Making Cents: Every Kid's Guide to Money : How to Make It, What to Do With It [Paperback]

Elizabeth Wilkinson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1989 | Series: Making Cents (Book 1)

The latest volume in this acclaimed series takes a kid's-eye view of money--where it started, what it represents, how it is spent, and how to earn it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) (December 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316941026
• ISBN-13: 978-0316941020
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,070,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Centsible Book, December 15, 1999

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Claire, a businesswoman (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Making Cents: Every Kid's Guide to Money : How to Make It, What to Do With It (Paperback)

This books gives each and every money-making idea a special chapter. For example, when it suggests being a party-helper, it gives you recipes and advice on how to take things out of the oven. This book would make a good present for young entrepreneurs who want more advice on how to get started.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great ways for kids to make money, May 19, 2005

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Alyssa A. Lappen (Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making cents: Every kid's guide to money, how to make it, what to do with it (A Brown paper school book) (Hardcover)

Brown Paper School Books has come up with 61 ways for kids to make money.

This is not the usual list of lemonade stands and bake sales one might expect, but a genuine collection of admirably creative endeavors to intrigue and occupy even the most blase of little minds.

As the book points out, there are really only two ways to make money--to gather something that someone else is willing to buy, or to do a task that someone else is willing to pay for. Still, having said that, the book manages to stretch those two ideas into a host of neat notions--from washing and polishing cars to designing Halloween goblin fairs.

This bag of tricks will keep your kids busy on many an otherwise dreary weekend.

--Alyssa A. Lappen