Sam and the Lucky Money (Soar to Success)

by Karen Chinn

Book Overview

During Chinese New Year, a young boy encounters a homeless person and discovers that no gift is too small when it comes from the heart.Sam can hardly wait to go shopping with his mom. It's Chinese New... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395921414
• ISBN13: 9780395921418
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Chinese customs with a wonderful message for all

Everyone loves this book; mothers, teachers and of course, children. Many books about Chinese New Year are non-fiction books that describe the customs of the holiday. What makes this different is that this is a piece of fiction that gives you all the flavors of what it's like in an urban Chinatown during Chinese New Years while at the same time sending a wonderful message of giving. My 3 and 5 year old love this book. My 5 year old's kindergarten teacher loved the book for the same reasons plus it fostered discusssions about the story and the holiday. A class of 18 children sat quietly; listening attentively. The children found the illustrations fascinating. The teacher even loaned our book to another kindergarten teacher. I'm online because I'm getting them their own copy.

A must to read book for young children!

Great for pre-schoolers to learn about giving and introduce them to Chinese New Year Celebration. Read the book to 3 year olds at a pre-school. Everyone was very attentive. Kids got the message, learnd about giving and appreciation, as well as were introduced to Asian culture. Recommend to ages 3-7.

Great book to read for Chinese New Year school discussion

Read for a pre-k school Chinese New Year celebration and for a kindergarten celebration and all children were very attentive and interested in the story. Also has a good moral message to about giving.

One of the best for night-time reading.

I cry almost every time I read this book to my 5 1/2 year-old daughter, who is from Hunan. She doesn't...but I do...and we've been reading it for over a year now. I'm hoping she learns compassion and generosity from the story, which it teaches so beautifully in both words and rich illustrations.

one to reread!

my three year old loves this and I do too! it is a great book to share at Xmas as well. The pictures are wonderful and we are giving it to nursery school as part of Chinese New Year celebration.