
Kindness Rocks
Megan Murphy(Author)
Familius LLC (Publisher)
Published on 22. May 2025
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-64170-856-2 (ISBN)
Description
A picture book from the founder of The Kindness Rocks Project to celebrate the power of kind words and actions
One message at just the right moment can change someone's entire day, outlook, or even life! From Megan Murphy, the founder of The Kindness Rocks Project, comes a picture book about the power of kindness. Follow a diverse group of children, strangers to each other but each dealing with their own very bad day. When they each find a painted rock with a positive message, they pick up their paint brushes to pass along their kind message, and so the chain of kindness heals one heart after another. With sweet illustrations by JiaJia Hamner, Kindness Rocks is perfect for library and classroom reading time to inspire everyone to plant a little extra kindness in the world.
One message at just the right moment can change someone's entire day, outlook, or even life! From Megan Murphy, the founder of The Kindness Rocks Project, comes a picture book about the power of kindness. Follow a diverse group of children, strangers to each other but each dealing with their own very bad day. When they each find a painted rock with a positive message, they pick up their paint brushes to pass along their kind message, and so the chain of kindness heals one heart after another. With sweet illustrations by JiaJia Hamner, Kindness Rocks is perfect for library and classroom reading time to inspire everyone to plant a little extra kindness in the world.
Reviews / Votes
"A young boy named Sam has a bad day, but it becomes brighter when he finds a rock at school with a message painted on it, 'It's okay!' Sam decides to paint another rock with the words 'Someone cares,' and he leaves it at school near the playground. Then, Maeve has a bad day. Walking near the playground, she finds the rock Sam painted, which cheers her up. Maeve paints another rock and places it on the track field for someone else to discover. The story shows how this pattern continues with different children finding the stones and leaving their own until one child named Jasper presents an idea to his class. Jasper tells his class about the painted rocks and encourages everyone to make one to leave for someone. Together, the class paints rocks and creates a garden of 'kindness rocks' at school to put a smile on someone's face when needed. Murphy's story depicts how one small act of kindness can alter a person's day. The book encourages children to find ways to be kind, no matter how little, because one never knows how it might impact someone else. This story should be in every elementary school classroom and creates a fantastic project opportunity for educators to do with students." * Children's Literature * "A young boy named Sam has a bad day, but it becomes brighter when he finds a rock at school with a message painted on it, 'It's okay!' Sam decides to paint another rock with the words 'Someone cares,' and he leaves it at school near the playground. Then, Maeve has a bad day. Walking near the playground, she finds the rock Sam painted, which cheers her up. Maeve paints another rock and places it on the track field for someone else to discover. The story shows how this pattern continues with different children finding the stones and leaving their own until one child named Jasper presents an idea to his class. Jasper tells his class about the painted rocks and encourages everyone to make one to leave for someone. Together, the class paints rocks and creates a garden of 'kindness rocks' at school to put a smile on someone's face when needed. Murphy's story depicts how one small act of kindness can alter a person's day. The book encourages children to find ways to be kind, no matter how little, because one never knows how it might impact someone else. This story should be in every elementary school classroom and creates a fantastic project opportunity for educators to do with students." * Children's Literature *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sanger, CA
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Kindergarten, Interest Age: From 3 to 5 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Full-color illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 259 mm
Width: 262 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64170-856-2 (9781641708562)
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Megan Murphy is the founder of The Kindness Rocks Project, a grassroots kindness initiative that spans 90 countries and includes millions of participants around the globe-earning it a unique place in art history as one of the world's largest participatory and interactive works of art ever created. She is also a Certified Professional Coach (CPC), Women's Empowerment Coach, Business Mentor, Kindness Activist, and Meditation Instructor, as well as the creator of the BE THE "I" IN KIND community-focused installation that has been installed around the world and cofounder of a global, multimedia mental health initiative called The Kindness Rocks & Smiles Community Project.