All Aging Adults Animal Welfare Civic Engagement Community & Care Support Education Emergency Readiness Environment Food Insecurity Immigrants and Refugees Justice & Equity Mental Health Responsible Technology Safety & Well-being Sustainable Farming Book One Can Lana Button and Eric Walters / Isabelle Malenfant (Groundwood Books, 2025) Theme: The focus is on the balance of giving and receiving, specifically exploring empathy, community, and dignity regarding food insecurity. The story teaches that helping others is about sharing what you can, when you can, and that needing help is not a source of shame. Grades: Pre-K – 1Picture Book, Fiction Book The Story and Science of Hope Andrea Curtis & Ana Suarez (Groundwood Books, 2025) Theme: An illustrated book that weaves together ancient history with new scientific research showing hope is more than a feeling and is in fact essential for our well-being. Learn the history of hope, how it can be measured, learned and practiced — even where you can find hope in your brain. Backmatter includes real-world examples of hopeful environmental activists and of ways kids can cultivate hope. Grades: 4 – 12Non-Fiction Book Human Kindness: True Stories of Compassion and Generosity that Changed the World John Francis / Jozy Bloggs (What on Earth Books, 2022) Theme: A celebration of human kindness by examining a multitude of perspectives from the history to the science, along with stories from around the world. A hopeful examination of what humans can do and the impact we can have every day.Grades: 3 – 7Non-Fiction
Book One Can Lana Button and Eric Walters / Isabelle Malenfant (Groundwood Books, 2025) Theme: The focus is on the balance of giving and receiving, specifically exploring empathy, community, and dignity regarding food insecurity. The story teaches that helping others is about sharing what you can, when you can, and that needing help is not a source of shame. Grades: Pre-K – 1Picture Book, Fiction
Book The Story and Science of Hope Andrea Curtis & Ana Suarez (Groundwood Books, 2025) Theme: An illustrated book that weaves together ancient history with new scientific research showing hope is more than a feeling and is in fact essential for our well-being. Learn the history of hope, how it can be measured, learned and practiced — even where you can find hope in your brain. Backmatter includes real-world examples of hopeful environmental activists and of ways kids can cultivate hope. Grades: 4 – 12Non-Fiction
Book Human Kindness: True Stories of Compassion and Generosity that Changed the World John Francis / Jozy Bloggs (What on Earth Books, 2022) Theme: A celebration of human kindness by examining a multitude of perspectives from the history to the science, along with stories from around the world. A hopeful examination of what humans can do and the impact we can have every day.Grades: 3 – 7Non-Fiction
