Kind: A book about kindness with over 30 illustrators, with a foreword by Axel Scheffler Award-winning illustrator by Alison Green (author) and Axel Scheffler (illustrator) (UK edition)

Imagine a world where everyone is kind – how can we make that come true? With gorgeous pictures by a host of the world’s top illustrators, Kind is a timely, inspiring picture book about the many ways children can be kind, from sharing their toys and games to helping those from other countries feel welcome.

The book is endorsed by The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler
A donation from every copy of Kind sold goes to Three Peas, a charity which supports refugees who have had to flee their homes.

Illustrators included: Beatrice Alemagna, David Barrow, Rotraut Susanne Berner, Quentin Blake, Serge Bloch, Melissa Castrillón, Benjamin Chaud, Marianna Coppo, Catherine Crowther, Pippa Curnick, Gerda Dendooven, Michael Foreman, Ingrid Godon, Susanne Göhlich, Chris Haughton, Nicola Kinnear, Ole Könnecke, Anke Kuhl, Sarah McIntyre, Dorothée De Monfreid, Lydia Monks, Jörg Mühle, Thomas Müller, Barbara Nascimbeni, Guy Parker-Rees, Moni Port, Steven Antony Rack, David Roberts, Axel Scheffler, Nick Sharratt, Birgitta Sif, Helen Stephens, Lizzy Stewart, Britta Teckentrup, Philip Waechter, Ken Wilson-Max, Cindy Wume and Lucia Gaggiotti.

Product Details

Catalogue number

103 in ROW Primary March 2026

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780702301742

Publisher

Alison Green Books

Date published

September 3rd, 2020

Other details

48 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Axel Scheffler

Axel Scheffler was born in 1957 in Hamburg, Germany. At school, although always good at art, he never really considered a career in illustration. But long before he began his professional life, he had won his first drawing prize for an international chocolate company – his prize was a cuddly lilac cow.

Axel went on from school to study History of Art at the University of Hamburg – but he didn’t like the course and decided to leave. Knowing that he wanted to live in another country and learn a second language, he moved to England to study illustration at the Bath Academy of Art.

After graduating with a first class degree, Axel moved to London where he began illustrating for a variety of English and German advertising companies, magazines and newspapers. He took his portfolio to a number of publishers and Faber commissioned him to illustrate The Piemakers by Helen Cresswell and The Bottle Rabbit by Bernard McCabe. In 1989, Walker asked Axel to illustrate a text by Jon Blake, You’re a Hero, Daley B.

A writer called Julia Donaldson was also writing songs for Playdays at this time and her song A Squash and a Squeeze was commissioned to be a picture book. Axel Scheffler was recommended as an illustrator for the text and an award-winning team was created.

Their next book, The Gruffalo, was published in March 1999 and has already become a modern classic, selling more than 2 million copies worldwide and translated into over 20 languages. Axel also continues to illustrate for other authors as well, including Ian Whybrow and David Henry Wilson.

Axel has achieved worldwide acclaim for his humorous illustrations, and his books have been translated into over 29 languages. He has enjoyed particular success in his award-winning picture book collaborations with Julia Donaldson, but is also the best-selling illustrator of novelty books such as The Bedtime Bear. In 2006 he was been called upon to design Gordon Brown’s annual Christmas card!

Still living in London, Axel makes frequent visits to continental Europe. His hobbies include walking, cooking and reading and beadwork.