Louise Borden - Kindergarten Luck

To Louisa, Jack, Five, and Brady...
and always, to our Caroline L. B. To my dad, who has collected lucky
pennies since he was a child G. G. Text copyright 2015 by Louise Borden.
Illustrations copyright 2015 by Genevieve Godbout.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Borden, Louise, author.
Kindergarten luck / by Louise Borden ; illustrations by Genevieve Godbout.
pages cm
Summary: After he finds a brand new shiny penny, Theodore has a perfect day in Kindergarten. ISBN 978-1-4521-1394-4 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3210-5 (epub3 w/ audio)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3206-8 (epub2)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3208-2 (epib w/ audio)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3071-2 (mobi) 1. KindergartenJuvenile fiction. 2. FortuneJuvenile fiction. 3.

CoinsJuvenile fiction. [1. KindergartenFiction. 2. SchoolsFiction. 3.

LuckFiction. 4. CoinsFiction.] I. Godbout, Genevieve, illustrator. II. Title.

PZ7.B64827Ki 2015
813.54dc23
2014001513 Design by Amelia Mack.
Typeset in Revers and KG Cold Coffee.
The illustrations in this book were rendered in colored pencil. Chronicle Books LLC
680 Second Street
San Francisco, California 94107 www.chroniclekids.com O ne gloomy morning ,
Theodore found a bright, shiny penny
on the way down to breakfast.
There was Abraham Lincoln, face up. What
luck! Oh, thank you,
Mr. Famous
President! Theodore said. And he tucked that shiny,
new penny in his pocket. You make
the best
pancakes, Theodore told Mama
when she kissed him good-bye.

The gloomy rain
suddenly stopped
and the September sun
came out. Theodore and Louisa
raced each other to the bus stop
on Cherry Street. Number 19 was on time, and so were they! There was Slim,
Theodores favorite bus driver,
with his morning news: I heard a rumor that next week the zoo is bringing real penguins to school. Hooray!
Hooray! Number 19 got really noisy until Slim hushed everyone. Then the bus pulled up at Riverside School, the best
school in the whole world as Theodore was always
telling his friend Georgia. Right away ,
Mr. Right away ,
Mr.

Leland called on Theodore to show the class
the day of the week and the date
on the big wall calendar. And later ,
during Writing Time,
Mr. Leland read Theodores
poem out loud. Lucky Little Clouds
High in the sky...
floating by
floating by At recess , Theodore swatted the tetherball again
and again
and again
and again
and again without missing once. His friends all cheered for him
while Georgia ran off
to tell Mr. Then the end-of-recess whistle blew,
and everyone lined up to go inside.
Theodore was chosen to be the line leader. Then the end-of-recess whistle blew,
and everyone lined up to go inside.
Theodore was chosen to be the line leader.

And all the time,
he was carrying that penny,
that shiny, lucky penny in his pocket. He took a quick peek at Abraham Lincoln... and whispered, Thank you,
Mr. Famous President. After Science , the class walked up the hall to the media center
(Mr. Then Mr. Then Mr.

Leland
picked Vijay
and Abigail
and Eduardo
and Leia
and Theodore
to help Miss Walker, the art teacher,
hang the kindergartens Matisse pictures
in the school lobby. Ms. Agresta, the principal, strolled out
of the Office and said the paintings were so jazzy
that she was going to show them off at the Riverside Family Night the next week. Then Mrs. Cooper, the school secretary, announced on the loudspeaker
that students in Grade 3 were to meet in the gym to practice their special
welcome song for Family Night. (Thats why Theodore knew
the words to the special song, too,
and could hum along.) Later in Math, when Mr. (Thats why Theodore knew
the words to the special song, too,
and could hum along.) Later in Math, when Mr.

Leland showed the class how to add numbers,
Theodore reached in his left pocket just to check on... OH, GOSH! And he gulped a big gulp. Where
was
his... Then Theodore remembered
hed put the penny in his right pocket. When Mr. Leland asked
the class how many puppies
were in a litter of 1 puppy
plus 6 puppies, Theodore raised his hand
And said,
Seven!