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This prolific team tackles the advent of legal tender and a mini-history of economics in their latest picture book. The concept of barter is introduced and then shown evolving into the modern practice of trading money for goods and services. Currency's physical development is also chronicled, from Native American wampum to Spanish "pieces of eight" to various European precious metal coins and printed paper bills. Although the text contains a vast array of factoids, their presentation lacks style and excitement. The dry, straightforward sentence structure fails to illuminate this topic's potentially engrossing aspects. Giulio Maestro's detailed, historically accurate illustrations, rendered in muted pencil, watercolor and crayon, prove serviceable without adding much spark. This volume will be useful in classrooms and libraries for its noteworthy effort to place a concept within historical contexts. Ages 7-10.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"A windfall for whole-language classrooms and for nonfiction pleasure readers." -- Review --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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This prolific team tackles the advent of legal tender and a mini-history of economics in their latest picture book. The concept of barter is introduced and then shown evolving into the modern practice of trading money for goods and services. Currency's physical development is also chronicled, from Native American wampum to Spanish "pieces of eight" to various European precious metal coins and printed paper bills. Although the text contains a vast array of factoids, their presentation lacks style and excitement. The dry, straightforward sentence structure fails to illuminate this topic's potentially engrossing aspects. Giulio Maestro's detailed, historically accurate illustrations, rendered in muted pencil, watercolor and crayon, prove serviceable without adding much spark. This volume will be useful in classrooms and libraries for its noteworthy effort to place a concept within historical contexts. Ages 7-10.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"A windfall for whole-language classrooms and for nonfiction pleasure readers." -- Review --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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A long time ago, there was no such thing as money. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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A long time ago, there was no such thing as money. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cashless money, official money Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Philadelphia Mint New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Dr. JAC's Guide to Writing with Depth by Joyce Armstrong Carroll on page 127, and Back Matter
- The Reading Connection: Bringing Parents, Teachers, and Librarians Together by Elizabeth Knowles on page 75
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- Dollars (Welcome Books) by Mary Hill in Back Matter
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