Sam Learns to Share : The Joy of Giving and the Dignity of Receiving

And about the family in the house adjacent, He grew to feel — well — quite complacent; Like a sort of lord, a spider of means, who could afford To part with a part of his great estate — So Sam came to love instead of hate. And if, like Wonderland's Duchess, you like a moral, Here's one with which you cannot quarrel: Sam SEEMS to prove, at least to me, That it pays to give in gracefully! Betty L. Stoelting was born in South Dakota on February 18, 1928. She moved with her family to Iowa about 1935, where she attended high school until graduation. She went to college and received her masters degree in elementary education. Betty loves children and taught kindergarten for many years in Marin County California until she retired in Iowa. She loves writing stories for children.