The Child's World of Kindness

by Jane Belk Moncure

Simple text and scenes depict such demonstrations of kindness as giving someone else a turn on the swing, being gentle with puppy, helping grandfather rake leaves, and buttoning the sweater of someone who can't do it

Genres: Childrens

24 pages, Library Binding

First published July 1, 1980

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Therese Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really lovely book of examples of how to be kind to the people in your life. Simple, direct text and lovely illustrations kept Parker and I talking and discussing the theme of this sweet book.