Meet Sam. Like most kids his age, Sam loves sport. His class have arranged a special football match to raise money for a charity which helps children who are suffering. Sam finds out more about how the money is spent and asks his mum for this week's pocket money early, so he can donate to the charity. His mum says he does this because he's such a kind boy. But when he asks his teachers about it at school the next day, they say it's because he's compassionate.

Sam now has lots of questions about what this means. What is compassion? How can we become more compassionate? And what effects - both good and bad - does being compassionate have? Join Sam as he learns answers to these, and many more, questions about this important part of character education.

This book is part of a book series called Can I Tell You About? .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

This book has been graded for interest at 7-18 years.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers .

Rosy Salaman is an artist and illustrator who studied History of Art at Bristol University and Illustration at the Chelsea College of Art and Design. She lives in London, UK. Sue Webb is a former head teacher who now works as an education consultant working with schools to help them embed values and characters into their schools.

This book has the following chapters: 1. Introduction: character and values. 2. Introducing Sam. 3. Learning about what compassion means. 4. The difference between kindness and compassion. 5. Exploring values. 6. Which values link closely to compassion? 7. The difference between compassion and justice. 8. Self-compassion. 9. Noticing compassion in the world around us? 10. How can we become more compassionate to ourselves and to others. 11. When it's difficult to be compassionate. 12. Compassion is good for your mind and body. 13. The match! 14. What can you do? 15. Recommended reading, organisations and websites.