Helen Plum Library

Coins jingle and bills shake as you check your piggy bank. But how are these coins and bills made? Develop early money management skills and learn all about how money is made. Bright photos and child-friendly examples make it fun to build financial literacy. Glossary of key words Index Table of contents We need money to buy everything from wants to needs. But what does it take to earn money, and how can we be smart about our money? Explore the basics...

Being smart with money means knowing when to save. It can be hard and take time, but it's worth it in the end. Develop early money management skills and learn how to save money. Bright photos and child-friendly examples make it fun to build financial literacy. Glossary of key words Index Table of contents We need money to buy everything from wants to needs. But what does it take to earn money, and how can we be smart about our money? Explore the basics...

When a creative seven-year-old girl spots a blue china bird that she desperately wants, she forms an imaginative plan for getting it

Although bedazzled by pretty Polly Reagan, thirteen-year-old Tom Fitzgerald's great brain and money-loving ways haven't changed a bit

Summer vacation in their small Maine town does not look too promising until twelve-year-old Gina and four of her friends make a pact to become millionaires before school starts in September. I'm just lying out there in the backyard one night, staring up at the sky. Then suddenly a dollar bill lands on my face. I pick it up. It looks real. I have no idea where it came from. Then another one falls. And another. I look up and see bills fluttering down...

Brianna Justice is the president of her Detroit middle school's sixth grade, but she is finding the position a real headache--beside the normal troubles of being in a new school, and the sudden coldness of her old friends, there is a class trip to Washington, D.C. coming up and she needs to figure out how to raise the rest of the money so that the class can go

Max and Ruby spend so much on emergencies while shopping for Grandma's birthday presents, that they just barely have enough money left for gifts

"The first time Abuela held Niña, her heart overflowed with tenderness. And as Niña grows up, she and Abuela have a lot of fun doing simple things. Abuela decides that she wants to buy Niña a special treat, so she saves a little bit of her money every week. But then something terrible happens, and Abuela's dream of a surprise for Niña seems impossible. Luckily, the time they spend together and the love they have for each other are the best gifts...

"When Violet has a numbers problem and Arthur is penniless, they go into business and solve both problems"--Title page verso

A lot has been written about money. It makes the world goes round. It doesn't grow on trees. It's the root of all evil. This book cuts through the myths and misconceptions to give young readers a simple and accessible introduction to money - from why it shapes the world we live in to where it comes from, and how to increase what's in your pocket. New in the series, following Politics for Beginners and Business for Beginners. Cartoons, comic strips...