First-Grade Friends: The Lunch Box Surprise (Scholastic Reader, Level 1)

Share lunchtime with Sam and his First-Grade Friends!

In The Lunch Box Surprise, everyone is hungry and sits down to eat. But, oh no, Sam's mom forgot to pack his lunch! Sam is sad and hungry, until the First-Grade Friends help out by sharing their lunches with him!

This is a rhyming easy-to-read story that celebrates friendship and childhood.

| Grace Maccarone is the author of many children's books, including Mother, May I?; Itchy Itchy Chicken Pox; and Bless Me: A Child's Goodnight Prayer. She lives in Scarsdale, New York.
Betsy Lewin is the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE and its sequels, GIGGLE, GIGGLE, QUACK; DUCK FOR PRESIDENT; in addition to a number of other picture books and early readers. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.