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Books with title Ordinary Mary's Positively Extraordinary Day

  • Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed

    Emily Pearson, Fumi Kosaka

    Paperback (Gibbs Smith, Sept. 5, 2017)
    Now available in paperback! 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. 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.
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  • Ordinary Mary's Positively Extraordinary Day

    Emily Pearson, Fumi Kosaka

    Paperback (Gibbs Smith, Sept. 17, 2019)
    Join Ordinary Mary and the kindness crew on their quest to change the world, one school at a time. Follow Mary in this feel-good story as she once again inspires others with positivity and kindness through a variety of ordinary deeds! Including examples that happened at schools as a result of using the first book, this book focuses on the ability kindness has to change an entire school. Can one child's good deed change the world? It can when she’s Ordinary Mary―an ordinary girl on her way to her an ordinary bus stop and an ordinary school―when with one act of kindness she makes a friend. Through her school day, Mary’s courage and kindness spreads, reaching farther than could ever be imagined. Emily Pearson is the author of the children's book Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed. Emily also works as an actress, director and YouTube producer of FunPop! and WigglePop. Fumi Kosaka was born and raised in Japan, and studied illustration at Brigham Young University. She has illustrated many books for children including If You’ll Be My Valentine, by Cynthia Rylant and Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin. She lives in Provo, Utah with her husband and two children.
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  • Pippi's Extraordinary Ordinary Day

    Astrid Lindgren, Michael Chesworth

    Paperback (Puffin Books, June 25, 2001)
    Pippi always does things her own way. When she cleans her kitchen, she ties scrub brushes to her feet. When she has a picnic, she serves pancakes. One thing is for sure---there's never a dull moment when Pippi is around!"Pippi Longstocking...has inspired generations of children with her spunk and power."--Kirkus Reviews
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  • Ordinary Mary's Positively Extraordinary Day

    Emily Pearson, Fumi Kosaka

    Hardcover (Gibbs Smith, Sept. 17, 2019)
    Join Ordinary Mary and the kindness crew on their quest to change the world, one school at a time. Follow Mary in this feel-good story as she once again inspires others with positivity and kindness through a variety of ordinary deeds! Including examples that happened at schools as a result of using the first book, this book focuses on the ability kindness has to change an entire school. Can one child's good deed change the world? It can when she’s Ordinary Mary―an ordinary girl on her way to her an ordinary bus stop and an ordinary school―when with one act of kindness she makes a friend. Through her school day, Mary’s courage and kindness spreads, reaching farther than could ever be imagined. Emily Pearson is the author of the children's book Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed. Emily also works as an actress, director and YouTube producer of FunPop! and WigglePop. Fumi Kosaka was born and raised in Japan, and studied illustration at Brigham Young University. She has illustrated many books for children including If You’ll Be My Valentine, by Cynthia Rylant and Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin. She lives in Provo, Utah with her husband and two children.
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  • Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed

    Emily Pearson, Fumi Kosaka

    eBook (Gibbs Smith, April 29, 2002)
    This illustrated children’s book celebrates the extraordinary potential of ordinary deeds—showing how one child’s act of kindness can change the world One ordinary day, Ordinary Mary stumbles upon some ordinary blueberries. When she decides to pick them for her neighbor, Mrs. Bishop, her thoughtful act 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 other people—and so on, until the deed comes back to Mary.
  • Pippi's Extraordinary Ordinary Day

    Astrid Chesworth, Michael Chesworth

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, June 25, 2001)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
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  • Pippi's Extraordinary Ordinary Day

    Astrid Lindgren

    Paperback (Puffin Books, June 25, 2001)
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  • Ordinary Mary's Positively Extraordinary Day

    Emily Pearson, Fumi Kosaka Davis

    eBook (Gibbs Smith, July 28, 2020)
    Follow Mary in this feel-good story as she once again inspires others with positivity and kindness through a variety of ordinary deeds.Can one child's good deed change the world? It can when she’s Ordinary Mary—an ordinary girl on her way to her an ordinary bus stop and an ordinary school—when, with one act of kindness, she makes a friend. Throughout her school day, Mary’s courage and kindness spreads, reaching farther than could ever be imagined. Including real-life examples of that happened at schools as a result of reading Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed, this new book focuses on the ability kindness has to change an entire school.Emily Pearson is the author of the children's book Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed. Emily also works as an actress, director and YouTube producer of FunPop! and WigglePop.Fumi Kosaka was born and raised in Japan, and studied illustration at Brigham Young University. She has illustrated many books for children including If You’ll Be My Valentine, by Cynthia Rylant and Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin. She lives in Provo, Utah with her husband and two children.