Notice how someone else feels.
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Tanisha spills grape juice on her dress and classmates laugh. The narrator notices how embarrassed she is, tries to comfort her, and when that doesn’t work thinks harder about what kindness takes.
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Leonardo, a monster who can’t frighten anyone, picks Sam as the child he can scare. When Sam explains he is crying over a miserable day, Leonardo changes his aim, hugs him and becomes his friend.
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Callie describes her twin brother Charlie, who is autistic, with both frustration and affection. She talks about his interests and talents, how he shows love through actions as well as words, and how proud she is to be his sister.
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Piggie notices Gerald is sad and shows up in cowboy, clown and robot costumes to cheer him up. Gerald doesn’t recognize her, and explains that what he wanted was Piggie there to share the funny sights.
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Penguin sees the pinecone shivering and makes it a scarf. When Grandpa explains that it needs a warmer forest, Penguin takes it there and leaves it in a nest, and later sees how much it has grown.
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The boy reacts strongly to noise, disappointment, happiness and other people’s feelings, and he tries to keep his own inside. When he meets a girl with equally big feelings, he sees that he can say what he feels.
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When Taylor’s block tower falls, animals arrive one by one suggesting talking, shouting, fixing or hiding. The rabbit just sits close and listens, and Taylor starts to talk through feelings and decide what to do.
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The teasing hurts: Chrysanthemum loses confidence at school. A teacher’s support changes the room, and the story doesn’t say whether the classmates apologize.
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Maya keeps trying to make friends while the other girls ignore her. The story asks children to notice what Chloe didn’t, which is how Maya felt each time.
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Ruby notices another child with a worry and invites him to talk. She makes room for his account before she shares her own.
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This story is about the monster naming its own feelings. We haven’t found a scene where the monster notices another character’s.
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Wemberly finds out that another child worries as much as she does. That shared worry makes her feel less alone.
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The book moves from how children look and live to feelings readers can recognize in others, whoever they are: love, joy, pain and tears.
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