Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday (Hardcover)

from jmistret

Alexander, a young boy who wants a walkie talkie, must learn to save his money. This book explains how much each coin is worth and also introduces word problems using money. Every thing that Alex buys, costs him money. He states "goodbye 8 cents" and "goodbye 12 cents". He eventually learns to sa...

from ccanizales

Alexander is a boy who likes money. When his grandmother gives him a dollar, his mom tells him to start saving so that he can buy the walkie talkie he has always wanted. He spends his dollar on candy, on a bet and he also pays his friend to borrow a pet snake. At the end he realizes he should hav...

from SalemSmith

I enjoy all of Viorst's Alexander books. I can see myself using them in my classroom at any age. I think students would like this book because it is relatable and silly. I would use this book particularly in grades 1-3. In grade 1, students could work on subtraction (when Alexander spends his mon...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Re-read 2012. Still enjoyed this very much, even though it's dated. I do wonder if it's actually helped kids learn the lesson about how quickly pennies add up to a dollar, though. Otoh, it could be used in a classroom very effectively, as students doing arithmetic could add up their own hypotheti...

from Katie20

This was a really cute book about a young boy who always ends up having a bad situation. The boy is Alexander. He gets a dollar from his parents and is told to buy crazy things that he does not need, but in the end he realizes that a dollar does go along way. This teaches children that just becau...