Selflessness


The Giving Tree
The Rainbow Fish
The Perfectly Perfect Wish
The Girl and the Bicycle
Those Shoes
Leprechaun Gold
Sneezy the Snowman
The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story
The Book of Lost Names
Black Trailblazers: 30 Courageous Visionaries Who Broke Boundaries, Made a Difference, and Paved the Way
Rabbit's Feat
Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History
Clanless
The Peddler of Puddles: A Heartwarming Story About an Inventor, Friendship, and Home for Kids (Ages 4-8)
Moomin and the Wishing Star
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. SteadHorton Hears a Who! by Dr. SeussEach Kindness by Jacqueline WoodsonZen Ties by Jon J. MuthEnemy Pie by Derek Munson
Picture Books About Kindness
121 books — 55 voters
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareTiger Lily by Jodi Lynn AndersonThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Pisces Fiction
96 books — 36 voters

This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans. As a civilian I owe an unpayable debt to all our military. Going forward let’s not send our servicemen and women off to war or conflict zones unless it is overwhelmingly justifiable and on moral high ground. The men of WWII were the greatest generation, perhaps Korea the forgotten, Vietnam the trampled, Cold War unsung and Iraqi Freedom and Afghanistan vets underestimated. Every generation has pro ...more
Thomas M Smith

Melissa de la Cruz
If she loved him the way she said she did, she wanted him whole. Maybe this was what love meant after all: sacrifice and selflessness. It did not mean hearts and flowers and a happy ending, but the knowledge that another's well-being is more important than one's own. ...more
Melissa de la Cruz, Lost in Time

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