Self-Awareness and Personal Discovery
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Kindness Starts With You by Jacquelyn Stagg
Synopsis: This book is about a little girl named Maddy. We follow her throughout her day at school and we learn how easy it can be to spread kindness, especially at school. We learn how we can take turns on the swing and even making sure everyone is included in the games we play!
- How might the book support personal growth for young readers?
This book supports personal growth in readers because it shows them that no matter how big or small the act if kindness, it is never wasted. It also shows young readers that it is nice to take turns with our friends and make each other feel included.
- How might the book teach the lesson of respecting differences among children?
It teaches the lesson of respecting differences because if you are kind to one another, it makes everyone happy. We can take turns instead if getting upset with each other as well and that is very good for when children are having those differences with each other.
- How might the book offer experiences to students that promote a sense of being a successful reader?
They offer experiences to students because when you read how to show those acts of kindness and see how it makes the people in the story feel, it will start encouraging you to do those acts of kindness in real life.
Just Be You: Ask Questions, Set Intentions, Be Your Special Self, and More (Just Be Series) by Mallika Chopra
Synopsis: This is an easy to read guide to help young readers live a good life by offering different tools. It helps them focus on the growth-mindset by emphasizing self-reflection and setting up different intentions for not just their own lives, but the people around them.
- How might the book support personal growth for young readers?
This book supports personal growth for young readers because it offers them different tools they might need to help them self-reflect on different experiences and be able to do things in a way that they feel comfortable with,
- How might the book teach the lesson of respecting differences among children?
This book teaches the lesson of respecting the differences among children because instead of just jumping into the difference full speed, it allows them to reflect on the situation and be able to take a different approach.
- How might the book offer experiences to students that promote a sense of being a successful reader?
This book offers those experiences of being a successful reader because you're able to take what you are reading and put it into action. The tools that the book offers allows you to do a deeper dive on better self-reflection and intentions towards others.
Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Synopsis: This book has a bunch of different poems that shines a light and encourages little girls everywhere. Each of the poems include diversity not in just race and culture but also in different experiences. Each of the little girls in the poems have different hobbies, but they are recognized and encouraged even though they all have those different hobbies.
- How might the book support personal growth for young readers?
It might support personal growth because even though they all had different hobbies, they weren't treated any differently for being different, but instead they were encouraged. That is great for young readers because it makes them not feel afraid to be different than others.
- How might the book teach the lesson of respecting differences among children?
It teaches the lesson of respecting differences because even though all of those little girls in the books didn't do the same things, they were not treated any differently for it, but yet they were encouraged.
- How might the book offer experiences to students that promote a sense of being a successful reader?
The book does this because in being a successful reader, you need to not feel afraid to be different than others. I think that when you feel like that, you are more open into try more things and being a successful reader means maybe not reading a book that is in your comfort zone so it encourages you to step out of that zone.
