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Kindness Makes Us Strong
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Whether we share a toy or include someone in a game, all acts of kindness – no matter how big or small – make the world a better place! From the bestselling and beloved creator of Love Makes a Family and How to Say Hello comes...
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Whether we share a toy or include someone in a game, all acts of kindness – no matter how big or small – make the world a better place! From the bestselling and beloved creator of Love Makes a Family and How to Say Hello comes this beautiful board book about kindness and community.
In this bright and beautiful board book, award-winning illustrator Sophie Beer introduces babies and toddlers to the idea that kindness is doing what you can, where you are, with what you have.
Featuring cute kids, diverse family and community groups, and inclusive representation, readers young and old will love seeing themselves and their communities gathered together. With rounded edges and sturdy pages, this high-quality board book will be plenty of fun for little hands!
The perfect board book for:
Explore more gorgeous Sophie Beer stories from Bright Light:
In this bright and beautiful board book, award-winning illustrator Sophie Beer introduces babies and toddlers to the idea that kindness is doing what you can, where you are, with what you have.
Featuring cute kids, diverse family and community groups, and inclusive representation, readers young and old will love seeing themselves and their communities gathered together. With rounded edges and sturdy pages, this high-quality board book will be plenty of fun for little hands!
The perfect board book for:
- Babies and toddlers aged 0–3 years
- Rainbow and queer families
- Toddlers and preschoolers learning to play well with others
- Gift-givers for pregnancy and baby showers
Explore more gorgeous Sophie Beer stories from Bright Light:
- Love Makes a Family
- Change Starts with Us
- You're Fabulous As You Are
- How to Say Hello
- Twelve Days of Kindness
- Welcome, Little One
- Mama Bear and Me
- You're a Rainbow, Baby (coming soon!)
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761216930
Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Format: Board book
Date Published: 29 July 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: Bright Light Books
Edition: Board Books, Reformat
Illustration: Full-colour Illustrations
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 180.0mm
Height: 180.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 24
About the Author
Sophie Beer is an award-winning author and illustrator based in Brisbane, Australia. She works primarily in children's books, having published with Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster, Walker, Scholastic, Hardie Grant and many more. As an illustrator, she has worked with Disney/Pixar, Google and the Sydney Opera House, and she has collaborated with Myer for her own line of children's homewares. When she's not illustrating and writing, she thinks a lot about plants, animals, music, books and social justice.
There are nearly a million Sophie Beer books in print across Australia, New Zealand, and North America.
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