When the king comes to adopt some children, they are all too busy trying to impress him with their talents, except for one little girl who offers only her kind heart.

"Have you heard of the Loveosaurus? The first ever found--it's true! He's on the run spreading kindness and joy, but who will trap him...YOU?"--Back cover.

Brunhilda the witch loves making trouble, but one morning she wakes up to find the day has gone completely backwards and soon learns how sometimes being nice can be more rewarding than being mean.

A modern fable about the importance of kindness adn the power of love to heal: a blackbird who wants more beautiful feathers is injured while flying towards the sun looking for beauty, and all the other birds pass by without helping him. Then a young boy takes the blackbird into his home and nurses him back to health.

"Everyone knows the cool beans. They're sooooo cool. And then there's the uncool has-bean . . . Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd--until one day the cool beans show him how it's done.

"Fern is too busy making sure other people feel good about themselves to give much thought to her own happiness. But her vintage clothing store is struggling, and the casual relationship she'd always thought she was happy in doesn't look so appealing. When Fern goes out of her way to help 85-year-old Dinah, little does she realise their new friendship will change her life. Dinah may have troubles in her past, but she's lived and loved to the full....

Minna does a lot of thinking about her project to do something kind, make a picture about what she did, and share it with her classmates, but finally comes up with an idea that spreads to the whole school.

Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the Savannah. Includes back matter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African Savannah.

"It's Superhero Day at school and Milly has her outfit ready, but she worries that she can't be a real superhero without superpowers like X-ray vision or the ability to fly. When the day isn't so super for some of her classmates at school, Milly realizes that her real superpower is kindness, making her the best kind of superhero--a good friend!" --

When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal.