Includes an introduction by the author and a bold

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Poor Akissi

and when his grades slip

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Small Things Mended Yas Imamura Includes an introduction by theThe healing power of community is tenderly expressed in this picture book for fans of A Sick Day for Amos McGee and Last Stop on Market Street. Kindly Cecil has a broken heart, but when the kids in his neighborhood start asking him to fix their valuablesa music box, a watch, a stuffed elephanthe gradually finds that he knows just how to do this mending. And in return, his circle of new friends offers the mending that his own heart needs. This gentle,