 Hi everyone, my name is Steph, this is Little Bookish Teacher and today I want to talk to you about The Kindest Club by Kate Bullen-Cassanova and Dave Petzold. This is a picture book that was published by Hardy Grant in November 2022 and it is an absolutely gorgeous picture book that is really perfect for three years old and up and it follows a group of children who are probably in preschool or kinder so it's perfect for that age group but you could also definitely use this in early primary school if you wanted to. So The Kindest Club is a book that goes through the kinds of activities and experiences kids have in preschool or kinder but it does challenge gender stereotypes in the types of activities that boys and girls like which is really fantastic to see. The entire story takes place through the course of one day and so you get a real sense of time as we move from activity to activity from morning to lunchtime to the afternoon and it has a really gorgeous rhyming narrative style to it. It also has a really great diverse cast of characters including cultural diversity and kids with disabilities. What I also love in that sense is how it depicts the space as being set up for easy access for all of these characters which is not always something that you see particularly in detailed background images. This is one scene I'm thinking of where you see ramps actually included in the space. There's also a lot of different emotions depicted in this book from nervousness and apprehension as one character starts at the school to joy and sadness and everything in between. There's also really great friendships and how kids help each other out when things don't always go to plan in this book which was just beautiful to see and mostly it just has really fun bright beautiful illustrations as well. This was a book that I received in the little book rooms quarterly picture book subscription. I hadn't heard of it before then and I'm so glad that I ended up with a copy of it because it is absolutely gorgeous. Who doesn't love something that celebrates how kids learn and explore and grow and develop friendships? I mean it's just a beautiful beautiful book. In the description I will leave a link to where you can find the kindness club as well as any links to the author's websites or social media. In the comments I'd love to know if you've read this book or if you're planning on picking it up or if you have recommendations for similar books as well feel free to leave them down below. If you want to let me know that you're here but you don't want to leave a comment feel free to leave any kind of toy emoji in the comments otherwise I hope that or if you're on the world you're staying safe and healthy and I will see you in my next video. Thanks so much for watching. Bye everyone.