A perfect, gentle introduction to friendship and kindness. When Mala the Koala stomps into the forest, a little mouse suggests Mala will soon feel better if she starts to be kind. But how? wonders Mala. Soon she's sharing her lunch with some emu chicks, helping a baby bat and comforting her friend, Wombat - discovering, on her way, that kindness really is what makes the world go round. This easy-to-read rhyming story, with gorgeous artwork, is a perfect introduction to kindness.

Zanna writes fiction and non-fiction for Usborne. Her favourite things to write about are small monsters and talking animals. She used to live in London but now lives in a cottage on the edge of some woods. She is only sorry there are no bears or witches in them.