Stories for Growing
Cover of Somebody Loves You, Mr. HatchAge guidance pending
Kindness

Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch

Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Paul Yalowitz

Age guidance pending

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Chosen for a story about receiving love and connecting with others.

A lonely man receives a valentine that was delivered to him by mistake. He shares candy at work and helps a shopkeeper get to a doctor. After learning of the delivery error, he withdraws. His neighbors gather to show that they care about him.

Good forBeing unkind

Recommended by Brighter Day Press

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What children see in the story

Mr. Hatch helps others, and those relationships later bring care back to him.

Why it’s on these shelves

Kindness
A valentine sent to him by mistake gets lonely Mr. Hatch sharing candy at work and helping a shopkeeper get to the doctor. When he pulls back into himself, his neighbors come together to show they care.

Why pick it up?

His neighbors gather to show that they care about him.

A note for parents

The delivery error is accidental; the captured account does not establish rewarded deliberate deception.

Where this recommendation comes from

Brighter Day Press

Chosen for a story about receiving love and connecting with others.

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