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Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Meet the Pomeroys: a church-going family of five living in a too-red house in a Texas college town. In an attempt to climb out of the holes they've dug, father Roger and mother Georgia make a series of choices that will have catastrophic consequences for their three children.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 114
Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Mary Anne overspent on Christmas presents and she knows her baby-sitting money won't be enough to cover it. The only thing she can do is take a second job, but no one can find out, or her Christmas will truly be ruined.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Little Critter wants a new skateboard, Dad tells him that he needs to save his own money to buy it. Little Critter tries his very best, but soon finds that saving enough for what he wants isn't so easy.
Author
Series
Alexander (Judith Viorst) volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Multiple
Description
Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.
10) Fair is fair!
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Marco surveys his friends and uses bar graphs to convince his father to raise his allowance.
12) Aldo Ice Cream
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1989, c1981
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Aldo discovers the pleasures of doing volunteer work to help the older citizens of the community and the satisfactions of earning his first money on his own for unselfish reasons.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day: On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.
Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday: Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.
Alexander, who's not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) going to move: Angry Alexander refuses to move away if...
15) Three cups
Author
Publisher
Tommy Nelson
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When he is five years old, a boy's parents start giving him a weekly allowance and promise him that many adventures will follow if he puts it into three different cups. Includes author's notes on teaching children to use money responsibly.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Barron's brand new Life Lessons series uses cheerful illustrations and down-to-earth language to tackle some of life's more challenging issues from a kid's perspective. Money Doesn't Grow on Trees teaches a timeless lesson on the value of money and hard work.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jamie and her friends Angeline and Isabella are studying "personal finance" in school, so they decide to put their heads together and come up with a way to earn serious money by creating some kind of food--the only trouble is none of them know anything about cooking.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jamie and her friends Angeline and Isabella are studying "personal finance" in school, so they decide to put their heads together and come up with a way to earn serious money by creating some kind of food--the only trouble is none of them know anything about cooking.