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MONEYMONEYRELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

What's Inside:
  • Why Money Is Useful
  • Money through the Ages
  • Dollars and Cents
  • Counterfeiting
  • Life Cycle of a Dollar Bill
  • Gambling and Other Money Schemes
  • Myths and Superstitions
  • How Money Is Earned and Saved
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  • CHARTS / GRAPHS
  • LEXILE® READING LEVEL: 850L
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"Imagine that you found a $100 bill in your pocket. That would be nice, wouldn't it? Now imagine that you were shipwrecked on a deserted island. What good would that money do you? Not much-- you couldn't buy food or clothes or books. So, why do we consider a $100 bill useful? The answer is that money is a symbol. It is used to trade for goods that have an agreed-upon value. But when people no longer . . . "
RELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • The Young Investor: Projects and Activities for Making Your Money Grow. By Katherine R. Bateman, Chicago Review Press, 2001.
  • Money Sense for Kids. By Hollis Page Harman, Barrons Educational Series, 2004.
  • Neale S. Gofrey's Ultimate Kids' Money Book. By Neale S. Godfrey, Aladdin, 2002.
  • Money. By Joe Cribb, DK Publishing Inc, 2005.
  • All About Money (Rookie Read-About Math). By Erin Roberson, Children's Press (CT), 2004.
ADULT BOOKS
  • Money: A Rich History (Smart About History). By Jon R. Anderson, Grosset & Dunlap, 2003.
  • The Story of Money. By Betsy Maestro, Rebound by Sagebrush, 1999.
  • Round and Round the Money Goes: What Money Is and How We Use It (Discovery Readers). By Melvin Berger, Ideals Publications, 2001.
  • Money, Money, Money : Where It Comes From, How to Save It, Spend It, and Make It. By Eve Drobot, Maple Tree Press, 2004.
WEBSITES
  • The United States Mint's site for kids: www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  • United States Mint (DC):
    http://www.usmint.gov/mint_tours/