Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn
	List Price:   $6.95 Unit Price:   $5.56 You Save:   $1.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   1880000539 ISBN-13:   9781880000533 Publisher:   Lee & Low Books Edition:   Reprint Category:   Holiday Books Pub. Date:   August 1997 Pages:   32 Format:   Trade Cloth Ages:   3 to 9 Grades:   0 to 4
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION MONEY_FICTION CHINESE_UNITED STATES_FICTION POVERTY_FICTION BOYS_FICTION
Description/Notes
It's the Chinese New Year, and Sam is eager to spend his money. However, things don't work out as he planned, and it's only when he meets an old beggar that he realises the true value of giving and receiving. On Chinese New Year's Day, Sam can hardly wait to go shopping with his mom. His grandparents have given him the traditional gift of 'lucky money'-and this year he is finally old enough to spend it any way he chooses. Enhanced by beautiful watercolors, this touching story teaches children that every gift is precious when given from the heart. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc. & Ying-Hwa Hu,Sam can hardly wait to go shopping with his mum.,It's the chinese New Year and his grandparents,have given him the traditional gift of lucky,money. But when he realises the money is not,enough to buy the things he wants, his joy turns,to disappointment. Even though his moth tells him,that he should appreciate the gift, Sam is not,convinced - until a surprise encounter with a,stranger. Illustrated in colour. Ages 3 - 9. This year Sam gets to spend his New Year's gift money any way he chooses. Shopping carefully in his favorite Chinatown stores, he is disappointed to find that everything he wants is too expensive. Deciding to forgo a tasty sweet or a new toy for himself, Sam donates his money instead to a barefoot homeless man. Full color.