Before You Know Kindness
Chris Bohjalian

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Books for Young Readers

Ice Cream by Johanna Hurwitz
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Ben’s Trumpet by Rachel Isadora
Big Al by Andrew Clements
Buddy Unchained by Daisy Bix
Clifford’s Good Deeds by Norman Bridwell
Each Living Thing by Joanne Ryder
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
Freckles by Paul Howey
Go Home: The True Story of James the Cat by Lilly Phillips Meggs
Goose’s Story by Cari Best
Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog by Pamela S. Turner
Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores by James Howe
Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg 
Jubal's Wish by Audrey Wood
Grandpa Loved by Josephine Nobisso
Jubela by Christina Kessler
Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet
Let’s Get a Pup, Said Kate by Bob Graham
Miss Rumphius by Caroline Cooney
Paper Crane by Molly Bang
Pinduli by Janell Cannon
Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane DeGroat
Scarebird by Sid Fleischman
Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Jerry Spinelli
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill
The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem FoxWolf’s Favor by Fulvio Testa

Books for Teens

A Gathering of Shades by David Stahler
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Iceman by Chris Lynch
Jasper’s Day by Marjorie Blain Parker
Saving Lilly by Peg Kehret
Saying Good-Bye to Lulu by Corinne Demas
Straydog by Kathe Koja
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

Non-Fiction Books for Young Readers 

Chicken Soup for Little Souls by Lisa McCourt

Non-Fiction Books for Teens 

Animal Rights by Clifford J. Sherry
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, Volumes I – III by Jack Canfield 

The Rights of Animals edited by Tamara L. Roleff

Download a Kindness Bibliography for Pre-K through 8th Grade