Give It!

by Cinders McLeod, Cinders McLeod (Illustrator)

Overview

In this delightful introduction to simple money concepts, an enthusiastic young bunny discovers how good it feels to use his allowance to help others.

Chummy longs to be a superhero. He wants to save the world—or at least Bunnyland—from dragons, so spending his carrots on a superhero costume seems like a great plan! When his grandma reminds him that there aren't any dragons in Bunnyland, but that there are creatures that could use help, Chummy starts reconsidering the best way to spend his wad. This is the fourth book in the internationally acclaimed Moneybunny Books series that also includes Earn It!, Spend It!, and Save It!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593406229
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	02/15/2022
Series:	A Moneybunny Book
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	AD500L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Cinders McLeod also wrote and illustrated the Moneybunny Books Save It!, Spend It!, and Earn It! and is the creator of the book and comic strip Broomie Law. Her illustrations have appeared in The Guardian, The Express, The Observer, The Independent, Herald Scotland, The Scotsman, The Globe and Mail, and Macleans, and on CBC television. Her work has been recognized by the Society for News Design, the National Magazine Awards, the National Newspaper Awards, and The Guinness Book of Records. Cinders is also a recorded singer-songwriter-double bassist, a Gaelic language student, and a mother of two. She lives in Toronto, Canada.

Editorial Reviews

Chummy’s grandmother gives him 10 carrots for his birthday (carrots, of course, being currency in Bunnyland) along with a piece of advice: ‘Spend some on yourself, dear, and some on helping others.’ . . . It is a tough decision. Young financial analysts will certainly have an opinion while reading and weighing the choices, making this a solid jumping-off point for discussions about charitable giving. A sweet tale about the path to generosity.”—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2020-06-30
Another young resident of Bunnyland learns a lesson about money.

Chummy’s grandmother gives him 10 carrots for his birthday (carrots, of course, being currency in Bunnyland) along with a piece of advice: “Spend some on yourself, dear, and some on helping others.” Chummy has the perfect plan. He will buy a superhero costume and “save the world!” In bright blue overalls, using a twig for a sword, Chummy is ready to slay dragons, soaring through the air in his imagination. Gran wonders if maybe he should reconsider. After all, there aren’t many dragons in Bunnyland. How else could he help? Gran, teetering on a ladder while picking apples on the farm, suggests helping the bumblebees. Chummy mulls over his options, laid out graphically by McLeod: If he spends all 10 carrots on the costume, he will have no carrots left to help the bees. But if he buys only the cape, he will still have 5 carrots left to purchase some flowers. Or, if he doesn’t buy anything at all for himself, he would have 10 whole carrots for the bees. It is a tough decision. Young financial analysts will certainly have an opinion while reading and weighing the choices, making this a solid jumping-off point for discussions about charitable giving. (This book was reviewed digitally with 10.5-by-16-inch double-page spreads viewed at 51.3% of actual size.)

A sweet tale about the path to generosity. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews