Woodson does not pull back on her message here. Chloe would not be able to return that smile. But then they heard that Maya had moved away. As the days went by, Chloe hoped that Maya would return so that she could smile back. Chloe couldn’t think of any, her mind filled with the way she had treated Maya. The children were each given a small stone to drop in and tell the class about a kindness they had done. That day, the class learned about kindness, about the way it ripples like a pebble dropped into water. Maya kept trying, offering her new jacks she got for her birthday, but the girls all refused to play. Day after day, Chloe never smiled or looked back. The new girl was put next to Chloe, who refused to even look at her, moving far away in her seat and looking out the window. Maya wore ragged clothes and a broken shoe that wouldn’t keep her foot dry in winter snow. Lewisĭuring a snowy winter, a new girl came to class. Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.
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