Rachel Spitzer, a 16-year-old Junior at Broadneck High School, has written and illustrated a new children’s book, Tiny Kindness, an adorable book full of humor and puns that shows the importance of small acts of kindness.
Meet Tiny! He will take you on a tour of his town so you can see the sites and meet his animal neighbors. No matter your age, you will laugh out loud as you discover how small acts of kindness can make a BIG impact. Tiny will end up showing you the power of friendship and good deeds.
Spitzer created the character of Tiny in middle school when she started the Tiny
Kindness Campaign while working on her Silver Award for Girl Scouts. She illustrated brochures to distribute to community groups and schools to promote kindness towards others in the hopes of positively affecting children’s mental health. Rachel says, “During and after the pandemic, the mental health crisis feels even worse and I have watched many friends struggle. The very least we can do is show kindness towards each other. I want to spread that positivity.”
Since middle school, she has expanded the world around Tiny. Rachel explains, “While I took on the project of writing, illustrating, and promoting this book as my Gold Award project, I have come to love Tiny so much and plan to write more books to showcase his adventures in kindness. The most exciting part for me (besides thinking up puns for the characters!) is that I am contributing a portion of the proceeds to a Mental Health America. We are not alone, and together, we can spread kindness.”
In her free time Rachel is a rower for Annapolis Junior Rowing, Vice President of Interact Club, a member of various other amazing clubs, and on both the Varsity Golf Team and Senior Dance Company at Broadneck. She enjoys working with the community and has a passion for animal welfare issues and environmental issues. She is unsure what she will study in college but looks forward to finding a way to help her community in the process.
Tiny Kindness is published by Happy Words Publishing, Paperback $12.99, ISBN 979-8986312033