I absolutely loved listening to the Race to Kindness audiobook! It shares a fantastic message and reminder for both children and adults to be kind to each other and was absolutely inspiring and heartwarming to listen to!

Race to Kindness is a 15-minute long audiobook that includes an audio version of the illustrated picture book, Race to Kindness by Orion Jean and a bonus interview with the author who talks about his journey to being the Time 2021 Kid of the Year and the importance of kindness and being kind.

The book is filled with rhyming, lyrical text that is a call-to-action for children and adults to join the race to kindness. I absolutely loved the message of the book and it was fantastic how the author shared different ways we can be kind to one another (in ways both big and small). It’s read by the author who narrates it in such an exciting and engaging way that invites the reader/listening to be part of the race to kindness.

In addition to the audiobook section, I also enjoyed listening to the Bonus Interview with the Author section. It was inspiring to hear about Orion’s dedication and passion for giving back to his community by exhibiting kindness.

Overall, I loved listening to Race to Kindness! I would definitely recommend this audiobook to parents, caregivers, teachers, and educators for their children and students to listen to if they are looking for children’s books that talk about and inspire kindness. It can be listened to as a stand-alone audiobook or as an accompaniment to the upcoming picture book.

Thank you Zonderkids – Audiobook for providing me an e-copy on Netgalley to review. This review was initially published on NetGalley and all opinions expressed are entirely my own.

As a school counsellor; I’m always looking for new books to read and share with my students and teachers. Race to Kindness by Orion Jean is one that I can’t wait to add to my library when it is released. The message is simple : Kindness is everything. We’re all on a race to it. I loved getting to know Orion a little bit through the interview at the end as well!

Thank you so much Netgalley and ZonderKidz for the ARC!