The Kindness Machine
The Children’s Book Review
The World Needs More Kindness
There’s a mysterious new machine in Mr. Wilson’s second-grade class. Instead of grownups telling children to “make good choices” and “be kind,” this special machine shows the students exactly what they can do to bring kindness to their classroom and into their hearts!
About The Kindness Machine
The Kindness Machine
Written by Christina Dankert
Illustrated by Chad Dankert
Ages 4+ | 32 Pages
Publisher: Purple Butterfly Press | ISBN-13: 9781955119085
Publisher’s Synopsis: Creative and artistic 2nd-grade teacher, Mr. Wilson, wants to teach his students about kindness. Mr. Wilson creates The Kindness Machine, a special machine that shows the students exactly what they can do to bring kindness to their classroom and into their hearts! Instead of telling his students to “be kind,” which is something children hear from a very early age, they learn exactly what they can do in their own lives by pressing the special buttons. In the end, Mr. Wilson teaches his students that they each have their own Kindness Machine within them to help make kind decisions for others and themselves.
This creative, innovative, and fun teaching method will direct kids to be kind to one another in their classroom and beyond. The book includes discussion questions to help the reader consider not only kindness towards others but also kindness towards themselves, a lesson that is not always taught.
The Kindness Machine is a practical and innovative tool for teaching emotional literacy, kindness, and acceptance of self and others.
Available in hardcover, paperback, and as an ebook.
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About the Author
Christina Dankert is a second-grade teacher. She has a passion for literacy and believes that we can change the world by reading to the children in our lives. This is her debut picture book. She lives in Sylvania, Ohio, with her husband, Chad, and their two children. She has dreamed of collaborating with her husband to merge their two professions of educator and artist into one meaningful product. The Kindness Machine allowed that dream to come true.
Learn more about Christina at www.christinadankert.com.
21 Comments
This would be a wonderful book set for my sons classroom.
I’d donate it to the Little Free Library here in Hot Springs Village, a few blocks from my home.
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this would be a great book for kids to learn from
Sweet book which shows how you have the Kindness Machine within you from an early age. I like the illustrations. My 4 grandkids would enjoy this colorful book.
I think we all could use a little kindness right now
Kindness is important for kids to learn
I wish every home, school, office, etc. had a kindness machine.
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this is something all kids need to learn kindness!
Sounds like a very fun read.
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I would donate these books to my teacher friend’s school.
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This book teaches a good lesson.
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I want to win this book so I can read it to my grandchildren
I would donate these books to a local school.
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