"Catching Kindness" Storytime with Author Kara M. Mitchell

Best of Books invites your family to join us every Saturday at 11 a.m. for Storytime! These cozy events are free to attend. On October 11, Oklahoma Author, Kara M. Mitchell joins us to read her new picture book "Catching Kindness".

Preorder your copy below to pick up at the event! Kara will sign books after the story read-aloud.

https://bestofbooksok.com/event/2025-10-11/catching-kindness-storytime-author-kara-m-mitchell

Book Description
Sometimes being kind requires a little more oomph.

This is especially true at the grocery store. Especially when the store's only car cart is already taken by a kid in a fancy cowboy outfit. Especially when it seems like everyone else at the store is in a bad mood too. But sometimes kindness can take you by surprise. Suddenly the kid with the car-cart yields his ride, and that small act changes everything.

If crankiness is catching, kindness can be just as infectious. As one child shows kindness to others, he watches how his kindness spreads and grows throughout the store, from the bread aisle all the way to the healthy cereal, with one kindness leading to another and another. It's like blowing on a dandelion and watching the seeds go everywhere.

And just when he needs it most, all that kindness the child has been sharing might find its way back to him.

This playful picture book debut explores how far a thoughtful and selfless gesture can go. It's the perfect way to start a conversation with readers about the importance of kindness.

About the Author
Kara M. Mitchell is an author-illustrator who grew up surrounded by kind people. She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in both fine art and landscape architecture. She taught high school art before becoming a landscape designer. This is her first picture book. Kara lives in Oklahoma City, OK. Visit karammitchell.com.

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• This Saturday, 27th September, 11:00 am, Fall Storytime with the Little Blue Truck in Edmond
• This Saturday, 27th September, 12:00 pm, Afternoon with Oklahoma Young Adult Authors in Edmond
• Next Thursday, 2nd October, 06:00 pm, "Let's Call Her Barbie" Girl's Night with Reneé Rosen in Edmond

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