Tamara Letter - A Passion for Kindness: Making the World a Better Place to Lead, Love, and Learn

Tamara Letter urges us all to become the ...best version of you that you can be in her new book. She definitely possesses a super power and its to help the children she teaches, the friends, colleagues, and family members she enlists, and the strangers she embraces to find within themselves a value for the ultimate gift we can give awayour kindness. A Passion for Kindness is a gift of kindness to all of us, especially educators who care deeply and want to help their students experience empathy for others. Throughout her book, Tamara also helps us see that planting seeds of kindness grows gardens, fields, and forests of care for others, especially those in pain, those with great loss, and those who feel hopeless. Her stories of RAK, also known as random acts of kindness, in response to the tragic loss of childrens lives in school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School help us all find rays of sunshine in these darkest of storms. Yes, Tamara certainly has a super power. Read her bookit will remind you that paying kindness forward doesnt cost us a dime, but it will result in an investment in a kinder future for our schools, communities, and world. Imagine a world filled with kindnessTamara is making that happen!

Pam Moran, coauthor of Timeless Learning and executive director of the Virginia School Consortium for Learning

Tamara Letters book, A Passion for Kindness, is a must-have book for any kindness cultivator that wants to make the world a better place. Through her experiences, and the stories of those she spotlights, we are empowered with creative ways to show kindness to others. Her positivity shines throughout this book, reminding us that empathy, compassion, and connection can be found in everyone if we simply listen to the quiet whisper of our hearts.

Leon Logothetis, best-selling author of The Kindness Diaries

It can be tempting to dismiss a book like this as too feel-good, or even naive, in our current climate. But Tamara gives kindness a powerful voice and shows how simple acts can have lasting positive impacts. I loved every moment of reading this book and plan to revisit it often for its inspirational, yet practical, examples of kindness that can be implemented in school, home, and community. Tamara includes the research. Guess what? There is some truth to the power of this kindness stuff, folks, with goodness for both the giver and receiver. Dont just read this book: Put its lessons into practice, and together, with Tamara as our guide, we can overcome the negative forces that threaten to overwhelm us.

Karen Work Richardson, PhD, executive director, Virginia Society for Technology in Education

I have been following Tamaras kindness journey on social media for a few years now and I am so grateful for this book where I can learn more about her incredible Passion Projects and the other ways Tamara instills kindness in every aspect of her life. In A Passion for Kindness, Tamara shares her insights, experiences, and ideas for how we can make the world a better place if only we cultivate kindness. As someone who believes in the power of social media for good, I fully appreciated each chapters Kindness Cultivator, which celebrates a person in Tamaras life (online and in person) who is doing good in the world, for the world. This book will give you ideas for spreading positivity, no matter what subject or grade you teach. And lets face it, we can all use a little more kindness in the world.

Jennifer Casa-Todd, teacher-librarian and author of Social LEADia

Tamara Letter gently folds in quotes, metaphors, stories, and points to ponder throughout her engaging book, A Passion for Kindness. The stories from Kindness Cultivators were just the examples needed as evidence of vulnerability, choices, seeing the unseen, knowing the power in roots and stems, and more. Tamara walks the reader through memories and some uncomfortable situations that led to random acts of kindness. She shares stories about how teachers empowered students to spread kindness throughout and beyond school. I highly recommend reading A Passion for Kindness. Just be aware that this book will touch your heart, change your thinking, and impact you so you will want to cultivate kindness. Thank you, Tamara!

Barbara Bray, creative learning strategist, author, blogger and podcast host at Rethinking Learning (barbarabray.net)

Your heart will be filled with a passion for kindness and your head will be bursting with ideas after you read this engaging and inspiring book by Tamara Letter. Once you begin reading A Passion for Kindness, you will not want to put it down. Readers connect with Tamara through her own beautifully told stories of challenge and triumph while being absolutely in awe at her incredible devotion to spreading kindness everywhere. Being an avid kindness researcher, Tamara includes stories of others kindness missions as well as a plethora of kindness resources. This book is not only a gift to all educators but to all of humankind. Tamara is a difference-maker and a world-changer and a blessing to us all as a transparent kindness ambassador.

Allyson Apsey, elementary principal and author of The Path to Serendipity

A Passion for Kindness is pure joy! Tamara had me captivated from beginning to end as she beautifully wove her own personal experiences with those of others to capture the incredible power of kindness. Each chapter is full of inspiring, practical ideas and thought-provoking questions to empower you to spread positivity and joy to those around you no matter who or where you serve. This book is a must-read that I highly recommend to anyone who wants to make this world a better place.

Tisha Richmond, tech integration specialist and

author of Make Learning Magical

Tamara Letter takes you on an empathetic journey that will leave you inspired and compelled to sincere action. You will not only have a passion for kindness after reading, but you will be compelled to take sincere next steps to support others. Celebrate kindness and take these lessons to dynamic action for your community.

Sean Gaillard, principal and author of The Pepper Effect

In a world where kindness is often overlooked, Tamara Letter reminds us how even the smallest and simplest random acts of kindness can have an endless ripple effect on those near and far. From personal stories that relate to the heart to research and references that strengthen the mind, everyone who reads this book will be inspired to make the world a better place. We need more kindness in this world and Tamara will show you how you, and your students, can help.

Annick Rauch, French immersion educator, learner, and mom

Throughout the pages of A Passion for Kindness, Tamara Letter eloquently pens the stories of not only the acts of kindness she has personally shared with others, but those implemented by kindness cultivators around the world as well. As I read each carefully placed word within this beautiful work of art, I found myself saying, Thats brilliant! I can do that! Why have I never considered that simple yet profound kind deed?

Tamaras storytelling moved medeep within my soul. Im not going to lie; sometimes it caused my eyes to leak a little. I was not only moved emotionally, but I was also moved to act! Its true: I now carry a roll of quarters with me everywhere I go.

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