Sam y el dinero de la suerte 
By Karen Chinn
Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright
9781584301677
Sam can hardly wait to go shopping with his mom. It's Chinese New Year's day and his grandparents have given him the traditional gift of lucky money–red envelopes called leisees (lay-sees). This year Sam is finally old enough to spend it any way he chooses. Best of all, he gets to spend his lucky money in his favorite place — Chinatown!
But when Sam realizes that his grandparents' gift is not enough to get the things he wants, his excitement turns to disappointment. Even though his mother reminds him that he should appreciate the gift, Sam is not convinced — until a surprise encounter with a stranger.
Translated from Sam and the Lucky Money, Sam y el dinero de la suerte, celebrates the sights and sounds of festive Chinatown streets. while telling the affecting story of a child who discovers that sometimes the best gifts come from the heart.
- Awards
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Children's Books of the Year
Outstanding Merit
Bank Street College Children's Book Committee
"Pick of the Lists"
American Bookseller
"Story Pick"
Storytime, PBS
Marion Vannett Ridgway Award Honoree
"Choices"
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
More awards... - Interest Level
- Grades K - 3
- Reading Level
- Grades 3 - K
- Themes
- Asian/Asian American Interest, Holidays & Celebrations, Home, Sharing & Giving
- Accelerated Reader
- Level: 3.6
Points: .5
Karen Chinn (1959-2003) was born in Seattle, Washington, and received a bachelor's degree in Communications from the University of Washington. She lived in Seattle, WA with her husband and daughter. Same and the Lucky Money was her first picture book.
Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu have illustrated many award-winning books for Lee & Low, including Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree and Sam and the Lucky Money. Van Wright, a native New Yorker, and Hu, who was born in Taiwan, are a husband and wife team living in New York City.
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