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It can when she's Ordinary Mary--an ordinary girl from an ordinary school, on her way to 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. Mrs. Bishop makes blueberry muffins and gives them to her paperboy and four others--one of whom is Mr. Stevens, who then helps five different people with their luggage--one of whom is Maria, who then helps five people--including a man named Joseph who didn't have enough money for his groceries--and so on, until the deed comes back to Mary.
It's a feel-good story that inspires and celebrates a world full of ordinary deeds!
A young girl's good deed is multiplied as it is passed on by those who have been touched by the kindesss of others.
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!
About the Author:
Emily Pearson is the co-author of Fuzzy Red Bathrobe: Questions from the Heart for Mothers and Daughters. She has worked for years as a professional actress both on the stage and in television and film. Most recently she received a double nomination for Best Actress in a Musical by the Connecticut Drama Critics' Circle. This is her first children's book.
GsMom4life
Posted Tue Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2012
This book has the most wonderful message, for people of all ages. A reminder of how paying it forward can really change the world, one person at a time... beautiful. Everyone should have a copy of this.
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Posted Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2008
This book was read in to an adult audience and it moved everyone in there. A week later, still amazed, a self-professed intellectual proclaimed I really learned something in that children's book.
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Posted Fri Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2012
This book does not have activities as advertised, but still a nice book for the money.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted Sun Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2013
This story provides a wonderful message, although it is a bit long since the message repeats itself. The interactive functions were challenging to work until you figured out how to work them.
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Posted Wed Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2013
i love nook
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Overview
It can when she's Ordinary Mary--an ordinary girl from an ordinary school, on her way to 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. Mrs. Bishop makes blueberry muffins and gives them to her paperboy and four others--one of whom is Mr. Stevens, who then helps five different people with ...