I'm (Almost) Always Kind
By (Author) Anna Milbourne
Illustrated by Asa Gilland
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Usborne Publishing Ltd
2nd June 2021
27th May 2021
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
823.92
Winner of Junior Design Awards 2021 (UK)
Hardback
24
Width 235mm, Height 296mm, Spine 9mm
260g
A gently humorous story of how one little boy learns how to be kind.
Being kind is super important, but it isn't always easy. Using a goodhearted, enthusiastic little boy's perspective, a lot of sensitivity and a little gentle humour, this story explores the potential pitfalls of trying to be kind, and what being kind really means. To be truly kind, it turns out, you have to try to look at things from other people's points of view. Delicate laser cut holes accumulate as the pages are turned to show how kindness feels and how it can spread from person to person.
Growing up on the Wirral and in Germany, Anna wrote plays about talking animals, and stories about naughty children, and drew on every available surface. After school, she did an Art Foundation course, then a degree in German Literature & Philosophy at Oxford University. In 1998 she found her perfect job at Usborne in London, writing about everything from curious penguins to trips to the Moon.