After Penny Sullivan witnesses a shocking crime, her world tips sideways. Suddenly things like getting groceries, mowing the grass, and returning phone calls are more than she can handle. But with her husband away at sea and her seven-year-old son depending on her, hiding in the closet isn't an option. Hoping to recover by the time her husband gets home, she picke up her trusty yellow notebook and formulates a restoration plan: Do one kind thing for...

When Lila, a worrier, moves to a new town, the what ifs only grow, and she feels alone and invisible until her teacher finds a creative and kind way to make Lila feel welcome and open to new experiences, a lesson that will stay with her long after second grade.

In Depression-era New York City, construction workers at the Rockefeller Center site help a family in need--a gift that is repaid years later in the donation of an enormous Christmas tree.

Reminds readers that even one small act of kindness can provide a glimmer of hope and bring about change.

"Celebrates gentleness and vulnerability in boys and teaches all children the importance of kindness"--

"With the holidays around the corner, empty-nester Bren Epperson realizes that for the first time in decades, she has no large family to cook for, no celebration to create. So she starts teaching a holiday cooking class, and it's a hit--until Virginia Mash, the old lady upstairs, bursts in complaining. Rather than retaliate, Bren suggests that the class shower Virginia with kindness--and give her one hundred gifts. So they embark on the plan to lift...

After a mean, selfish crab is rescued by a boy, the crab searches for a way to repay the kindness.

When her school announces their Kindness Week, super creative Ren has the idea to sprinkle joy by making mini cupcakes for everyone in her grade, but when things get out of control, she must learn to accept help before her plan fails spectacularly.

When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal.

Hank finds an egg on the ground while walking in the woods, discovers the nest from which it fell, and tries his best to return it.