Arcadia Public Library

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.

When Horton the Elephant hears a tiny voice calling for help from a speck of dust, he is determined to save his new friend. because a person's a person, no matter how small. He sets out to save the inhabitants of a speck of dust, in this classic and hilarious tale about friendship and respect from Dr. Seuss.

George the giant, known for wearing his old patched clothes, finally buys new ones, but then gives them away to some needy animals.

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.

Though trained to retrieve birds for his master, a dog finds that he is too kind-hearted for such work.

Looks at different ways to show kindness, including choosing kind words, giving compliments, and offering help without being asked.

A city of Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton's friends that Whos really exist.

"In the second book of the series, seven-year-old Ty Perry discovers that being kind is part of being Ty"--

A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation, and many years later she returns his kindness.

After Cow's bad mood spreads to the whole farm, Dog starts a new chain reaction by showing kindness.