Can I Tell You About Compassion?

A Helpful Introduction for Everyone

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Pub Date 21 May 2018 | Archive Date 21 May 2018

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Meet Sam. Like most kids his age, Sam loves sport. His class have arranged a special football match to raise money for a charity which helps children who are suffering. Sam finds out more about how the money is spent and asks his mum for this week's pocket money early, so he can donate to the charity. His mum says he does this because he's such a kind boy. But when he asks his teachers about it at school the next day, they say it's because he's compassionate.

Sam now has lots of questions about what this means. What is compassion? How can we become more compassionate? And what effects - both good and bad - does being compassionate have? Join Sam as he learns answers to these, and many more, questions about this important part of character education.

Meet Sam. Like most kids his age, Sam loves sport. His class have arranged a special football match to raise money for a charity which helps children who are suffering. Sam finds out more about how...


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ISBN 9781785924668
PRICE $14.95 (USD)
PAGES 64

Average rating from 5 members


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“If I’m being really honest, I used to resent all the attention that Jack got from so many people. But that was before I learned about compassion. That changed so many things for me.” This book is about a ten-year-old boy named Sam who has a brother that is blind. He used to resent his brother until he learned about compassion. Sam sets out on a compassion mission to find compassion in various aspects of his life. As he reflects on compassion he finds ways that compassion is found in the world – through charities and people who help the environment, characters in books – Albus Dumbledore, and connections to self – playground, school, and home. Each day Sam tries to reflect on how he showed compassion or how he didn’t. Along with compassion this book also talks about other values such as empathy, love, justice, sympathy, and courage. It outlines the difference between kindness and compassion which can sometimes be confused. It used kid friendly language to help students understand the meanings of each. This series of books would fit in well with school subjects and I liked that it showed a student implementing an action plan. I realize this book is meant to be information based, but I think more appealing visuals would help the overall aesthetic of the book. Kids seem to understand better when they have a picture to help them visualize. I would definitely recommend this book to my colleagues. It reminds of the series “Let’s Talk About…”

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This book examines compassion and through the eyes of a boy called Sam helps to educate people on what makes someone a compassionate person and how we can be more compassionate.



Sam has a brother who is blind and at times the amount of assistance given to his brother Jack has annoyed or upset Sam, however through various experiences his viewpoint changes.

This book is very well written and gives bite sized sections showing various examples of compassion and how the presence or lack of it impacts on the lives of others.

It also touches on the subject of bullying and how wrong it is and language barriers and personal differences and how we shouldn’t allow such things to prevent us being compassionate.

It explains self-compassion which I think is an equally important message for people to receive. Treat yourself with kindness and care.

Through examining what compassion is, this book encourages more compassion and is an ideal learning tool for both the teaching community and parents. (Adults could learn a thing or two about compassion through reading this book too!)

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“Can I Tell You About Compassion?” has excellent explanations for compassion and related vocabulary, but I’m not sure who I would recommend it to.

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A brilliant and insightful book that i can use to compliment my teaching. Useful for many subjects including PSHCE, RE and Sociology.

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