I cleaned up my room without my mom telling me too so my mom doesn’t have to clean up. I chose this act of kindness because my room was pretty messy and I just felt like cleaning up and sorting everything because it feels good to have a clean room. This made me feel good since my room was clean. I think this made my mom feel good and relaxed since she doesn’t have to clean my room for the next time.

“Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress” is a picture book written by Christine Baldacchino and illustrated by Isabelle Malefont. The story is about Morris Micklewhite and his mother. Morris’s favourite time at school is the dress up center and his favourite thing to wear is the Tangerine Dress. Many of the boys and girls at school made fun of him. He was denied to do play with many people at school. Morris’s mother had painted his nails and everyone at school called Morris “pinky fingers”. One day Morris had a stomach ache and thinking about everyone at school mocking him made it worse. After his mom took care of him for a while he felt better. Morris had a dream and wanted to share all the amazing things he had seen. He painted what he saw in his dream and showed it to his mother. On Monday Morris went to school with paint in his backpack. Eli and Henry denied Morris to play in their spaceship so Morris built his own spaceship. Eli and Henry asked Morris if there were real tigers and elephants in space and Morris said that if they went with him they would find out. The story ends with Becky saying to Morris that boys don’t wear dresses with Morris replying with This one does. I think that the theme or moral of the story is to be who you are and not try and change it no matter what or who put you down and say bad things about it. I think that this book is directed to kids around the age of kids in kindergarten or grade 1 since it is a message that should be shared to people at a young age. I would rate this book 3 out of 5 stars. It is a good book but the message and the entire story is confusing at first.

I helped my dad take out the trash, recycling and compost. I chose this act of kindness because it was cold outside and my dad probably didn’t want to spend too much time outside at night. This made me feel good that my dad didn’t have to freeze outside. I think this made my dad feel nice that he got help from me.

I opened the door for someone at the community center. I chose this act of kindness because it looked like the man was in a rush and opening the door for him would save him a little time. This made me feel better that I helped someones day. I think this made them feel good since I opened the door for them.

For my second kindness, I shovelled the snow outside while I was home alone.  I chose this act of kindness because if I left the rain to remove the snow, when it got cold enough it would turn to ice and we could slip on it and fall. This made me feel good since shovelling snow is very satisfying and it would mean my dad wouldn’t have to shovel the snow today. I think this made my dad feel relaxed since they don’t have to go shovel the snow right after he comes back from work.

For my first kindness, I took away my parent’s empty plates at the end of dinner. I chose this act of kindness because my parents were watching television and it seemed like they didn’t want to get up and miss part of their show so I took their plates and rinsed them in the sink. This act of kindness made me feel like it was in return for my parents doing so much for me when I was a small child. I think this act of kindness made them good that I was learning to take care of myself when I grow up.

“Two” is a picture book written and illustrated by Kathryn Otoshi. The story is about 2. 2 and 1 were playing together until 3 came along and wanted 1 to play with him and 1 left 2 to play with 3. When 2 went up to 3 and asked to play with them and said “sorry, odds only. 2 went away and his other even numbered friends went to comfort him. The evens went to confront the odds, and they resolved. They ended up all becoming friends and they accepted the number they are and can be worth greater or less.

I think that the theme/moral of the story was that even if they are different than you you can still be friends with them. Just like the story “One” I think it’s directed to small kids around the age of 5 or 6 in kindergarten because the theme/moral is about friendship. I rate this book 3 out of 5

“One” is a picture book written and illustrated by Kathryn Otoshi. The story is about Blue, Blue liked doing many things and sometimes jumping in puddles. Blue met red and red made fun of him and made blue feel bad about being blue. Purple, Yellow, Green and Orange comforter Blue but never in front of Red. Red grew every time he said something mean. Red picked on all of the colours and made them feel bad. On day 1 came along and made all of the colours laugh and happy. Red yelled “stop laughing!” but 1 stood up straight and said “no”. The other colours, Purple, Yellow, Green and Orange became numbers like 1. Blue wanted to be a number to but Red came up to him and said “Red is hot, blue is not”, Blue said “No” and became 6. Red became very small, then 1 went up to red and said “red can count too”. In the end red became 7. I think one of the theme of the story was friendship since all of the colours bonded together at the end and all became friends. Another theme I think I see in the story is change since all of the colours changed into numbers. I think that this picture book would be directed to kids really young around the age of preschool or kindergarten since the moral of the story seems like something very young kids should learn at their age. I would rate this book 3 out of 5.

Ivan: The remarkable True Story of a Shopping Mall Gorilla is a picture book written by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by G. Brian Karas. The story is about a baby gorilla named Ivan that was taken from his home by poachers. The poachers sold Ivan to a shopping mall in acoma, Washington. Ivan lived at the mall for 27 years. At the mall Ivan was treated like a human, ate like a human, wore human clothes and Ivan learned things that a gorilla in the wild should never need to know. After a long time people started signing petitions to let Ivan free from his glass box in the mall. Ivan was sold to a zoo and was let free in a habitat with trees, grass and everything a wild gorilla should need. I think that this book can be directed to children of any age since the story is so interesting and a really cool story since it happened in real life. I think that the overall theme of the book is the unhappiness of Ivan and the freedom he felt at the end of the book. I don’t really see a message in the story, I think that its just s story about a gorilla trapped in a mall and let free after 27 years. I love that the book includes real pictures of Ivan at the end of the book. I would rate this book 4/5 starts since I think this story is really good but not as good as some of the other stories we’ve done.

“Nerdy Birdy Tweets” is a picture book written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Matt Davies.

The story is about 2 birds, Nerdy Birdy and a Vulture. They are both very different, but they are still best friends. They made fun of each others lunches. They start using something called Tweeter ( a parody of Twitter) and Nerdy Birdy gets tons of friends, many of them are from other countries. Nerdy Birdy shows off all of his friends to the Vulture. The Vulture gets a little jealous of all of the friends he is getting and makes a Tweeter account and posts stuff. Vulture posts a picture of Nerdy Birdy saying something mean in the description of the photo. Nerdy Birdy confronts Vulture, asking him why he posted it. Vulture said he posted it because he thought it was funny and Nerdy Birdy said just because you thought it was funny doesn’t mean it’s funny to other people. Vulture doesn’t get many Tweeter friends and loses some. After Vulture realises his mistake he goes up to Nerdy Birdy to say he is sorry. The story ends with Vulture apologizing to Nerdy Birdy

I think this book is directed to kids around 4 or 5 because the moral is teaching kids to not post pictures of people online that is mean or hateful to the person. I enjoyed the story a lot its a good story, I would rate it 3.5 out of 5 stars. I didn’t enjoy this book as much as some of the other picture book we have read.