Picture book · Fiction
Each Kindness
Jacqueline Woodson; illustrated by E. B. Lewis
About the book
Chloe and her friends shun a new classmate, Maya, and Chloe later realizes she missed her chance to be kind.
Reading notes
An honest, unresolved ending that prompts real discussion about kindness and regret. Shows children excluding and mocking a classmate for her worn, secondhand clothes.
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Recognition
- ["Coretta Scott King Author Honor (2013)"]
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Book details
- Author
- Jacqueline Woodson
- Illustrator
- E. B. Lewis
- First published
- 2012
- Suggested ages
- Ages 5–9 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Best read aloud
- Topics
- kindness, regret, school
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780399246524 · Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
Metadata verified against Open Library on 2026-11-11. Other editions and formats exist; ISBNs differ by edition.
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