compassion

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text convey advice about what to do when a friend becomes very sick.

Explains how self-compassion can help people overcome pain and difficulties in their lives and presents practical strategies for living fully in the present and ignoring anxious, negative, and critical thoughts.

Explores many aspects of love that can help one weather any storm, including that love is comfort, effort, connection, and taking care of oneself.

"Patrick and Katie Brady are introduced to an immigrant family who recently arrived at St. Anne's Parish. A tinkling bell transports the twins to first-century Bethlehem, where they meet the Holy Family--and come to understand what it is like to be a stranger at the manger"--.

"A wordless picture book that depicts a homeless woman who is not seen by all the life around her, except by a little boy. Ultimately, in a gesture of compassion, this boy approaches this woman, in an exchange where he sees her and she experiences being seen"--.

"Nine-year-old Jeannie buys a pet hamster (who shares narrating duties) after her parents separate due to her father's newly revealed homosexuality. Jeannie and her mother befriend a transgender neighbor, and the hamster becomes a calming influence on the characters, despite its own difficult quest to find the meaning of life"--Provided by publisher.

Moody Cow is uncomfortable with the plight of little creatures when Bully revels in the deaths of the crickets he feeds a snake, includes two activities, compassionate cricket release and compassionate worm rescue.

In this story inspired by the 121st Psalm, fearful Jordan and class bully Tanya become unlikely allies and, ultimately, friends.

Discusses how compassion can make life better for all involved.