Open Court

Grade 3

Money

332.1 Bag

Bagley, Katie. Bank tellers. Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone

Books, c2001. Provides information about bank tellers,

discussing what they do, where they work, the skills they

need, the tools they use, and how they learn their job; and

includes instructions for a money activity.

332.4 Ada

Adams, Barbara Johnston. The go-around dollar. 1st American ed.

New York : Four Winds Press. A story describing how a

single dollar changes hands, accompanied by facts about the

one-dollar bill.

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.

398.2 Kir

Kirkland, Jessica. The story of Giovanni Fideli; : an Italian

folktale. 1st ed. Garden City, N.Y., : Doubleday, [c1971].

The son of a rich Italian merchant goes to sea to increase

his fortune but spends all his money doing good deeds.

398.2 San

San Souci, Robert D. The talking eggs : a folktale from the

American South. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers,

c1989. A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following

the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her

greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly

rewarded.

940.1 Lat

The Late Middle Ages. Milwaukee : Raintree, c1990. Examines

European life between the years 1000 and 1300 focusing on

the growth of cities, the development of a money-based

economy, and the emergence of a Europe newly unified by a

shared religion and increased trade.

AV Kit

The great brain/book & cassette.

E Dum

Dumbleton, Mike. Dial-a-croc. 1st American ed. New York :

Orchard Books, 1991. Vanessa makes a lot of money when she

captures a crocodile in the Australian outback and gets him

to work for her until the crocodile becomes homesick.

E Kim

Kimmel, Eric A. Four dollars and fifty cents. 1st ed. New York

: Holiday House, c1990. To avoid paying the Widow Macrae

the four dollars and fifty cents he owes her, deadbeat

cowboy Shorty Long plays dead and almost gets buried alive.

E Mad

Madrigal, Antonio Hernandez. Erandi's braids. New York :

Putnam's, c1999. In a poor Mexican village, Erandi

surprises her mother by offering to sell her long, beautiful

hair in order to raise enough money to buy a new fishing

net.

E Mit

Mitchell, Margaree King. Uncle Jed's barbershop. New York :

Aladdin Paperbacks, 1998. Despite serious obstacles and

setbacks, Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed, the only African-American

barber in the county, pursues his dream of saving enough

money to open his own barbershop.

E Mol

Mollel, Tololwa M. (Tololwa Marti). My rows and piles of coins.

New York : Clarion Books, c1999. A Tanzanian boy saves his

coins to buy a bicycle so that he can help his parents carry

goods to market, but then he discovers that in spite of all

he has saved, he still does not have enough money.

E Phi

Phillips, Mildred. The sign in Mendel's window. New York :

Macmillan Pub. Co., c1985. When a stranger comes to Kosnov

and accuses Mendel the butcher of stealing his money, the

whole town joins in to show the police who is really guilty.

E Sch

Schulman, Janet. Jack the bum and the Halloween handout. New

York : Greenwillow Books, c1977. Jack the bum spends

Halloween trying to get money for something to eat. But when

he wins a prize for the best costume, he donates it to

UNICEF.

E Shu

Shulevitz, Uri. The treasure.

E Tom

Tompert, Ann. The silver whistle. 1st American ed. New York :

London : Macmillan ; Collier Macmillan, c1988. Having

generously aided the needy with money he'd earned to buy a

silver whistle for a gift to the Christ Child on Christmas

Eve, a Mexican boy approaches the manger in the cathedral in

embarrassment, only to find that he has pleased the Baby

Jesus after all.

E Tur

Turkle, Brinton. Rachel and Obadiah. 1st ed. New York :

Dutton, 1987. Both Rachel and Obadiah want to earn some

money by carrying the news of the next ship's arrival to

Nantucket.

E Vio

Viorst, Judith. Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday. 1st

ed. New York : Atheneum, 1978. Although Alexander and his

money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things

that can be done with a dollar.

E Wel

Wells, Rosemary,. Bunny money. 1st ed. New York : Dial Books

for Young Readers, c1997. 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.

E Wel

Wells, Rosemary. How many? How much? New York : Puffin Books,

2001. Timothy and his kindergarten classmates learn about

counting, measuring, money, other math concepts. Includes

activities on directionality, spatial relations, and the

days of the week.

E Zie

Ziefert, Harriet. A new coat for Anna. New York : Knopf :

Distributed by Random House, c1986. Even though there is no

money, Anna's mother finds a way to make Anna a badly needed

winter coat.

F Adl

Adler, David A. Cam Jansen and the chocolate fudge mystery. New

York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, c1993. When Cam Jansen and her

friend Eric uncover a mystery while selling fudge

door-to-door to raise money for the local library, Cam uses

her photographic memory to foil a crime.

F And

Anderson, Margaret Jean, 1931-. The journey of the shadow

bairns. New York : Knopf : distributed by Random House,

c1980. When her parents die suddenly leaving only a little

money and one-way passages to Canada, a young Scottish girl

decides she and her four-year-old brother will pursue family

plans to relocate.

F Ber

Berger, Fredericka. The green bottle and the silver kite. 1st

ed. New York : Greenwillow Books, c1993. While earning

money to buy a special kite, Phil annoys his sister and

makes a new friend.

F Bri

Brittain, Bill. All the money in the world. 1st ed. New York :

Harper & Row, c1979. When Quentin gets his wish for all the

money in the world, he gets a pack of troubles too.

F Bul

Bulla, Clyde Robert. Shoeshine girl. New York : HarperCollins,

1975. Determined to earn some money, ten-year-old Sarah Ida

gets a job at a shoe shine stand and learns a great many

things besides shining shoes.

F Bun

Bunting, Eve, 1928-. The hideout. 1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt

Brace Jovanovich, c1991. Feeling unloved by his mother and

new stepfather, Andy hides out in a luxurious San Francisco

hotel and stages his own kidnapping in order to obtain

ransom money to pay for a trip to England to see his father.

F Cor

Corbett, Scott. Run for the money.

F Fit

Fitzgerald, John Dennis. The great brain,. New York, : Dial

Press, [1967]. The exploits of the Great Brain of

Adenville, Utah are described by his younger brother,

frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for

gaining prestige or money.

F Fit

Fitzgerald, John D. (John Dennis), 1907-. The Great Brain at the

academy. New York, N.Y. : Dell, 1988, c1972. The Great

Brain faces the challenge of life at a strict Catholic

boarding school with daring exploits and money-making

schemes.

F Hes

Hest, Amy. When Jessie came across the sea. 1st U.S. ed.

Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 1997. A thirteen-year-old

Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and

immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years

sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the

United States, too.

F Moo

Moore, S. E. Secret Island. New York : Four Winds Press, c1977.

Visiting relatives in post-Civil War upper New York State,

John Allen becomes involved in tracking down robbers of

Union money and secret Southern sympathizers.

F Por

Porte, Barbara Ann. Fat Fanny, Beanpole Bertha, and the boys.

New York : Orchard Books, c1991. When Bertha's father

vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle, and Fanny's theater agent

parents are secretly divorced, the girls decide to teach

Fanny's triplet brothers to tap-dance to raise money.

F Roy

Roy, Ron, 1940-. The invisible island. New York : Random House,

c1999. While picnicking on Squaw Island, Dink, Josh, and

Ruth Rose find a hundred dollar bill, and when they return

to explore further they find an entire cave full of money.

F Wil

Williams, Vera B. Music, music for everyone. 1st ed. New York

: Greenwillow Books, c1984. Rosa plays her accordion with

her friends in the Oak Street Band and earns money to help

her mother with expenses while her grandmother is sick.

Mag

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

PB e

Schwartz, David M. If you made a million. 1st ed. New York :

Lothrop, c1989. Describes the various forms which money can

take, including coins, paper money, and personal checks, and

how it can be used to make purchases, pay off loans, or

build interest in the bank.

PB e

Marshall, James, 1942-. Fox on the job. Puffin easy-to-read ed.

New York : Puffin, 1995, c1988. Fox tries to earn the money

for a new bicycle in several different jobs.

PB f

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.

PB f

Griffin, Peni R. The treasure bird. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :

Puffin Books, 1994. A talking parrot and the rumor of

buried treasure give hope to ten-year-old Jessy and her

stepbrother Matt that they can save the Texas farm they have

inherited from Great-Uncle Matthew.

PB f

Kehret, Peg. The richest kids in town. New York : Pocket,

[1997]. New to town and homesick for his old life, Peter

Dodge teams up with a classmate to earn money for a trip to

visit his best friend, but all their moneymaking schemes

have unexpected results.

PB f

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

Cleary, Beverly. Henry and Beezus. New York : Avon, [1990],

c1952. Henry Huggins, his dog Ribsy, and his friend Beezus,

busy themselves with trying to earn enough money for Henry

to buy a bicycle.

PB fs

Fitzgerald, John Dennis. The Great Brain. New York : Dell,

1988, c1967. The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville,

Utah, are described by his younger brother, frequently the

victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or

money.

VC

Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday.

VC

Talking Eggs.