Choosing Kindness, No Matter What

This post is sponsored by Penguin Random House but all opinions are my own.

As a mom I try to teach my kids to be kind to everyone, but more importantly, I try my best to model kindness so they see it in action and know I am true to my word. I have to admit it is not always easy – there are some people who make choosing kindness more difficult, especially when I am being treated unkindly. But I’ve made it a point not to become sour just because others are. I will not change my disposition or my character based on others. 

The same is true for Yeti, the main monster character in the new children’s book, Not Yeti. Yeti always chooses kindness, no matter what the other monsters say or do. Monsters are usually loud and rude. They like to smash things and they always need to be right. But not Yeti. Yeti bakes banana bread and sings to whales and always has a nice word to say. 

Going against the grain is not always easy, though. Yeti finds that to be true since he’s different than the other monsters. Sometimes we can be ostracized and left alone when we’re different than others. Little does Yeti know, though, there’s a special surprise in store for him at the very end of the book’s story.

Not Yeti is a fun and colorful book to read with your children. My kids loved the illustrations, and my younger son enjoyed reading about one of his favorite characters, the Abominable Snowman, in a different light. Enter to win a copy of your own!