Something of the flipside to the team’s The Other Side (2001), this is a great book for teaching kindness. Lewis dazzles with frame-worthy illustrations, masterful use of light guiding readers’ emotional responses. And sometimes second chances are only the stuff of dreams. Maya is differentshe wears hand-me-downs and plays with old-fashioned toys. Each little thing we do goes out, like a ripple, into the world. This is what kindness does, Ms.Albert said. Chloe and her friends won’t play with the new girl, Maya. 7,182 ratings, 4.43 average rating, 1,598 reviews. Summary: Each kindness makes the world a little better. Lewis Published October 2nd, 2012 by Nancy Paulsen Books. Ripples, good and bad, have repercussions. Each Kindness Author: Jacqueline Woodson Illustrator: E.B. She gets a hard lesson in missed opportunities. Suddenly, Chloe is left holding a pebble with the weight of a stone tablet. Finally, one day, a teacher demonstrates the ripple effect of kindness, inspiring Chloe-but Maya disappears from the classroom. The matter-of-fact tone of Chloe’s narration paired against the illustrations' visual isolation of Maya creates its own tension. Those who have weathered the trenches of childhood understand that such decisions are not about reason they are about power. Readers never learn precisely why Chloe won’t return Maya’s smile or play jacks or jump rope with her. Lewis (Illustrator) 4.7 (3) Hardcover 15.99 17.99 Save 11 Hardcover 15.99 eBook 10.99 Audiobook 0. Woodson shows through Chloe’s own words how she and her friends completely ignore Maya, with her raggedy shoes and second-hand clothes, rebuffing her every overture.

Narrator Chloe is a little grade-school diva who decides with casual hubris that the new girl, Maya, is just not good enough. Oodson and Lewis’ latest collaboration unfolds with harsh beauty and the ominousness of opportunities lost.

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