Book cover for 'Kindness Over Rudeness' by Nat Bannerman, illustrated by Magbean. The cover features three cartoon bird-like characters on a path, with the title at the top and the Magbean logo at the bottom.

Kindness Over Rudeness | Magbean! Children’s Book by Nat Bannerman

$20.00
$20.00
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Book cover for 'Kindness Over Rudeness' by Nat Bannerman, illustrated by Magbean. The cover features three cartoon bird-like characters on a path, with the title at the top and the Magbean logo at the bottom.
  • Book cover for 'Kindness Over Rudeness' by Nat Bannerman, illustrated by Magbean. The cover features three cartoon bird-like characters on a path, with the title at the top and the Magbean logo at the bottom.
  • Book cover for 'Kindness Over Rudeness' by Nat Bannerman, illustrated by Magbean. The cover features three cartoon bird-like characters on a path, with the title at the top and the Magbean logo at the bottom.
Kindness Over Rudeness | Magbean! Children’s Book by Nat Bannerman

Kindness Over Rudeness | Magbean! Children’s Book by Nat Bannerman

$20.00
$20.00

Kindness Over Rudeness

A colourful children's story about kindness, courage and responding to teasing with understanding.

Some new beans have arrived on Beanpie Island, and they're not making things easy for Magbean and Magbroccoli.

In the second book of the Magbean! series, Magbean and his friends face teasing and difficult interactions with the newcomers. Through kindness, courage and understanding, they discover that difficult beginnings don't always have to stay that way.

Kindness Over Rudeness continues Nat Bannerman's colourful world of Beanpie Island, using engaging characters and storytelling to explore kindness, empathy, inclusion and how we treat others.

It's a gentle way to open conversations with children about teasing, differences, difficult social situations and the impact our choices can have on other people.

Why we chose it

  • Created by a neurodivergent Australian author and illustrator

  • Explores kindness, empathy and understanding

  • Opens conversations about teasing and how it can affect others

  • Encourages courage when navigating difficult social situations

  • Celebrates difference, inclusion and acceptance

  • Uses colourful characters and storytelling to explore meaningful topics

  • Created from lived experience

Great for conversations about

  • Kindness

  • Teasing

  • Empathy and understanding

  • Courage

  • Friendship

  • Inclusion and belonging

  • Respecting differences

  • How our actions affect other people

  • Navigating difficult social interactions

Part of the Magbean! series

Kindness Over Rudeness is the second book in the Magbean! children's book series.

The series follows Magbean, Magbroccoli and the other beans of Beanpie Island through colourful stories celebrating diversity, inclusion, acceptance and kindness.

It can be enjoyed alongside the first book, You Can't Rush Friendships.

About Nat

Nat Bannerman was a neurodivergent Canberra author, illustrator and creator who founded Zosimos Curra and created the Magbean! children's book series.

Drawing on their own lived experiences, Nat created the world of Magbean to celebrate diversity, inclusion, acceptance and kindness, and to help children feel seen, supported and valued.

Nat both wrote and illustrated the Magbean series, bringing their characters and the colourful world of Beanpie Island to life through their own distinctive creative vision.

Continuing Nat's legacy

Nat sadly passed away unexpectedly in May 2026.

With the support of Nat's mum, Deb, The AuDHD Store is honoured to help continue sharing Nat's books and the messages of kindness, inclusion and belonging they created.

The AuDHD Store does not take any profit from the sale of this book. The full $20 purchase price is returned to Nat's family.

By stocking the Magbean! books, we hope to help Nat's stories continue reaching children and families, and keep the colourful world they created travelling a little further.

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