Sam and the Lucky Money
by Karen Chinn, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
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Author: Cornelius Van Wright, Karen Chinn, Ying-Hwa HuEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-07
ISBN: 1880000539
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
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- ISBN13: 9781880000533
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Sam and the Lucky Money
Book Review: a lucky story for everyone!
Summary: 5 Stars
Sam gets some lucky money (lai see or hong bao) for Chinese New Year. Of course he wants to spend it and heads to Chinatown with his mom to find something good to buy. He meets a poor shoeless man along the way. Sam goes to a Chinese bakery and sees a lion dance. He settles on a stuffie in a toy store but alas! Not enough lucky money! Unhappy he heads home but decides to make the poor man the lucky recipient of the money. He gets a big hug from grandma when he arrives home.
A great story for kids that shows luck is what you make it! (although I just paraphrased the story as my kids are too young to read)
Summary of Sam and the Lucky Money
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.It's Chinese New Year in Chinatown, and young Sam has four dollars of New Year money burning a hole in his pocket. As he and his mother are milling through the crowded streets--alive with firecrackers, lion dances, and shoppers--Sam accidentally steps on the foot of a homeless man who is buried in a pile of red paper. Flustered, Sam hurries back to his mother, and is soon distracted by the char siu bao and other sweets he might buy with his gift money. When he sees fish-tail cookies that remind him of toes, he remembers the old man again, and Sam starts to think of his "lucky money" in a new light. Karen Chinn's winning story is perfectly complemented by the vibrant watercolors of Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu, creators of the award-winning Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree and A House by the River. Voted "Pick of the Lists" by American Bookseller, Sam and the Lucky Money succeeds at telling a simple story, while allowing young readers to explore the sights and sounds of an American urban Chinatown during the Chinese New Year. (Ages 4 to 8)
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