nerd teacher [books] reviewed Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn
Cute!
4 stars
The main character starts off as a spoiled child, wanting to find the best thing he can buy for himself with the money from his Red Envelopes since he's been told he can spend it on anything. He goes to a shop selling sweets and buns with his mother but isn't sure if he wants to spend his money, so he waits. He goes to a toy store and finds out that the all of the toys cost more than he has: $4.
Between going to these different shops, he accidentally kicks a homeless man. And he learns, from both the homeless man and his mother, to be grateful for what he has.