Books on Hope: Heartfelt Reads for Kids Ages 6 – 8
by Melissa Taylor
What gives a person hope? Kindness, resilience, strength, generosity, acceptance, and purpose bring hope into our lives. Let’s fill children’s lives with hope by sharing books that sparkle with promises of a brighter future, a future of good things where anyone, including kids, can make a difference in their own lives and in the world.
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Lubaya’s Quiet Roar
Available from:Introverted Lubaya loves imagining, being quiet, and drawing. While her family watches television, she draws on the backs of her parents’ old protest posters. Her family takes the now double-sided signs to a march — giving quiet Lubaya a loud voice in the fight for justice and racial equality.
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High Time for Heroes
Available from:Jack and Annie travel to 1800s Egypt to find the famous Florence Nightingale. But they’re surprised to discover that she’s not yet a nurse. However, when Jack and Annie get hurt, Miss Nightingale nurses them and inspires them with lessons she’s learned about how to be great.
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What We’ll Build
Available from:Written as a love letter to a daughter from a father, a father shares his hopes and dreams for him and his daughter; plans for building a home together with love, hope, connection, resilience, and adventure. His dreams show a loving parent-child relationship where they work together to make life meaningful.
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Stand Up! Speak Up!
Available from:This young activist girl shows that even a child can make a difference. Through her persistence, failure, and hard work, she educates people about climate change. The simple text with black, white, and green illustrations invites readers into a valuable story for all ages.
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We’re All Wonders
Available from:Auggie knows he looks different than other kids because of his facial differences. Even still, when kids make fun of him, it hurts his feelings, and he uses his imagination to blast off into space. There, he notices the many different kinds of people on Earth and hopes people will see that he is a wonder ... and they are wonders, too.
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What Is Given from the Heart
Available from:Even though Mama and James Otis don’t have much money, they find meaningful gifts to give to a church family in need. With full hearts, they return home to discover a “love box” given to them for their own needs. Beautifully told and illustrated, this story shows the power of generosity and love in action.
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My Life in Pictures
Available from:It’s bad enough that Bea’s best friend moves, but it’s even worse when a mean boy named Burt moves into her house. Bea copes by expressing her feelings through drawings. When her teacher notices the drawings, she celebrates Bea’s artistic skills, helping Bea value her unique way of self-expression.
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Mouse Scouts: Make A Difference
Available from:To earn their Make a Difference Badge, the Mouse Scouts need to do something to help their community. After some debate and disagreements, the girls use teamwork and kindness to complete the dangerous task of rescuing a cat in a tree.
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Carmela Full of Wishes
Available from:On her birthday, Carmela follows her brother as he does errands for their family. She finds a dandelion and imagines all the possible wishes she can make. But it’s ruined before she can make her wish, so her brother kindly helps Carmela find thousand more of dandelion wishes.
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Heroes for All Times
Available from:Get inspired by the lives of ordinary people like Florence Nightingale, Harriet Tubman, and Mahatma Gandhi, who did extraordinary things to make the world a better place. The authors write, “True heroes give us hope,” and these heroic biographies will do just that.
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I Am Kind
This sweet easy reader story follows a little girl who notices people’s acts of kindness and shares how she is kind to others. The book ends perfectly by asking young readers to think of three ways they can be kind, too.
