Genre: Children's 5-8 years
Published: January 1, 2024
Pages: 32
When Mya wakes up to a gloomy day, her grandpa asks her how she could make the day brighter. His simple question puts Mya into motion, and together with her little brother, Oliver, and neighbor Addie, she opens the Kindness Booth. Their plan is to spread some sunshine to the neighbors in her apartment complex by helping them throughout the day. But what happens when the booth gets rained out?
I received a copy of this book through Netgalley. This is my honest review.
This is a story about a gloomy day when Mya and Addie are a little bored and decide to start a kindness booth to help their neighbors and brighten their day, because Mya's grandfather asked her how she could make the day brighter. But being a gloomy day, things didn't exactly go as planned and the booth got rained out. Then the neighbors rallied to return the favor and help brighten Mya and Addie's day.
I like the idea of this story, that doing nice things for others will help make their day better, because there is some truth to it. But this book definitely gives the impression that there's a 100% success rate from that tactic, and that's just not true. In spite of that, I'd still definitely be willing to read this book several times because if nothing else, it teaches children to be kind and we need more kindness in this world. The illustrations were bold and colorful.
Overall I give The Kindness Booth 4.1746 out of 5 stars. - Katie
Laura K. Murray is the Minnesota-based author of more than 80 published or forthcoming books for young readers. Her creative writing and poetry have been featured in River Valley Woman, The Talking Stick, Mankato Poetry Walk & Ride, and elsewhere. She loves learning from her readers and helping them find their reading superpowers! Visit her at LauraKMurray.com.
Andrea Boatta was born in a seaside town in southern Italy and grew up around vibrant colors and nature. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, she came to love illustration and animation and continued her post-graduate studies at the National School of Cinema. Today she works in Naples, Italy, as a freelance illustrator and concept and background artist in the world of animation.
Andrea Boatta was born in a seaside town in southern Italy and grew up around vibrant colors and nature. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, she came to love illustration and animation and continued her post-graduate studies at the National School of Cinema. Today she works in Naples, Italy, as a freelance illustrator and concept and background artist in the world of animation.
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