Kiara Smith

Friends Kiara Smith

Friends: Of All Types, Shapes and Sizes is a unique book created and developed by the young author, Kiara (Kiwi) Smith who is 8 years old. The perspective of this book is from a young school-aged reader for other young-school aged children.

Fun Lesson-Filled story about inclusivity, diversity, and friendship. In this story, Kiara wants to teach her peers about the importance of not judging people by what they look like and that friends are so much more than appearances. Kiara wants her friends to learn how important it is to be inclusive and how hurtful it can be to those that are excluded. Kiara shares that friends can be diverse in types, shapes, size, and color. Differences can be shared and welcomed in friendships.

The book has themes of empathy, inclusivity, and diversity in friendshipsGreat resource for Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) for grade school, elementary school, and middle school aged children as well as teachers and families of kids those ages. (Children Ages 4-9) The book is the perfect activity book with workbook style questions that will engage the young readers about the topic discussed as well as coloring pages and a word search that includes key words from the book. The book has adorable furry creature friends that is the perfect family friendly book to start mindful discussions about friendship, inclusivity, diversity, empathy, and characteristics that are important in building strong friendships.