You, Me and Empathy: Teaching children about empathy, feelings, kindness, compassion, tolerance and recognising bullying behaviours

I had high hopes for this book especially with all of the positive reviews. I bought it to read with my Kindergarten class. It has cute pictures and I have used it with my class but have to change some of the words. It is a series of scenarios in which a person is able to relate to the feelings of others because they have experienced the same things. Kid is sick and mom takes care of him, she is sick and he takes care of her, brother gets hurt... so far okay ( although all anyone does to help is say "there,there" A child gets knocked over by a dog and the other child tells them not to cry because the dog does not know any better...meh. A child is bullying others then get bullied himself and stops being a bully..... not a good or realistic message. The book does end well with a lesson about welcoming others. It is an okay book but not what I was hoping for.

Gifting this next week along with other things. Not necessarily directed at the birthday girl but more the rest of the kids in the house. So hopefully it'll sink in somewhere.Cute illustrations & not badly written.

Bought to use in my 5th grade classroom. It may be a little below fifth grade level but the questions and further exploration with the topics will spark many conversations.

Loved this book. It was just what I wanted to teach my granddaughter about empathy because it gives examples of the child viewing someone with a problem, identifying with a child by remembering a time that had happened to him, and then giving an example what to do to help. I also liked that it had questions at the bottom of some of the pages like: Have you ever felt scared? What happened? Tell me about a time you had to be brave, that made it more interactive.

My 4 year old likes it and asks me to read it to her. It is nicely written in rhyming verses with simple illustrations. The discussion questions at the end of each small section are great to talk to her about being kind and being a good friend. Highly recommend.