Children will learn the importance of treating others with love, kindness, and respect. Follow the adventures of a young boy as he practices kindness throughout his day, from rescuing a puppy to standing up to bullies to helping his young sister tie her shoe. I Am a Kindness Hero celebrates gentleness and vulnerability in boys, and shows that true strength and leadership come from treating those around you with love and respect.   I Am a Kindness Hero provides parents, teachers, and childcare providers with a beautiful picture book that offers a new kind of role model for young boys. A standalone title, it also serves as a companion to I Am a Warrior Goddess, by the same author and illustrator, which inspires strength, leadership, and empowerment in young girls.   PreS-K-A follow-up to Adams's I Am a Warrior Goddess, which focuses on empowering girls to be leaders in making the world a better place, this title demonstrates the many paths of kindness, as exhibited by a boy with black hair, a white T-shirt, and deep brown skin. Building a home for bees. Helping an elderly woman cross the street. Tying a little sister's shoes. Standing up to bullies. He demonstrates just some of the numerous ways that a kindness hero shows power and strength by loving, respecting, and helping family, friends, and strangers of all ages. Adams's clear, direct text, paired with the bold style of Lemniscates's papercutlike scenes of kindness in action help allay the didacticism of the messages; the heroics take place in an ordinary neighborhood and in snug domestic scenes. The focus is on encouraging gentleness in boys, but the story is accessible to all children. Paired with Adams's previous book, this may guide parents and caregivers to engage in direct conversations with young children on developing positive character qualities. VERDICT An empowering purchase for public libraries looking for new titles on building character.-Emily Brush, Novi P.L., MIα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. "A young child embodies the many facets of kindness in this affirming read." ―Kirkus Reviews "The team behind I Am a Warrior Goddess returns for this companion picture book.... [that] encourages young readers: “If I fight for kindness, then maybe others will too." ―Publishers Weekly "Adams’s clear, direct text, paired with the bold style of Lemniscates’s papercut like scenes of kindness in action help...parents and caregivers to engage in direct conversations with young children on developing positive character qualities." ―School Library Journal Jennifer Adams is the author of more than 40 books, including the BabyLit board book series, which introduces small children to the world of classic literature, and My Little Cities board books, illustrated by the award-winning Greg Pizzoli. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Parents magazine , and Vanity Fair. She currently resides in Salt Lake City. For more, visit jennifer-adams.com. Carme Lemniscates is the author, illustrator, and designer of several critically acclaimed children’s books. In 2016 she won the Serra d’Or Critics award for Árboles (Trees) and was the Bronze recipient of Foreword Reviews’ 2012 Book of the Year Award for Silence . She is the founder of Lemniscates Studio, located in her home city of Barcelona. For more, visit lemniscates.com.