Each Kindness
Each Kindness
Ages 5–8
Chloe refuses to befriend the new girl Maya — and when Maya disappears, Chloe must live with the regret. A profound, bittersweet story about what kindness left undone costs us.
- Author
- Jacqueline Woodson
- Age
- Ages 5–8
- Type
- Friendship, Empathy, Picture Book
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Readers rate it
- 4.30 / 5 on
- In India
- Available
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