When We Are Kind / Nihá’ádaahwiinít’íigo 

• Simple, pointed text gives examples of how children can be kind to those around them, the different emotions that receiving kindness can make us feel, and how we maintain a connection with one another through acts of kindness within our community.
• The author is well-known for her board and picture books. Her title My Heart Fills With Happiness was selected for the 2019 TD Grade One Book Giveaway.
• Like the author's bestselling title You Hold Me Up, the text relays an important message through carefully chosen language.
• The illustrator is Diné (Navajo) from New Mexico. She was inspired by her community to illustrate an Indigenous family.

When We Are Kind celebrates simple acts of everyday kindness and encourages children to explore how they feel when they initiate and receive acts of kindness in their lives. Celebrated author Monique Gray Smith has written many books on the topics of resilience and reconciliation and communicates an important message through carefully chosen words for readers of all ages. Beautifully illustrated by artist Nicole Neidhardt, this book encourages children to be kind to others and to themselves.

This bilingual book includes full text in both English and Diné.