World Kindness Day was November 13, 2024. To celebrate, I had the honor of visiting Clow Elementary School in Naperville, Illinois to read Big Karma and Little Kosmo Welcome New Cat Zenni to two assemblies of students. Alefiyah Tawawalla, our Love and Kindness Project Foundation Secretary is an ELL teacher at Clow and was so kind to suggest and arrange the World Kindness Day Read Aloud Program.

Students from Kindergarten through fifth grade gathered in the library to listen to how Big Karma helped Little Kosmo and Zenni become friends when Zenni had to suddenly be rehomed. Then the students answered questions about how they could help those who were newcomers in their class, school and neighborhood feel more welcome! The students gave great answers like “inviting someone to play at recess”…”inviting someone over to your house to eat” and “sharing your toys”.

The students loved hearing that Mrs. Tawawalla made me and my family feel welcome when we moved to Naperville by being our first friend in our apartment complex!

Thank you so much to everyone at Clow Elementary for such a warm welcome, and for focusing on Kindness with their 2024/25 theme of Kindness is Your Superpower!