Random Acts of Kindness Day

February 17, 2021 is Random Acts of Kindness Day!

Place a hold on one of the library's books below for inspiration.

Adults

• A beautiful day in the neighborhood [DVD] / director, Marielle Heller.
• A street cat named Bob : and how he saved my life / James Bowen.
• Handmade greeting cards / written and illustrated by Maureen Crawford.
• Food gift love : more than 100 recipes to make, wrap, & share / Maggie Battista, founder of Eat Boutique ; photography Heidi Murphy.
• The good neighbor cookbook : 125 easy and delicious recipes to surprise and satisfy the new moms, new neighbors, recuperating friends, community-meeting members, book club cohorts, and block party pals in your life! / Sara Quessenberry and Suzanne Schlosberg.
• Vegan food gifts : more than 100 inspired recipes for homemade baked goods, preserves, and other edible gifts everyone will love / Joni Marie Newman ; photography by Celine Steen and illustrations by Kurt Halsey. 
• The soup club cookbook : feed your friends, feed your family, feed yourself / Courtney Allison
• Simple acts of faith : heartwarming stories of one life touching another / paintings by Norman Rockwell ; text by Margaret Feinberg.
• A secret gift : how one man's kindness -- and a trove of letters -- revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression / Ted Gup.
• The power of nice : eight ways to kill the business world with kindness / Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval ; foreword by Jay Leno.
• A traitor to his species : Henry Bergh and the birth of the animal rights movement / Ernest Freeberg.
• How to raise kind kids : and get respect, gratitude, and a happier family in the bargain / Thomas Lickona.
• Big friendship : how we keep each other close / Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman.
• Work wife : the power of female friendship to drive successful businesses / Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur.
• Text me when you get home : the evolution and triumph of modern female friendship / Kayleen Schaefer.
• Breaking the male code : unlocking the power of friendship : overcoming male isolation for a longer, happier life / Robert Garfield, M.D.
• Let's take the long way home : a memoir of friendship / Gail Caldwell.

Young Adult

• I will always write back : how one letter changed two lives / Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda with Liz Welch.
• El deafo / Cece Bell ; color by David Lasky.
• Words wound : delete cyberbullying and make kindness go viral / Justin W. Patchin and Sameer Hinduja.

Children

• Let's learn (Nickelodeon): Kindness [DVD] / Viacom International.
• Wolf Hollow / by Lauren Wolk.
• White bird / written and illustrated by R.J. Palacio ; inked by Kevin Czap.
• Because of Mr. Terupt / Rob Buyea.
• Wonder [book on CD] / R.J. Palacio.
• Joey Pigza swallowed the key / Jack Gantos.
• Front desk / Kelly Yang.
• A whole new ballgame : a Rip and Red story / Phil Bildner ; pictures by Tim Probert.
• Hello, universe / Erin Entrada Kelly.
• Moo / Sharon Creech.
• Maniac Magee / by Jerry Spinelli.
• Ms. Bixby's last day / John David Anderson.
• Rescue & Jessica : a life-changing friendship / Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes ; illustrated by Scott Magoon.
• Stargirl / Jerry Spinelli.
• Wishtree / Katherine Applegate ; illustrated by Charles Santoso.
• 100 ways to make the world better! / Lisa M. Gerry.
• Shelter / Céline Claire ; illustrator, Qin Leng.
• I am kind / Suzy Capozzi ; Eren Unten.
• Ishi : simple tips from a solid friend / photography and words by Akiko Yabuki ; art direction by Yuko Brown.
• If you plant a seed / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson.
• The wonderful things you will be / Emily Winfield Martin.
• The seeds of friendship / Michael Foreman.
• The cool bean / written by Jory John ; illustrations by Pete Oswald.
• Gotta warn the unicorns! / Nancy Krulik ; art by Ian McGinty ; based on original character designs by Ben Balistreri.
• Good morning, neighbor / Davide Cali and Maria Dek.
• What if everybody said that? / words by Ellen Javernick ; pictures by Colleen Madden.
• Be kind / Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrated by Jen Hill.
• The kindness book / Todd Parr.
• A smart girl's guide. Friendship troubles : dealing with fights, being left out and the whole popularity thing / by Patti Kelley Criswell ; illustrated by Angela Martini.
• When Grandpa gives you a toolbox / written by Jamie L.B. Deenihan ; illustrated by Lorraine Rocha.
• The little engine that could : 90th anniversary edition / Watty Piper.
• What if I want to be kind? [board book] / Michelle Nelson-Schmidt.
• When we are kind / Monique Gray Smith ; illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt.
• Kindness counts 123 [board book] / by R.A. Strong ; illustrated by Ekaterina Trukhan.
• Kindness rules! [board book] / by Eunice Moyle and Sabrina Moyle.
• Kindness makes us strong [board book] / Sophie Beer.
• I walk with Vanessa : a story about a simple act of kindness / by Kerascoet.
• Step right up : how Doc and Jim Key taught the world about kindness / by Donna Janell Bowman ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.

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