ABCs of Kindness

Samantha Berger and illustrator Ekaterina Trukhan pair every letter of the alphabet with a specific act of kindness in this 2020 Highlights board book, running from 'Accepting someone for who they are' all the way to 'Zooming in on what unites us.' School Library Journal called it a great option for encouraging children to treat others with consideration and respect, and the disability representation — characters with cochlear implants and forearm crutches — is handled as simple, normalizing inclusion. The framework is smart: children learn letters and values in the same pass. Kirkus noted the content can feel more like a list than a story, which is fair — the book reads as a primer rather than a narrative. For classroom and home use as a values anchor, that structure works well. As a read-aloud that competes with story-driven picture books, it is a step behind.