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Mathew's Rule: Helping Kids Around the World
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Series: Growing Up Around World
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ISBN13: 9798186614272
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 10 2026
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.16 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 10 2026
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.16 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What if one simple question could change a child's life?
When little Mathew joined his forever family through adoption from Indonesia, his dad began asking one important question whenever he visited orphanages, schools, hospitals, and children's homes around the world:
Would this be good enough for my own child?
When little Mathew joined his forever family through adoption from Indonesia, his dad began asking one important question whenever he visited orphanages, schools, hospitals, and children's homes around the world:
Would this be good enough for my own child?
That simple question became Mathew's Rule.
Over the next twenty-five years, it inspired work helping children across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and beyond.
Filled with warmth, compassion, and beautiful watercolor illustrations, this inspiring true story invites young readers to imagine a kinder world where every child deserves healthy food, safe homes, loving care, and the chance to learn and dream.
This special 25th Anniversary Double Edition celebrates a quarter-century of helping children around the world-and reminds every reader that kindness begins with a single question.
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8.5 × 8.5 Interior
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Second Edition
Special 25th Anniversary Double Edition
Over the next twenty-five years, it inspired work helping children across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and beyond.
Filled with warmth, compassion, and beautiful watercolor illustrations, this inspiring true story invites young readers to imagine a kinder world where every child deserves healthy food, safe homes, loving care, and the chance to learn and dream.
This special 25th Anniversary Double Edition celebrates a quarter-century of helping children around the world-and reminds every reader that kindness begins with a single question.
Perfect for:
- Families
- Classrooms
- Libraries
- Faith communities
- Service-learning programs
- Young readers who want to make a difference
Primary
JUV039060
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Compassion & Kindness Secondary
JUV009000
Juvenile Fiction / Family / Adoption Third
JUV015000
Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Asia Amazon Categories
- Children's Adoption Books
- Children's Multicultural Stories
- Children's Family Life
- Children's Social Values
- Children's Inspirational Books
- Children's Community & Civic Responsibility
- Children's Travel Around the World
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- kindness for children around the world
- adoption family true story
- compassion empathy helping others
- humanitarian children's book
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- making the world a better place
- social emotional learning SEL
- Children
- Families
- Teachers
- School Counselors
- School Libraries
- Public Libraries
- Church Libraries
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Service Clubs
- International Schools
8.5 × 8.5 Interior
Premium Color Paper
White Binding
Paperback Language
English Edition
Second Edition
Special 25th Anniversary Double Edition
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