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April 2025 Book Club Recommendations
Book for Children Ages 8-12
Lunch Money
Andrew Clements
Greg Kenton has always had a talent for making money. For most of his life, he has taken on small projects here and there, but things change when he realizes that his school cafeteria is a goldmine of extra quarters. He spends the summer of his sixth-grade year scheming how to turn those quarters into his own profits. His idea seems to work until a rival student threatens his get-rich-quick scheme. Can Greg’s business survive? Will it be squelched by his rival or will the school principal end it first? And is Greg’s love of money really a good thing?
Questions Just for Fun
If you had Greg’s talents for making money, what are some things you would do with the money?
Which of Greg’s money-making schemes did you find most interesting? Why?
Questions to Think Critically and Biblically
This book talks a lot about making money. Read the following verses and then summarize the biblical view of money: Proverbs 3:9-10, Proverbs 13:11, Matthew 6:19-21 and 24, 1 Timothy 6:10 and 17-19, Hebrews 13:5.
Discussion Guide - Discuss how these verses reveal that we should honor God with our money by giving back to Him and being generous toward others. They also reveal that we should not put our hope in money or seek to store it up for ourselves. If we serve money (by making it our master/motivating force) we cannot also serve God.
Did Greg’s view of money throughout most of the book line up with the biblical view of money?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how Greg’s view of money did not initially line up with God’s view. He was serving money, making it his master, by making it the focus of his life. However, toward the end of the book, his view shifted some as he started to think about how he could be generous toward others.
Did Greg’s view of other people throughout the book (Maura, Mr. Z, Principal Davenport, classmates, siblings, etc.) stem from the biblical view of every human bearing God’s image? How do you know?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how Greg viewed others through the lens of how they impacted his goal of making money. We see this through how he criticizes Maura, taunts Mr. Z when he is bleeding, and thinks of his classmates only as potential buyers. This does not align with the biblical view. However, as he works with Maura, he begins to see her as a person he should treat kindly (though he doesn’t understand she bears God’s image).
How did you see Greg grow as a person throughout the book?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how Greg starts to view others as people rather than just potential buyers of his products. He seeks to work with Maura, Mr. Z, and even Principal Davenport rather than figuring out how he can work around them. He starts thinking through how the money he earns can benefit others rather than just thinking of how he can save it for himself.
Book for Children Ages 4-7
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Kate DiCamilo
Mercy Watson is a pig who lives with Mr. and Mrs. Watson. Though some of her neighbors are not fond of her, Mercy saves the day in a big way when Mr. and Mrs. Watson find themselves in danger.
Questions Just for Fun
Mercy’s favorite food is hot, buttered toast. When you eat hot buttered toast, what is your favorite type of bread to eat toasted? Maybe you should have some right now!
Questions to Think Critically and Biblically
Mr. and Mrs. Watson care deeply about Mercy. What responsibility has God given humans over animals?
Discussion Guide - Read Genesis 1:26. Discuss how God has given humans the job of ruling over and caring for animals.
The Watsons treat Mercy as if she were their child. According to the Bible, do animal have the same value as humans?
Discussion Guide - Read Matthew 10:29-31. Discuss how even tiny sparrows are of value in God’s eyes, yet this verse makes clear that animals are not as valuable as humans. Only humans are created in God’s image.
The Watsons think that Mercy is the one who got the fire department to their house, but, really, Mercy was just on the hunt for food. Why is it that Mercy didn’t realize the danger the Watsons were in and just wanted food?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how Mercy is a pig. She doesn’t have the same ability to think and reason that humans do.
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