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The Rabbit Listened The Rabbit Listened (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.59 — 9,857 ratings — published 2018
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Wonder (Wonder, #1) Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,230,985 ratings — published 2012
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I Am Human: A Mindful Board Book for Kids About Empathy, Kindness, and Making Good Choices (I Am Books) I Am Human: A Mindful Board Book for Kids About Empathy, Kindness, and Making Good Choices (I Am Books)
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avg rating 4.37 — 2,304 ratings — published 2018
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Oswald the Almost Famous Opossum Oswald the Almost Famous Opossum (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.33 — 6,100 ratings — published 2016
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Last Stop on Market Street Last Stop on Market Street (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 19,123 ratings — published 2015
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Those Shoes Those Shoes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 4,141 ratings — published 2007
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The Invisible Boy The Invisible Boy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 7,793 ratings — published 2013
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Each Kindness Each Kindness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 8,011 ratings — published 2012
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Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,232 ratings — published 2018
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Be Kind Be Kind (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 4,434 ratings — published 2018
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Mockingbird Mockingbird (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 36,182 ratings — published 2010
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The Day You Begin The Day You Begin (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 12,628 ratings — published 2018
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We're All Wonders We're All Wonders (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 9,698 ratings — published 2017
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Other Words for Home Other Words for Home (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.40 — 35,836 ratings — published 2019
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I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness (Library Binding)
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avg rating 4.38 — 2,415 ratings — published 2018
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We Don't Eat Our Classmates (Penelope Rex, #1) We Don't Eat Our Classmates (Penelope Rex, #1)
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avg rating 4.52 — 12,424 ratings — published 2018
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Stand in My Shoes: Kids Learning About Empathy Stand in My Shoes: Kids Learning About Empathy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 278 ratings — published 2013
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Empathy: Why It Matters, and How to Get It Empathy: Why It Matters, and How to Get It (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 981 ratings — published 2010
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The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only, #1) The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only, #1)
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avg rating 4.27 — 219,053 ratings — published 2012
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Front Desk (Front Desk #1) Front Desk (Front Desk #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 48,266 ratings — published 2018
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The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1) The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)
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avg rating 4.23 — 134,320 ratings — published 2016
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Melissa Melissa (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.09 — 48,419 ratings — published 2015
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The Empathy Exams The Empathy Exams (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 16,140 ratings — published 2014
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Fish in a Tree Fish in a Tree (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 88,855 ratings — published 2015
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A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Caldecott Medal Winner) A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Caldecott Medal Winner)
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avg rating 4.26 — 22,059 ratings — published 2010
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Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.32 — 3,127 ratings — published 2009
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Charlotte’s Web Charlotte’s Web (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,116,537 ratings — published 1952
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The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2,701 ratings — published 2009
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The Cot in the Living Room The Cot in the Living Room (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 4.30 — 528 ratings — published 2021
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Maybe Tomorrow? Maybe Tomorrow? (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.44 — 1,035 ratings — published 2019
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Lubna and Pebble Lubna and Pebble (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,911 ratings — published 2019
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Harbor Me Harbor Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 13,741 ratings — published 2018
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Wishtree Wishtree (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 44,006 ratings — published 2017
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Red: A Crayon's Story Red: A Crayon's Story (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 9,503 ratings — published 2015
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 7,168,004 ratings — published 1960
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A Long Walk to Water A Long Walk to Water (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 109,992 ratings — published 2010
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Beneath Beneath (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 1,405 ratings — published 2023
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Watercress Watercress (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 6,128 ratings — published 2021
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When Stars Are Scattered When Stars Are Scattered (Audio CD)
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avg rating 4.59 — 34,503 ratings — published 2020
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What Is Given from the Heart What Is Given from the Heart (Library Binding)
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avg rating 4.47 — 1,194 ratings — published 2019
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The Bridge Home The Bridge Home (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 12,103 ratings — published 2019
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Wolf in the Snow (Caldecott Medal Winner) Wolf in the Snow (Caldecott Medal Winner)
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avg rating 4.13 — 5,675 ratings — published 2017
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Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 6,759 ratings — published 2016
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Save Me a Seat Save Me a Seat (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 20,089 ratings — published 2016
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Pax (Pax, #1) Pax (Pax, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 67,674 ratings — published 2016
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Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1) Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1)
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avg rating 4.34 — 195,608 ratings — published 2010
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The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 6,660 ratings — published 2011
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Milo Imagines the World Milo Imagines the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 3,579 ratings — published 2021
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Starfish Starfish (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 38,476 ratings — published 2021
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Outside, Inside Outside, Inside (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 2,274 ratings — published 2021
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“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.”
― Bill Bullard

Erich Fromm
“The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real only that which exists within oneself, while the phenomena in the outside world have no reality in themselves, but are experienced only from the viewpoint of their being useful or dangerous to one. The opposite pole to narcissism is objectivity; it is the faculty to see other people and things as they are, objectively, and to be able to separate this objective picture from a picture which is formed by one's desires and fears.”
― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

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