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Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

By: Judith Viorst
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
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Alexander’s two brothers have money in their pockets. All he has are bus tokens. It isn’t fair. He had money last Sunday when his grandparents gave them each a dollar. Now it’s all gone. At first he was saving the money for a walkie-talkie. But saving money is hard. He bought gum with some of the money, and when it stopped tasting good, he had to buy more. Good-bye 15 cents. Then Eddie offered to rent him his snake for an hour, and he couldn’t pass up a chance like that. Betting his brother that he could hold his breath while he counted to 300 wasn’t a good idea, either. He’ll never own that walkie-talkie!

Judith Viorst has a gift for getting inside a little boy’s head and making sense of what goes on there. Paired with Johnny Heller’s acting talent, the result is a good chuckle, laced with real compassion, for the child in everyone.

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If a young Alexander feels troubled after realizing the consequences of betting and impulse buying/ spending, then let this be a lesson, not only to kids but to adults also, that it is never wise to squander away your money especially if the resources are limited. Poor Alexander, with this another misfortune. But at least his voice and POV make an interesting read.

Gives a good lesson on compulsion

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Great read, storytelling at its best . Highly recommend. Love the one voice with all character references

Wonderfully entertaining

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This book is great for kids and it’s awesome that to put money in their mind Young

Great for kids

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The company which goes along with Alexander's feelings of buyers remorse are the things Alexander has purchased. Very cute tale.

I wonder if Dave Ramsey ever reads this book to his family.

Misery loves company!

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I read this book and had these books read to me all the time when I was younger. it was great to hear them again.

classics!

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