The Lunch Box Surprise by Grace Maccarone

Would you be mad and sad if your mom forgot to pack your lunch? Sam is! His mom forgot and he is mad and sad. In this book, The Lunch Box Surprise by Grace Maccarone, Sam’s friends come to the rescue and share their lunches with him. Do you know what that means for Sam? He has the strangest lunch he has ever eaten. Besty Lewin’s illustrations give a great picture of the funny lunch Sam ended up eating the day his mom forgot to pack his lunch. Kindergartners through second graders would love this story about Sam’s crazy lunch and their parents can find it through Scholastic Books (copyright: 2005) and they can check out this website to learn more about the illustrator.

Betsy Lewis Bio: http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2216/Lewin-Betsy-1937.html

Shown below are some other stories about Sam and his friends.