Monique Gray Smith

This beautiful picture book looks at how the simple act of being kind, to others and oneself, affects all aspects of a child's life.

When We Are Kind

Briar's Reviews

This is a lovely, heart warming book for young children that I would highly recommend! 

This is a story about being kind, and it features Indigenous children in it. It's great to see more diversity in children's books, especially with a book that displays it in such a great way. Showing that kindness is important and can be shown in many ways is a lovely message and theme for the book.

Five out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Orca Books for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

renee badenoch

A lovely book showing ways to be kind to our families, our communities, our elders, the earth and ourselves. Appreciated the emphasis that kindness is reciprocal, both given and received, and the importance of being kind even to oneself! The text is short, perfect for infants to preschoolers who are just starting to learn how to be kind. 

Written by Monique Gray Smith, of Cree and Lakota descent, and illustrated by a Navajo woman, Nicole Neidhardt , this book is bilingual in English and Diné. A French version and exclusively Diné version are also available. #ownvoices