Making things right.

7 books

Try to make things right after you hurt someone.

Showing 7 books

Forgiveness

A Ball for Daisy

Chris Raschka

Ages 2 to 5

The other dog bursts Daisy’s ball, then returns with its owner and a blue replacement. Daisy takes the new ball home.

Honesty

A Day’s Work

Eve Bunting

Ages 5 to 8

The employer is angry about the pulled-out plants. Francisco’s grandfather offers to redo the work and refuses payment until the job is properly done.

Kindness

Each Kindness

Jacqueline Woodson

Age guidance pending

Chloe wants to make things right with Maya and never gets the chance, because Maya is gone. It shows children what is lost when an apology waits too long.

Llama Llama Time to Share

Anna Dewdney

Ages 2 to 4

When Fuzzy Llama’s arm tears off, Mama sews the doll back together and both mothers have the children apologize. Fuzzy waits on the step until they are ready to share.

Forgiveness

Rita and Ralph’s Rotten Day

Carmen Agra Deedy

Ages 3 to 6

Ralph sets out to apologize after the game that hurt Rita’s head, but he arrives cranky and it doesn’t work. The story keeps the difficulty of a good apology in view.

Seeing other perspectives

The Day the Crayons Quit

Drew Daywalt

Ages 4 to 8

The crayons feel overused or neglected by Duncan, and he answers their letters with a new drawing that gives each one its own role. Everyone adjusts, and nobody wins outright.

Following through

The Little Red Fort

Brenda Maier

Ages 4 to 8

Ruby’s brothers first turn down her plan. Once the fort is built they paint it, add a mailbox and plant flowers, and Ruby welcomes the change in them.

How we choose these books

We start with parent and educator recommendations, check available story details, and explain the value fit in our own words. The source link on each book shows where we found it.

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