Literature+List

The following books were found by: Lauren More'

1. **A Chair For My Mother** by Vera B. Williams. This story is about a family who loses everything in a fire and works their way back to making their new apartment a new home. The young girl in the book learns how to count the coins her mother saves from her waitressing job and their main goal is to get a very big, comfy chair for her mother to have a place to relax after a long days work.

2. **My Rows and Piles of Coins** by Tololwa M. Mollel. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Saruni saves money he receives from helping his m other work in the marketplace. His goal is to save enough money to buy a bicycle, so that he can better help his mother carry food to the marketplace. He works and saves his money for a long time.

3. **Money Trouble by Bill** Cosby. Illustrated by Varnette P. Honeywood. Little Bill wants to become famous by discovering a new comet, but first he needs a telescope. The telescope he wants costs $100 and he only has $47.87 in his football bank. Little Bill finds ways to earn money through jobs.

4. **A Bargain For Frances** by Russell Hoban. Frances saves and saves for a china tea set. Her friend Thelma tricks her into buying an old plastic tea set. Thelma says there are no “backsies” on the bargain. Frances finds a way to get what she really wants.

The following books were found by: Elisabeth Gordon

1. **The New Totally Awesome Business Books for Kids** by Author Bochner, Rose Bochner, & Adriane G. Berg

This book is great for helping kids learn and understand concepts of business early on in life. The book helps to explain the stock market, trading, what banks can do for you, how to make a budget, and even how to invest money in other countries.

2. **Economics (How Economics Works)** by Laura Anne Gilman This book helps children to understand WHY they should understand economics and how important it will be to them one day. It goes through how money makes the world go round, the rules of money, and making money work for you.

3. **What are Goods and Services? (Economics in Action)** by Carolyn Andrews This book helps to introduce the concept of trade and goods and services. After all economy is entirely based on goods and services needed and goods and services provided and how our money transfers to different places for different reasons, just like how we make money!

4. **The Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting and Running a Business** by Steve Mariotti This book may focus to address a slightly older group of children, however I found it extremely interesting and useful and would provide as a good resource for some students! It’s contents define just what is needed to start a business and how to get to where you want to be when you are older. With knowledge of this now, children are more abled to make executive decisions of what they want to do when they are older and if in fact this is something they would be interested in!

The following books were found by Victoria Schandel:

1. **Isabel's Car Wash** by Shelia Bair Isabel decides to start a car wash business so she can purchase The Nelly Longhair doll, which is on sale at Murphy's Toys for ten dollars.

2. **Arthur's Pet Business** by Marc Brown Arthur wants a pet. His parents doubt he can take care of one. Arthur starts a pet business to prove his parents wrong.

3. **Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock** by Shelia Bair Twin brothers accept a savings challenge proposed by their grandfather.

4. **Erandi's Braids** by Antonio Hernandez Madrigal Erandi's mother needs a new fishing net and also wants to buy Erandi her birthday gift, but is unable to due to their limited income. Erandi recognizes that her braids are valuable and make a decision.

**The following books were found by Shailene Reilly  : ** **__Books: __**

1. //What is Money? //By Etan Boritzer- This book encourages children to discuss issues of financial responsibility, both practical and ethical. It discusses the history of money, as well as the real-life applications. This book will help children learn about and understand the true value of the meaning of “money”.

//2. ////<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sally’s Big Save //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">by Laura Driscoll//-// This book is about Sally, and Sally’s favorite pop star is coming to town but she needs to figure out how to make and save enough money to purchase a ticket for the concert!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tara pays up //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> by Kirsten Larsen- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tara finally saves $8 to buy a kit at the crafts store only to find that the cashier wants another 80 cents. Explaining the concept of paying taxes for city services, Tara's older sister shells out the change and makes a deal: Tara must pay her 10 cents every time she uses a city service. Soon those dimes mount up, as Tara learns that she uses tax-paid services every time she goes to school, turns on the faucet, reads a library book, or even walks on the sidewalk.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What is Money Anyway? //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By Jennifer S. Larson- This book shows how you can earn, save and spend money in “exploring economics”. The book covers questions that are commonly asked by students, “Do I need it?” “Do I want it?” “What is a budget?” and many more. It’s a very informational book that is filled with color and will grasp the student’s attention.