“If I’m being really honest, I used to resent all the attention that Jack got from so many people. But that was before I learned about compassion. That changed so many things for me.” This book is about a ten-year-old boy named Sam who has a brother that is blind. He used to resent his brother until he learned about compassion. Sam sets out on a compassion mission to find compassion in various aspects of his life. As he reflects on compassion he finds ways that compassion is found in the world – through charities and people who help the environment, characters in books – Albus Dumbledore, and connections to self – playground, school, and home. Each day Sam tries to reflect on how he showed compassion or how he didn’t. Along with compassion this book also talks about other values such as empathy, love, justice, sympathy, and courage. It outlines the difference between kindness and compassion which can sometimes be confused. It used kid friendly language to help students understand the meanings of each. This series of books would fit in well with school subjects and I liked that it showed a student implementing an action plan. I realize this book is meant to be information based, but I think more appealing visuals would help the overall aesthetic of the book. Kids seem to understand better when they have a picture to help them visualize. I would definitely recommend this book to my colleagues. It reminds of the series “Let’s Talk About…”

“Can I Tell You About Compassion?” has excellent explanations for compassion and related vocabulary, but I’m not sure who I would recommend it to.

A brilliant and insightful book that i can use to compliment my teaching. Useful for many subjects including PSHCE, RE and Sociology.