When one child reaches out in friendship to a classmate who seems lonely, she begins a chain reaction of kindness that ripples throughout her school and her community. One kind act begets another, small good deeds make way for bigger ones, and eventually the whole neighborhood comes together to build something much greater than the sum of its parts.
From acclaimed bullying expert Trudy Ludwig, The Power of One not only conveys a message of kindness, it offers concrete steps that kids can take to make a difference in their own communities.
As Trudy says in the final line of the book: "Acts and words of kindness DO count, and it all starts with ONE."
Visit her at trudyludwig.com
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MIKE CURATO is the award-winning author and illustrator of the beloved polka-dotted elephant, Little Elliot, who appears in his books Little Elliot, Big City; Little Elliot, Big Family; Little Elliot, Big Fun; and Little Elliot, Fall Friends. He is also the illustrator of What If... by Samantha Berger and All the Way to Havana by Margarita Engle. Mike lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Visit him at mikecurato.com
"Words and pictures work together to show how, one by one, we can make a difference. . . . A straightforward message that even small acts of kindness can have a big impact." --Kirkus Reviews