Open Court

Grade 4

Dollars and Sense

332.4 Mae

Maestro, Betsy. The story of money. 1st Mulberry ed. New York

: Mulberry Books, 1995. A history of money, beginning with

the barter system in ancient times, to the first use of

coins and paper money, to the development of modern monetary

systems.

609.2 Tuc

Tucker, Tom, 1944-. Brainstorm! : the stories of twenty American

kid inventors. Sunburst ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and

Giroux, 1998, c1995. Reveals some of the amazing inventions

of the past and present that have come from young Americans,

ages eight to nineteen.

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Berenstain, Stan, 1923-. The Berenstain bears and mama's new

job. New York : Random House, c1984. When Mama Bear

decides to turn her hobby into a business, each member of

the Bear family tries to help a little more around the

house.

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Gutman, Dan. The million dollar shot. 1st ed. New York :

Hyperion Books for Children, 1997. Eleven-year-old Eddie

gets a chance to win a million dollars by sinking a foul

shot at the National Basketball Association finals.

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Gilson, Jamie. Dial Leroi Rupert, DJ. 1st Beech Tree ed. New

York, N.Y. : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1999, c1979. Desperate

to pay back 50 dollars they owe, three 12-year-olds form a

jazz combo and then receive some surprising assistance from

a local disc jockey.

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Merrill, Jean. The toothpaste millionaire. Boston : Houghton

Mifflin, c1972. A young girl describes how her school

friend made over a million dollars by creating and marketing

a cheaper and better toothpaste.

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Selden, George, 1929-. The cricket in Times Square. New York :

Dell, 1984, c1960. With the help of a mouse and a cat, a

musical cricket improves business at the newsstand run by

Mario and his family.

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Kids discover. New York, NY : Kids Discover, c1991-.

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Kroll, Steven. It's groundhog day! New York : Holiday House,

1987. Worried that an early spring will ruin his ski lodge

business, Roland Raccoon takes drastic steps to prevent

Godfrey Groundhog from looking for his shadow on Groundhog

Day.

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McCloskey, Robert. Homer Price.

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Robertson, Keith, 1914-. Henry Reed, Inc. New York : Dell,

1977, c1958. Henry Reed keeps a journal in which he records

the hilarious events of the summer he spent running a

business enterprise.

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Danziger, Paula. Not for a billion gazillion dollars. New York

: Dell, c1992. Eleven-year-old Matthew, trying desperately

to earn enough to buy a coveted computer program, learns the

importance of money and eventually starts his own business.

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Hiller, B. B. Rent a third grader. New York : Scholastic, 1988.

Third grade students need to make some money. Unless they

can come up with enough money to save Partner, the police

horse will be pet food.

PB f

Saunders, Susan. Stephanie and the magician. New York :

Scholastic, c1989. Mandrake the Magician dresses all in

black, wears a mask, and is putting the Sleepover Friends'

party entertainment business out of business. Who is he?.

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The Cricket in Times Square.