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Each kindness makes the world a little better. This unforgettable book is written and illustrated by the award-winning team that created The Other Side and the Caldecott Honor winner Coming On Home Soon. With its powerful anti-bullying message and striking art, it will resonate with readers long after they've put it down. Chloe and her friends won't play with the new girl, Maya. Every time Maya tries to join Chloe and her friends, they reject her. Eventually Maya stops coming to school. When Chloe's teacher gives a lesson about how even small acts of kindness can change the world, Chloe is stung by the lost opportunity for friendship, and thinks about how much better it could have been if she'd shown a little kindness toward Maya.

这是每一个家庭、学校都应该收藏的一本德育绘本。一本综合了欺凌，友谊，拒绝，友善，同情心，旁观者等主题的书。哪怕只是一粒沉入水底的小石子，都可能会激起阵阵涟漪。每一个善举，都可能会让这个世界变好一点点！如果你曾经遇到过转学生，你是否曾拒绝过他们善意的示好？如果你曾作为一个转学生，你是否曾试图鼓起勇气为了融入新环境而放下自尊？这本书就在讲述“转学生”和“新集体”之间发生的故事。这本书的画面与文字配合的天衣无缝，用写实的水彩画，独特的视角来展示主人公们丰富的内心世界。比如老师向全班同学介绍转学生玛雅的画面，是全书唯一一处出现了玛雅面部表情的图画。画面中玛雅盯着地板，而刘易斯选择用从地面仰视主人公的取景角度来表现，玛雅的腼腆、拘谨、有些自卑的形象跃然纸上。这种电影镜头般的处理能够加剧玛雅的孤立感和不适感。让人不禁为玛雅的心理状态感到揪心。这种电影中的特写镜头运用，在本书中多次出现，刘易斯运用光线的高明手法使得角色心理活动刻画的入木三分。这本书值得在每一个学校，每一个班级进行阅读与推广。可以通过上一堂和书中一样的课，引导学生们对转学生这一群体树立起宽容友善的态度。同时也适合家长给正要转学或已经转学的孩子阅读——通过这个故事，来避免转学这件事对孩子心理的潜在冲击。愿我们的孩子不会经历书中小女孩心里的悔恨和伤痛，愿所有的孩子都能在成长过程中慢慢体会到人性的大善与大爱。