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The Lunch Box Surprise

Name: The Lunch Box Surprise
Author: Grace Maccarone, Betsy Lewin
ISBN: 9780590262675

by Grace Maccarone, Betsy Lewin

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Overview

Share lunchtime with Sam and his First-Grade Friends! In THE LUNCH BOX SURPRISE, everyone is hungry and sits down to eat. But, oh no, Sam's mom forgot to pack his lunch! Sam is sad and hungry, until the First-Grade Friends help out by sharing their lunches with him!

This is a rhyming easy-to-read story that celebrates friendship and childhood.

Everyone in the class has a yummy lunch today, but when Sam opens his lunch box, he gets an awful surprise - itÆs empty! Feeling sorry for him, Sam's classmates share their lunches. Soon Sam goes from having no lunch to having the best lunch ever!

About the Author, Grace Maccarone, Betsy Lewin

Grace Maccarone is the author of many children’s books, including Mother, May I?; Itchy Itchy Chicken Pox; and Bless Me: A Child’s Goodnight Prayer. She lives in Scarsdale, New York.

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Children's Literature - Marla Frenzel

The rhyming, singsong text of this book will immediately draw the attention of the preschool and first-grade set for whom the book is intended. As the book progresses, the contents of each child's lunch box will hold their interest as they see some of the same foods they see every day at lunch: peanut butter and jam, soup, ham, tuna. They finally get to Sam, but his lunch box is empty; his mother forgot his lunch. Seeing that Sam is upset, Sam's friends all donate parts of their lunches to him. In the end, Sam has the best lunch ever. This book reinforces the ideas of friendship and sharing, while also showing that a bad situation can change and even become something good.