

Madison has a new mission–to raise money for her class by selling candy and earn a school T-shirt. She is eager to call on her neighbors to sell candy, but refuses to go to Mrs. Patel’s, whose family has recently moved into the neighborhood from India. Seema Patel lives there. Seema rides the same school bus as Madison, but Madison has never talked to her.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Language arts, vocabulary development, understanding sequences of events, social studies, multicultural theme, understanding cultural diversity, friendship, tolerance and acceptance, inclusion, community, family and relationships, respect, self-esteem and self awareness, deductive reasoning, values and virtues