Not Enough Lollipops, Megan Maynor
Not Enough Lollipops, Megan Maynor
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Not Enough Lollipops

Author: Megan Maynor

Narrator: Tashi Thomas

Unabridged: 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/08/2022

Synopsis

Alice thinks it's her lucky day when she wins a wagon full of lollipops, but sharing them with her classmates is more complicated than it seems. Can she find a fair way to divvy up the sweets?

When Alice wins an enormous basket of lollipops in the raffle she's happy to share her good fortune with friends and classmates, but everyone seems to have a different opinion about how she should divide the bounty. Suddenly, Alice's big prize becomes a big conundrum. Should she give extras to her friends? Should she withhold lollipops from the kids who always hog the tire swing? As she weighs her options, the panic grows. What if there aren't enough to go around!?

This hilarious and thought-provoking story uses lollipops in the school yard to illustrate how cooperation and generosity can make even the most daunting problems solvable.

About The Author

Megan Maynor is also the author of The Sandcastle That Lola Built, A House for Every Bird, Helga Makes a Name for Herself, Ella and Penguin Stick Together and Ella and Penguin, A Perfect Match. She lives outside Minneapolis with one husband, three kids, and one rabbit. Learn more about Megan and her work at MeganMaynor.com and on Instagram and Twitter at @Megan_Maynor.Micah Player is a former creative director of Paul Frank Industries and the co-founder and former creative director of Lately Lily. He then went on to write and illustrate the picture book Chloe, Instead and illustrate Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys for American Girl and Vote for our Future by Margaret McNamara. He is also the creator of the best-selling Around the World Puzzle and its follow-up, the Around the World Matching Game. Learn more about Micah at speedballart.com or on Instagram at @micahplayer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on February 26, 2022

"Not Enough Lollipops" did not have enough of a punch for me. I'm not quite sure what kids are supposed to get out of it by the end. Honestly, all the kids in the story should have let Alice take her lollipops home and do whatever she wanted to do with them. At my school raffles in elementary school......more

Goodreads review by Bethany on March 06, 2022

Winning a wagon full of lollipops is a dream come true for Alice, until everyone in the school bugs her for one. The main question is will there be enough lollipops to hand out? With the fear of not getting one, students start giving Alice advice of who she should and shouldn't give a lollipop to. A......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on September 03, 2022

A clever story to teach sharing. Alice wins a wagonfull of lollipops in a school contest. Immediately classmates are clamoring for lollipops, hoping that she will share. Some kids choose sinister tactics, like telling Alice to not give a lollipop to any kindergartners because they can't handle them.......more

Goodreads review by Read on May 12, 2022

Not Enough Lollipops is a great story about sharing. Alice discovers the burden of winning huge wagon full of lollipops when others there won't be enough and start suggesting ways to handle the windfall. Finally a plan is developed and through systematic sharing, everyone discovers there were enough......more

Goodreads review by Neha on September 10, 2022

Not enough?? But how will you decide? Don’t give it to the kindergarteners. Or the new kid. How will Alice decide to share her prize? And will there be enough? Pair with On Account of the Gum, exaggerations, assumptions, and the telephone game (along with rumors and how they spread).......more

Quotes

"Maynor's writing is flavored with wit and wrapped in moral subtleties. Even for the anti-confectionary crowd, a believable, relatable story that avoids a saccharine conclusion."—Kirkus, starred review


"Though Maynor plays it all for laughs, the story should spark conversations about scarcity mindset."—Publishers Weekly

"In this funny glimpse of political losses and gains, Alice finds out what it’s like to hold all the cards—especially when the cards are lollipops. This cheerful picture book is an entertaining read and has only one agenda—fun."—School Library Journal

"Maynor’s humorous morality tale is accompanied by Player’s vibrant, rainbow-hued bubblegum-pop illustrations, with readers following Alice’s dilemma as she tries to remain fair but thoughtful and kind, as well. A unique story about decision-making and sharing that showcases the sweet and salty consequences of winning big."—Booklist

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