Lemonade In Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting Money (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
This story is about two kids, Pauline and John-John, who decide to host a lemonade stand on a frigid February day. Despite their parents protests the siblings get straight to work. The two collect all of their own quarters to purchase their lemons, limes, sugar, and cups. When they are not getting any customers the two decide they should advertise so they shout out what they are selling and how much it costs. Soon they get their first customer who buys two drinks. At fifty cents per drink they made their first dollar. As the street empties again Pauline and John-John think up new tactics to sell their drinks like entertainment, sales, and decorations. Once the pitchers are sold out they do they math and realize that they actually lost money at their lemonade stand. The language in the book is very figurative with its adjectives like "bitter air", and "mean wind".I like this book because it teaches students to be self starters.One of my favorite things about this book is at the very end titled Pauline Explains Money to John-John. It really breaks down change and dollars in a way that young kids can understand. The book, Lemonade in Winter, by Emily Jenkins & G. Brian Karas, is a story about a brother (John-John) and sister (Pauline) who decide to have a lemonade stand in winter. The story is mostly about counting money, and doing the math of what can be bought with the amount they have. And after they have set up their lemonade stand they continue counting how much money they would get before and after the sale they put on.This is a great picture book, which teaches children to count, and do the math. It had really nice illustrations which seems like they are done by a pencil crayons, the text is clear and easy to read, the story follows a rhythmic theme of when the children sing, “Lemon lemon Lime, lemon Limeade! Lemon lemon Lime, lemon Limeade! All that it will cost ya? Twenty-five a cup! All that it will cost ya? Twenty-five a cup!” a few times throughout the story, so that kids can follow along with the story. I think it’s a great teaching tool for young children learning math and I would strongly recommend it for learning purposes.
What do You think about Lemonade In Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting Money (2012)?
Cute. Liked that the kids did not give up and made the best of their losses at the end of the day.
—15slpascal
