Do you know what helps with this heartwork?
Finding books that can help build inspiration, bridge understanding for children with kindness stories, poems, and compassionate quotes will only help. These books are for adults and/or children (please use your discernment) and can be found at most libraries. You can always ask your public librarian for a selection of books that center around: kindness, grief, empathy, compassion, and love and they’ll pull books for you to explore further.
Kid President’s Guide to Being Awesome
Brad Montague and Robby Novak
I Really Needed This Today
Hoda Kotb
I Am Love: A Book of Compassion
Susan Verde
The Kindness Book
Todd Parr
We’re All Wonders
RJ Palacio
The Five Love Languages
Gary Chapman
Want to spread love and comfort to those grieving or grieving yourself?
These beautiful books offer stories, journal prompts, and gentleness in grief. They may provide comfort to your journey or the journey of someone you are taking the time to write to on our “Who Needs Love” list today.
Still His Mama
Terrell Hatzilias, PhD
The Strength in our Scars
Bianca Sparacino
Healing through Words
Rupi Kaur
Want to spread love through spiritual connection?
Our Love Recipients receive love through spirituality and many of these books may resonate and could provide comfort.
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
Touchstones Daily Meditations for Men
Atlas of the Heart
Brene Brown
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz
The Gratitude Project
Jeremy Adam Smith, Kira M. Newman, Jason Marsh, Dacher Keltner
The Compassionate Instinct
Dacher Keltner, Jason Marsh, Jeremy Adam Smith
Pay Attention, For Goodness’ Sake
Sylvia Boorstein
The Wisdom of Sundays
Oprah Winfrey
Sacred Rhythms
Ruth Haley Barton
Want to spread love with laughter?
Also, a great way to spread love is through silly jokes. Many of our Love Recipients receive jokes and puns that help them belly laugh and brighten up their day. Here are some great joke books we recommend too:
Knock Knock!: The Biggest Joke Book Ever
Highlights
Let’s taco about how great you are
Bob Holt
Rhyming Dictionary
Sue Young
Want to spread love with poetry?
Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
How Lovely the Ruins
Inspirational Poems and Words of Difficult Times
Annie Chagnot and Emi Ikkanda
Milk and honey
Rupi Kaur
365 Poems for Life
Compiled by Allie Esiri
Do you have recommendations to our list? Shoot us an email at hello@peoplespreadlove.com and we’ll check it out.