In experiencing and confidently handling too many rude conversations with other kids on her hearing aids or ears, Landon asked me about books we could recommend to other kids to read. She wondered if they read these books at home, if they’d be nicer to her and others just like her in the future. “Maybe they’d learn kindness or how to ask me questions in a kind way?”
So we went to our local Barnes and Noble and found only a few which was a great start but eye opening that we have more work to do at the larger outlet. We then read online posts and samples of books from online bookstores, went to a local small bookstore we love on King, read trusted recommendations from people we know and love, and then made a pact to try to write our own this year (!!!).
Until that time, we wanted to share our recommendations for books that teach kindness, inclusion, acceptance and celebration of differences, as well as a few about hearing loss since that’s a very minor category still. These span multiple age groups since we have three very different ages in our own house, and we also tried to also include smaller bookstores or minority owned bookstores from where to order them.
LANDON AND MOMMA’S TOP TEN LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT KINDNESS
The World Needs More Purple People by Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart- Landon’s favorite book so far and written by my ultimate girl/mom crush of all time Kristen Bell ( a win win here)
2. 
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor
3. 
Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
4. 
Kindness is My Superpower: A children’s Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion by Alicia Ortego
5. 
Mila Gets Her Super Ears by Ashley Machovec
6. 
I am Human by Susan Verde
7. 
Princess Lizzie Wears Hearing Aids by Tosombra Kimes
8. 
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai
9. 
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
10. 
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
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