World Read Aloud Day | 7 Strengths Video Series: Kate Messner on Kindness

1,899 views · Published 31 January 2018 · 4:35 · Indexed 20 October 2026

Channel: Scholastic · 2018 · Education

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Kate Messner, author of many books for young readers and winner of the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers, celebrates World Read Aloud Day with a focus on the fourth of the 7 Strengths, Kindness. She suggests ways to be kind in daily life and shares some of her favorite read alouds that illustrate the strength of Kindness and reads aloud from one of her favorite titles, Martin Rising by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney. To learn more about the 7 Strengths and World Read Aloud Day visit http://bit.ly/2GAt8Z1

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