Millionaires for the Month by Stacy McAnulty

Fuzzbuster Knows He’s the Favorite, illustrated by Edward Hemingway and 101 Reasons Why I’m Not Taking a Bath, illustrated by Joy Ang. Her other picture books include Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years, illustrated by David Litchfield Brave and Beautiful, both illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff Mr. She is the 2017 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor Recipient for Excellent Ed, illustrated by Julia Sarcone-Roach. Stacy McAnulty is a children’s book author, who used to be a mechanical engineer, who’s also qualified to be a paleontologist (NOT REALLY), a correspondent for The Daily Show (why not), and a Green Bay Packer coach (totally!). And spending it isn't always as easy and fun as they thought it would be.Īs smart as it is entertaining, Millionaires for the Month is a thought-provoking story about friendship, privilege, and the value of a penny. But if they succeed, they each get ten million dollars to spend however they want.Ĭhallenge accepted! They rent cool cars, go to Disney World, buy pizza for the whole school-and that's just the beginning! But money can't buy everything or fix every problem. A penny doubled every day for thirty days is $5,368,710! So that's exactly how much money Laura Friendly challenges Felix and Benji to spend. Because twenty dollars is like a penny to a billionaire, right?īut a penny has value. They're totally going to return it-but not before Benji borrows twenty dollars to buy hot dogs. they find a wallet.Ī wallet that belongs to tech billionaire Laura Friendly. And they don't have anything to talk about.

From the author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl.įelix Rannells and Benji Porter were never supposed to be field-trip partners. How would you spend five million dollars in 30 days? A billionaire's wallet, a bizarre challenge, and an unlikely friendship send two kids on a wild adventure.

Millionaires for the Month by Stacy McAnulty