Cool to be Kind: How to Negotiate the World of Friendships and Relationships
ISBN: 9781003133759
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited



For effective use, this book should be purchased alongside the professional guidebook. Both books can be purchased together as a set, Negotiating the World of Friendships and Relationships: A 'Cool to be Kind' Storybook and Practical Resource [9780367537807]

This illustrated storybook introduces Coco, Otto, Ollie and Ling as they negotiate the sometimes tricky world of friendships and relationships, observing the unkindness of some and using their superpower - kindness - to change the lives of others. Explore with them what it means to be unkind, why that choice is sometimes made and how usually there is another choice - to be kind.

This storybook will:

Help facilitate discussions with children about values, morals and empathy Support children to see that kindness can be a cool choice to make Help you to introduce children to the notion that kindness and unkindness are choices

This storybook is available to purchase as part of a two-component set, Negotiating the World of Friendships and Relationships: A 'Cool to be Kind' Storybook and Practical Resource. It can be used by teachers and support staff to teach and promote kindness to children at primary age and beyond.


Liz Bates is an independent education consultant. She supports both primary and secondary schools in all aspects of Emotional Health and Wellbeing, including whole school approaches, training staff and delivering talks to parents. Liz is a Protective Behaviours Trainer, a Wellbeing Award Advisor for Optimus and a Schools Engagement Trainer for The Anna Freud Centre.

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