{"id":21203,"date":"2016-11-25T05:22:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T10:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redeemedreader.wpengine.com\/?p=21203"},"modified":"2023-10-03T14:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T21:58:56","slug":"sam-the-man-and-the-chicken-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/sam-the-man-and-the-chicken-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"*Sam the Man and the Chicken Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Likeable characters and a gently-humorous style introduces early-elementary readers to the rewards of hard work and free enterprise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*<strong><em>Sam the Man and the Chicken Plan<\/em> by Frances O\u2019Roark Dowell, illustrated by Amy June Banks.\u00a0 Atheneum, 2016, 112 pages<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21204 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sam-the-man.jpg\" alt=\"sam-the-man\" width=\"214\" height=\"293\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sam-the-man.jpg 214w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sam-the-man-107x146.jpg 107w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sam-the-man-37x50.jpg 37w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sam-the-man-55x75.jpg 55w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 214px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 214\/293;\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading Level<\/strong>: Chapter books, ages 6-8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended for<\/strong>: ages 6-10<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sam Graham wanted a job.\u00a0 Everyone else in his family had a job.\u00a0 His dad did something with computers, his mom did something with clients and his sister Annabelle, who was twelve, mowed lawns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But there\u2019s not much employment for a seven-year old\u2014until the neighbor Mrs. Kerner stops by to ask if Annabelle can look after the chickens while she\u2019s away.\u00a0 Annabelle is busy, but what about Sam?\u00a0 With Mrs. K\u2019s hesitant consent, and the help of his family\u2019s constant reminders, Sam has himself a real job.\u00a0 While it takes some reorientation of habits, he\u2019s admirably conscientious, even to climbing out of bed late at night to watch a raccoon who\u2019s watching the chickens a little too intently.\u00a0 But it doesn\u2019t stop there.\u00a0 As it happens in \u201creal life,\u201d one opportunity leads to others.\u00a0 Suppose he buys a chicken of his own?\u00a0 And suppose he gets one that lays blue eggs? And suppose his classmates want to buy the pretty blue shells?\u00a0 And suppose another neighbor, Judy, hires him to take her cranky, sedentary dad for walks, and suppose Mr. Stockfish likes chickens?\u00a0 Like many an entrepreneur, Sam discovers he can do well and do good at the same time.\u00a0 He makes a likeable, good-hearted poster boy for free enterprise and the work ethic, and may inspire readers to look around for opportunities in their own neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cautions<\/strong>: None<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall value: 4.75<\/strong> (out of 5)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worldview\/moral value: 4.5<\/li>\n<li>Artistic value: 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Likeable characters and a gently-humorous style introduces early-elementary readers to the rewards of hard work and free enterprise. *Sam the Man and the Chicken Plan by Frances O\u2019Roark Dowell, illustrated by Amy June Banks.\u00a0 Atheneum, 2016, 112 pages Reading Level: Chapter books, ages 6-8 Recommended for: ages 6-10 Sam Graham wanted a job.\u00a0 Everyone else&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4013,4014,4,5,7,20],"tags":[670,674,734,3943,4194,2821,4193],"class_list":["post-21203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-b-ages-4-8","category-c-ages-8-10","category-boys-book-reviews","category-chapter-books","category-easy-readers-book-reviews","category-realistic-fiction-book-reviews","tag-chapter-books","tag-character-values","tag-christian-book-reviews","tag-diligence-and-work-ethic","tag-frances-oroark","tag-realistic-fiction","tag-sam-and-man-and-the-chicken-plan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - 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