 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 2013

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book to start talking about compassion with your kids

This book introduces the concept of compassion and gives parents discussion questions to ask as the book goes along. My kids (5 & 8) liked the book, but we’re still a little confused about what it means at the end.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Compassion is something we definitely need more of! This little book uses stock photos of everyday places and situations in a child's life to explain what compassion is and ways we can show compassion to others and ourselves. I like that this book emphasized that it is normal and appropriate, rather than "weak," to feel bad when others are hurting.

This series would be a nice way to introduce concepts and promote kinder attitudes for anti-bullying/humane education programs. I just wish this book would have more explicitly stated that compassion counts for animals, too. Animals are a close component of most children's lives, and showing compassion to them is just as important to the child's development as it is to the animal.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

An elementary guide to the emotion of compassion and how to show it.

[Mia · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE this one. Easy-to-understand explanations of how to show compassion to others. Highly recommend. Simple illustrations, but great lesson.

[MJ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to buy these for young students, but I don't think it will be a good fit for young kids.