{"product_id":"when-we-are-kind-9781459836372","title":"When We Are Kind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Notably centering Indigenous families and characters of color in personal and communal activities--and encouraging readers to evaluate their actions toward others.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen We Are Kind\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates simple acts of everyday kindness and encourages children to explore how they feel when they initiate and receive acts of kindness in their lives. Celebrated author Monique Gray Smith has written many books on the topics of resilience and reconciliation, and she communicates an important message here for readers of all ages through her carefully chosen words. Beautifully illustrated by artist Nicole Neidhardt, this book encourages children to be kind to others and to themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrca Book Publishers is pleased to offer \u003cem\u003eWhen We Are Kind\u003c\/em\u003e in two accessible editions. The audiobook features alternate text descriptions of images, including the cover. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAvailable in French as \u003cem\u003eNous sommes gentils\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonique Gray Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning, bestselling author and public speaker. Her books cover a broad spectrum of ages, topics and emotions. Woven into all of Monique's writing and her speaking engagements is the teaching that Love is Medicine. Her books include \u003cem\u003eSpeaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e My Heart Fills With Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e You Hold Me Up\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLucy and Lola\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Tilly and the Crazy Eights\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e When We Are Kind \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eI Hope\u003c\/em\u003e. She also created the young adult adaptation of \u003cem\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/em\u003e by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Monique is Cree and Scottish. She lives with her family on the Traditional Territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and WS?NEĆ Peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicole Neidhardt\u003c\/strong\u003e is Din? (Navajo) of the Kiiyaa'?anii Clan and is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has a BFA from the University of Victoria and a MFA from OCAD University in Toronto. Nicole's Din? identity is the heart of her practice, which encompasses illustration, installation, murals and Indigenous Futurisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orca Book Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875586019602,"sku":"9781459836372","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5085582-aec2-4dd9-b49d-5e5943806c95.jpg?v=1738291235","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-we-are-kind-9781459836372","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}