How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty

by Nathan Zimelman, Bill Slavin (Illustrator)

Overview

The class tries to earn money for a field trip.

Susan Olson, second-grade treasurer and reporter, here dutifully records the comical details that surround this adventurous tale under the headings, "Expenses" and "Profit." Spurred on by a desire to visit the Statue of Liberty, the class tries to earn money for the trip by collecting paper, running a lemonade stand, sitting babies, walking dogs, and selling candy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807534342
Publisher:	Whitman, Albert & Company
Publication date:	02/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	13 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Bill Slavin has illustrated over eighty books for children, both fiction and non-fiction. He lives in Canada.

Editorial Reviews

Written in the style of a treasurer's report (as interpreted by second-grader Susan Olson), this hilarious picture book details the trials and triumphs of a group of children attempting to raise money for a trip to the Statue of Liberty. Although their fund-raising strategies seem ordinary enough (a recycled paper drive, a lemonade stand, a candy sale, a car wash, baby-sitting, and dog walking), the results are decidedly "extra-ordinary": a cat falls into the lemonade, no one will trust a second-grader to baby-sit or walk a dog, and one of the cars being washed rolls into the doors of the First National Bank. Fortunately, the errant auto also foils a bank robbery, thus earning the class a reward sufficient to pay for the trip. Slavin's expressive, watercolor-and-ink illustrations mesh perfectly with Zimelman's deadpan text. A great choice for read-alouds, this will also make an excellent introduction to primary units on money.

Kay Weisman

"Written in the style of a treasurer's report, this hilarious picture book details the trials and triumphs of a group of children attempting to raise money for a trip to the Statue of Liberty…Slavin's expressive, watercolor-and-ink illustrations mesh perfectly with Zimelman's deadpan text. A great choice for read-alouds, this will also make an excellent introduction to primary units on money."—Booklist

"Susan Olson, a second grader at Newton Barnaby School, describes in humorous detail How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty. She outlines all of the expenses and profits, as well as the disasters incurred from a variety of fund-raisers to make the trip possible…The contemporary, lively watercolor illustrations emphasize the outlandish situations."—School Library Journal

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