Lucky Penny

Ages 7 to 9

Penny Posner knows everything there is to know about good luck. She needs all the luck she can get so she'll be chosen to blow the shofar at the Rosh Hashanah picnic. But when she picks up a penny that's face down, everything goes wrong from there.

Do we need a charm to get good luck? Or do we make it for ourselves?Penny Posner knows everything there is to know about good luck. Every day she wears her lucky bracelet on her wrist, her lucky socks on her feet, and Ferdinand, her lucky frog keychain, on her belt loop. And today she needs all the luck she can get so she'll be chosen to blow the shofar at the school's Rosh Hashanah picnic. But when she picks up a lucky penny, her best friend Mara warns her that it's actually bad luck, because it was face down. As everything starts to go wrong, Penny will try anything to change her luck, but all she does is make matters worse. Penny needs to shift her perspective on luck and fix her mistakes before the picnic and before she ruins her friendship with Mara, so she can make a fresh start for the new year.

A comedic tale of superstition and how our perception influences our experiences and the world around us, with bouncy illustrations by Jon Davis.

About the Author

Aimee Lucido is the author of EMMY IN THE KEY OF CODE, recipient of a Kirkus starred review, longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Northern California Book Award winner, Nutmeg Award nominee, and nominee for Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. Her other books include RECIPE FOR DISASTER, and her picture book debut, PASTA PASTA LOTSA PASTA. She received her MFA in writing for children and young adults at Hamline University and lives with her husband, daughter, and dog in Berkeley, CA.Jon Davis is an award winning illustrator of more than 100 books across the globe. He attended Glyndwr University, in Wrexham, Wales, where he received a degree in Illustration. Jon is based in his small but snug studio at the back of his house, where he lives with his family in the Lake District, UK.