My Rows and Piles of Coins

Written by Tololwa M. Mollel & Illustrated by E.B. Lewis

Overview: This is a story about a young boy named Saruni who wanted a bicycle of his very own. His father owned one and taught him how to ride it after much trial and error. Every Saturday, the young boy would help his mother sell their crops in the market and she would give him a few coins as a job well done. He saved for months and months and when he finally felt like he had enough, he went to the shop that sold bicycles in the marketplace and asked to buy one with the money he had saved up. But the owner just laugh at hi and told him that he did not have enough money. Saruni became so sad and told his mother about what had happened. The next day, his father came home with a new moter bike and gave his old bike to Saruni. The boy was so excited and began to keep saving his money in order to buy a cart to help his mom carry the crops to the marketplace.

The illustrations of this book are rich and expressive. This story definitely teaches about the important process of saving money and how it takes patience. I would recommend this book to 3rd-4th graders because of the length of this book and the difficulty of the text.

To order your own copy: https://www.amazon.com/Rows-Piles-Coins-Tololwa-Mollel/dp/0395751861/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1512018248&sr=1-1&keywords=My+Rows+and+Piles+of+Coins

-The Green Eyed Reader

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