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“Our Beautiful World” Reading Companion

Spread a Little Kindness Tips for Parents

How to use this resource:

When reading any book with young children, you can encourage and validate their curiosity by asking questions and listening to their answers and comments. Sometimes, they might ask you a question you don’t know the answer to, and that will provide an opportunity to model how you would seek out that information.

To get the conversation started, encourage your child to look closely at the illustrations. What do they notice about the characters? How are they similar or different from them? If they were in this story, what would they be doing—and why?

Here are some questions you might ask:

Look at all the different people! Have you seen any people like this in your neighborhood?

How are some of the characters moving on this page?

Do you see the character in a wheelchair? Do you know how or why people may use a wheelchair? All bodies move differently. Using a wheelchair is one way a person can move around.