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TodayKindness ChallengeOct 26 to Nov 1, 2026

This week

This week's kindness challenge.

Choose a finished book that is still in good shape, then pass it to a classmate, a sibling, or your school library.

Three bookshops in Saint-Brieuc are collecting extra children's books so more kids have something new to read. Sharing a finished book you already own is a free way to join in.

Three easy ways

At school

Set out a classroom basket for finished books students are ready to share, and add those books to the school library if the librarian says yes.

At home

Read one page of a shared book aloud with someone you live with.

In the neighborhood

With a grown-up you live with, leave a finished book in a Little Free Library your family already uses. Stay together.

The story that inspired it

Three Saint-Brieuc bookshops are collecting children's books for Christmas

Saint-Brieuc, France · Oct 22, 2026

Until November 20, shoppers can buy an extra book and leave it for Secours populaire. Last year the three shops collected 70.

Teacher note

Check that shared books are appropriate and still in one piece. Read the linked story aloud before the class starts. Do not send children off alone. Do not collect a child's name, age, school, or email.

This page is for an adult to lead. The classroom section has more stories to read aloud.

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This week's kindness challenge is sharing a finished book with someone you know or with your school library.