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For Jack and Jill, the first day of kindergarten brings all the usual feelings-excitement, nervousness, curiosity, and the hope that they will find a place where they belong.
Jack and Jill are transgender children. But in Miss Everly Kind's kindergarten class, they are simply Jack and Jill: two new students with favorite things, new desks, classmates to meet, games to play, stories to hear, and a whole school year waiting for them.
From singing together and giggling during naptime to playing at recess, sharing lunch, making crafts, and gathering on the rainbow rug for storytime, the children discover just how much they have in common. Miss Everly Kind helps her students notice something else, too: no two people are exactly alike.
Some people are tall and some are short. People have different skin tones, hair, cultures, religions, families, identities, interests, and experiences. Some are boys. Some are girls. Some may feel like both or neither. People grow and change in different ways throughout their lives.
But everyone belongs.
With warmth, colorful illustrations, and an affirming message for children and the grown-ups who love them, The Kind Kindergarten Class celebrates diversity without making difference something to fear. Instead, it invites young readers to see kindness, acceptance, empathy, and belonging as things every child can practice.
At the heart of Miss Everly Kind's classroom is one wonderfully simple idea: kindness begins with each of us.
A thoughtful picture book for families, classrooms, libraries, counselors, and educators, The Kind Kindergarten Class offers an accessible way to begin conversations about gender identity, inclusion, differences, friendship, self-acceptance, and treating others with compassion.
Because a truly kind classroom has room for everyone.
Jack and Jill are transgender children. But in Miss Everly Kind's kindergarten class, they are simply Jack and Jill: two new students with favorite things, new desks, classmates to meet, games to play, stories to hear, and a whole school year waiting for them.
From singing together and giggling during naptime to playing at recess, sharing lunch, making crafts, and gathering on the rainbow rug for storytime, the children discover just how much they have in common. Miss Everly Kind helps her students notice something else, too: no two people are exactly alike.
Some people are tall and some are short. People have different skin tones, hair, cultures, religions, families, identities, interests, and experiences. Some are boys. Some are girls. Some may feel like both or neither. People grow and change in different ways throughout their lives.
But everyone belongs.
With warmth, colorful illustrations, and an affirming message for children and the grown-ups who love them, The Kind Kindergarten Class celebrates diversity without making difference something to fear. Instead, it invites young readers to see kindness, acceptance, empathy, and belonging as things every child can practice.
At the heart of Miss Everly Kind's classroom is one wonderfully simple idea: kindness begins with each of us.
A thoughtful picture book for families, classrooms, libraries, counselors, and educators, The Kind Kindergarten Class offers an accessible way to begin conversations about gender identity, inclusion, differences, friendship, self-acceptance, and treating others with compassion.
Because a truly kind classroom has room for everyone.