Cultivating kindness is easy when you try. Spread a little kindness and watch empathy ripple through the community... spreading happiness like sunshine, connecting diverse groups like a footbridge and lifting hope like a kite string.  How can YOU lift others with kindness? This compelling book illustrates simple, yet impactful ways, to spread kindness and brighten the lives of others. Through poetry, the inspiring words uplift young readers, planting seeds of empathy, kindness and community support.  Kindness is a Kite String by Michelle Schaub carries the key message of kindness as well as how to teach similes and metaphors supported by the many advocates of positive parenting solutions. It'll sit comfortably on your shelf alongside other books that focus on the power of kindness. Like the work of Diane Alber (Scribble Stones) and Brandon Walden (Trees).  This book comes with a free Reader's Guide for children. It includes reproducible handouts that ask children to create their own similes, metaphors and more. The guide is available for free download from the publisher website.