Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed
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A kindness story that promotes caring and compassionate behavior for children and adults.Can one child’s good deed change the world? It can when she’s Ordinary Mary—an ordinary girl from an ordinary school, on her way to her ordinary house—who stumbles upon ordinary blueberries. When she decides to pick them for her neighbor, Mrs. Bishop, she starts a chain reaction that multiplies around the world.“… shows the importance your actions can have on others, but it also shows the ways your actions can ripple out to affect total strangers.” – BuzzFeed Celebrate the fifteenth anniversary edition of this feel-good story that continues to inspire and celebrate a world full of ordinary deeds! Updated illustrations and endpapers are now paired with this beloved storyline as it stirs a whole new generation on to more random acts of kindness–proving one child’s compassion and empathy really can change the world.The best selling kindness book for families
Age range 4 to 12 years
Grade level 2 – 6
Lexile Measure AD950L
Can one child’s good deed change the world? It can when she’s Ordinary Mary—an ordinary girl from an ordinary school, on her way to her ordinary house—who stumbles upon ordinary blueberries. When she decides to pick them for her neighbor, Mrs. Bishop, she starts a chain reaction that multiplies around the world.
Emily Pearson is the co-author of Fuzzy Red Bathrobe: Questions from the Heart for Mothers and Daughters. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.Fumi Kosaka was born and raised in Japan, and studied illustration at Brigham Young University. Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed is among the first of many books she has illustrated.
Ordinary Mary was so very ordinary that you”d never guess she could change the world. This ordinary kid? She did! She changed the world!
One ordinary day, skipping on her way from her ordinary school to her ordinary house, she passed an ordinary vacant lot filled with ordinary bushes growing ordinary berries–ordinary blue and juicy, luscious lovely berries.
Well, Ordinary Mary picked the ordinary berries and brought them in a big brown bowl to Mrs. Bishops porch.
What? Left berries in a big brown bol on Mrs. Bishops porch?
That sneaky kid! She did!
Someone shared this story at an education conference I attended and I immediately ordered the full book for my daughter. It begins with one ordinary girl’s kind gesture to a neighbor—and follows along as the first kind gesture begets another one, and another one, and another one, and so on. It’s a fantastic lesson in how small gestures can have a huge impact. An ordinary girl from an ordinary school does a seemingly ordinary good deed, but in doing so she changes the whole world. This book has inspired real-life acts of kindness all around the world and will leave you inspired to join in. Someone shared this story at an education conference I attended and I immediately ordered the full book for my daughter. It begins with one ordinary girl’s kind gesture to a neighbor—and follows along as the first kind gesture begets another one, and another one, and another one, and so on. It’s a fantastic lesson in how small gestures can have a huge impact.
One ordinary day, skipping on her way from her ordinary school to her ordinary house, she passed an ordinary vacant lot filled with ordinary bushes growing ordinary berries–ordinary blue and juicy, luscious lovely berries.
Well, Ordinary Mary picked the ordinary berries and brought them in a big brown bowl to Mrs. Bishops porch.
What? Left berries in a big brown bol on Mrs. Bishops porch?
That sneaky kid! She did!
Someone shared this story at an education conference I attended and I immediately ordered the full book for my daughter. It begins with one ordinary girl’s kind gesture to a neighbor—and follows along as the first kind gesture begets another one, and another one, and another one, and so on. It’s a fantastic lesson in how small gestures can have a huge impact. An ordinary girl from an ordinary school does a seemingly ordinary good deed, but in doing so she changes the whole world. This book has inspired real-life acts of kindness all around the world and will leave you inspired to join in. Someone shared this story at an education conference I attended and I immediately ordered the full book for my daughter. It begins with one ordinary girl’s kind gesture to a neighbor—and follows along as the first kind gesture begets another one, and another one, and another one, and so on. It’s a fantastic lesson in how small gestures can have a huge impact.
“This book promotes positive behavior among kids. Though the story is for young readers, I highly recommend it to adults as well. It will surely make you feel good and will inspire you to do something kind.”
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| Weight | 1 oz |
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| Dimensions | 1 × 9 × 11 in |
