The enterprising entrepreneur reimburses himself for the shirts and splits the remaining proceeds, which leaves him with enough for that poster as well as a “brand-new business book,” while his friends express other fiscal strategies: saving their share, spending it all on new art supplies, or donating part and buying a (math) book with the rest.

Then he recruits three friends to decorate them with his design and help sell them for an unspecified amount (from a conveniently free and empty street-fair booth) until they’re gone.

Having only half of the $10 he needs for a Minka J poster, Daymond forks over $1 to buy a plain T-shirt, paints a picture of the pop star on it, sells it for $5, and uses all of his cash to buy nine more shirts.

John, founder of the FUBU fashion line and a Shark Tank venture capitalist, offers a self-referential blueprint for financial success. How to raise money for a coveted poster: put your friends to work! The nuanced conclusion brings hope without-realistically-full resolution.Īnother outstanding and unforgettable story that will work well both as a read-aloud for younger listeners and as a rich offering for those recently transitioned to chapter books. In brief chapters and with few words she crafts dynamic characters (who are default white) and an engaging narrative with a subtle yet illuminating message on the dampening effects of negativity. Utilizing the spare, poetic language she’s the master of, Creech gently narrates this winning tale of love and the risks it brings. Her need for distance and unrelenting pessimism are both revealing and enlightening. She’s attracted to Winslow but unwilling to allow herself to get attached, while Louie throws his whole heart into saving the needy animal. The one with the most negative outlook is Nora, a new neighbor, who, it’s revealed, has lost both a premature baby brother and her dog. Louie and his parents feel “the enormous absence of his brother,” Gus, who is serving in the military and who poignantly (and worryingly) now signs his letters, “Remember me.” Winslow, the little donkey, needs constant attention to survive, and Louie, in spite of everyone’s predictions of a dire outcome, gamely perseveres. Louie, a remarkably optimistic 10-year-old, takes on the rearing of a fragile, newborn mini donkey whose mother is too sick to care for it.

One time by sharon creech