The Kindest Red

On picture day Faizah is excited to go to school wearing her sister’s handed-down dress! When her teacher has the class draw the kind of world they want to live in, Faizah and her friend are inspired to make the playground a kinder place by applying band-aids, tying bows, and joining in games. When Faizah and her sister pose for their picture, she realizes that their outfits don’t match, but her friends come up with a grand act of kindness to fix things. Easy-to-read text and colourful, engaging illustrations provide positive and relatable messages and scenarios for K-5 children and can inspire projects about how to create a kinder world or undertake a community building project.