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Book cover of BECAUSE AMELIA SMILED
BECAUSE AMELIA SMILED
By: david stein | Published: September 2012

Just try not to smile! A positively inspiring picture book from the creator of the Caldecott Honor–winning Interrupting Chicken. Because...

Just try not to smile! A positively inspiring picture book from the creator of the Caldecott Honor–winning Interrupting Chicken. Because Amelia smiles as she skips down the street, her neighbor Mrs. Higgins smiles too, and decides to send a care package of cookies to her grandson Lionel in Mexico. The cookies give Lionel an idea, and his idea inspires a student, who in turn inspires a ballet troupe in England! And so the good feelings that started with Amelia’s smile make their way around the world, from a goodwill recital in Israel, to an impromptu rumba concert in Paris, to a long-awaited marriage proposal in Italy, to a knitted scarf for a beloved niece back in New York. Putting a unique spin on "what goes around comes around," David Ezra Stein’s charmingly illustrated story reminds us that adding even a small dose of kindness into the world is sure to spur more and more kindness, which could eventually make its way back to you!

Theme: Pay It Forward

  • ISBN
    9780763641696
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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Book cover of CAN SOPHIE CHANGE THE WORLD
CAN SOPHIE CHANGE THE WORLD
By: nancy wallace | Published: March 2022

It's Grandpop's birthday, and all he wants is one little thing: for Sophie to change the world. He wants Sophie to do a mitzvah - something kind for...

It's Grandpop's birthday, and all he wants is one little thing: for Sophie to change the world. He wants Sophie to do a mitzvah - something kind for others. But what exactly does that mean? As Sophie shares, teaches, helps her friends, takes care of birds, and picks up litter, she wonders which of these acts, if any, might change the world. By performing this sequence of poignant mitzvahs with an open heart, unending empathy, and a big imagination, Sophie's about to discover that what sounds like an impossible task just might be the best way to live life. In this exploration of an essential part of Jewish traditional teaching, Sophie's efforts to grant Grandpop's wish show that the smallest acts of kindness are what truly change the world.

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  • ISBN
    9781452181561
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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Book cover of COURAGE TO COMPETE
COURAGE TO COMPETE
By: abbey curran | Published: September 2015

A remarkable memoir by Miss Iowa USA Abbey Curran about living with cerebral palsy, competing in Miss USA, and her inspiring work with young women...

A remarkable memoir by Miss Iowa USA Abbey Curran about living with cerebral palsy, competing in Miss USA, and her inspiring work with young women who have disabilities. Abbey Curran was born with cerebral palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA. Growing up on a hog farm in Illinois, Abbey competed in local pageants despite naysayers who told her not to. After realizing her own dream, she went on to help other disabled girls achieve their goals by starting Miss You Can Do It, a national nonprofit pageant for girls and women with special needs and challenges, which became the subject of an HBO documentary with the same name. This is Abbey’s story. 

Theme: Special Needs, Pay It Forward

  • ISBN
    9780062363916
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    High School - Biography
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Book cover of EVERY LITTLE KINDNESS
EVERY LITTLE KINDNESS
By: marta bartolj | Published: October 2021

"One kind action sparks a chain of selfless acts that lead a girl to reunite with her lost dog in this wordless story"--

Theme: Wordless, Pay It Forward

  • ISBN
    9781797207926
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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Book cover of ORDINARY MARY'S EXTRAORDINARY DEED
ORDINARY MARY'S EXTRAORDINARY DEED
By: emily pearson | Published: March 2002

Celebrate the fifteenth anniversary edition of this feel-good story that continues to inspire and celebrate a world full of ordinary deeds! Can one...

Celebrate the fifteenth anniversary edition of this feel-good story that continues to inspire and celebrate a world full of ordinary deeds! 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. 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.

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  • ISBN
    9780879059781
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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