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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. Mrs. Bishop makes... read more

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This pay-it-forward concept tells of the good deed of a little girl that grows more powerful as it is passed along.

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Ordinary Mary was so very ordinary that you'd never guess she could change the world.

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  1. Emily Pearson (Author)
  2. Fumi Kosaka (Illustrator)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 1 2002
ISBN: 0879059788
Page Count: 32

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Reading Level: Ages 4-8

Wonderful for teaching helpfulness and altruism.

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