![]() ![]() ![]() The children notice the inappropriate shoes and Maya’s ragged clothes. Albert – who looks like a “traditional” school teacher with spectacles, short greying hair and conservative clothes – is holding the hand of a shy and timid child, who is looking down at the floor at her spring shoes, one of which has a broken strap. The story begins during a snowy winter when a new girl, Maya, is introduced to Chloe’s class. We’ve all been her at some point in our lives. What she sees in her reflection in the pond is an uncomfortable truth that resonates with all of us. However, the “heroine” (if we can call her that) is uncharitable yet not unthinking. The story is told in the first person, unusually from the point of view of a protagonist who is complicit in the unkindness shown to a new girl at school. AlbertĮach Kindness is a thoughtful and nuanced picture book about a trait that seems to be in short supply these days. “Each little thing we do goes out, like a ripple, into the world.” – Ms. ![]()
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