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Informationen zum Autor Alexandra Stewart is a non-fiction author for children. She previously trained to be a journalist and has worked in PR. She is the author of Everest: The Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and Jumbo: The Most Famous Elephant Who Ever Lived . Jake Alexander is an award-winning British illustrator. In 2019 he won both the Macmillan Prize and the Creative Conscience Gold Medal. He is the author and illustrator of We Want Our Books and illustrated David Olusoga’s Black and British: An Illustrated History . Klappentext The perfect book for troubled times, this collection of over twenty-five real-life stories shows how heroic acts of kindness can change our world for the better. Vorwort The perfect book for troubled times, this collection of over 25 real-life stories shows how heroic acts of kindness can change our world for the better Zusammenfassung The perfect book for troubled times, this collection of over 25 real-life stories shows how heroic acts of kindness can change our world for the better. In this uplifting collection of stories by Alexandra Stewart, children are introduced to real-life heroes and heroines who have chosen to act in kindness, even when they have been faced with terrible persecution, prejudice, disaster and illness. Aimed at empowering children who feel the weight of the world on their shoulders, these stories are designed to help readers make positive choices in their own lives by embracing kindness as their superpower. Stories include Harriet Tubman’s remarkable rescue missions to free enslaved African Americans; the French village of Le Chambon’s protection of Jewish refugees under Nazi persecution during the Second World War; and the Fukushima workers who volunteered to clean up after the nuclear crisis in Japan; as well as everyday examples of kindness in sporting competitions, neighbourly acts of kindness and random acts of kindness towards complete strangers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter One: The Science of Kindness Survival of the Kindest Kindness: The Best Medicine The Loop of Kindness Flexing the Kindness Muscle Chapter Two: Kindness in the Face of Persecution The World’s Kindest Village: The Story of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon Harriet Tubman: Guided by Kindness Walter and Adelaide: Fighting Injustice with Kindness in Apartheid South Africa Chapter Three: Kindness in the Face of Prejudice Sinead Burke: Campaigning for a Kinder World Daryl Davis and the KKK Chapter Four: Kindness in War Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler: Kindness In the Clouds Henri Dunant and the Red Cross Ukrainian Refugees Chapter Five: Kindness In the Face of Disaster Titanic Kindness The Great East Japan Earthquake 2011 Chapter Six: Kindness in the Face of Illness A Touch of Kindness Dispensing Kindness with Dr Peyo Shirley Nolan: Signing up to Kindness Chapter Seven: Kindness in Sport The Olympic Spirit: Jesse Owens and Luz Long A Victory for Kindness: Abel Mutai and Ivan Fernandez Anaya The Sisterhood of Sportswomanship: Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D’Agostino Chapter Eight: Kindness Towards Planet Earth Anj Sharma Afroz Shah Ella and Caitlin McEwan: Battling the Burger Giants Chapter Nine: Kindness Towards Animals Save the Bear (Italy) Alex and Kajazo: Fostering Kindness Chapter Ten: Kind Customs Ubuntu Omotenashi (Japan) The World’s Most Generous Country Caffè Sospeso Iran’s Wall of Kindness London’s Underground Kindness Conclusion Important Afterword: Be Kind to Yourself! Teaching Kindness / Fill the World with Kindne...
