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| Boom Town |
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Chang's Paper Pony
by Eleanor Coerr (HarperTrophy,
1993) Set in a California Gold
Rush town, this easy-to-read
historical novel tells the story of
Chang, who longs to own a real
pony but only has a drawing of
one. |
Striking It Rich: The Story of the
California Gold Rush
by Stephen Krensky (Simon &
Schuster, 1996) This history of the
California Gold Rush includes how
it affected the country and what
it meant to the people who went
West. |
Boomtowns of the West
by Bobbie Kalman (Crabtree Press,
1999) This book shows how
boomtowns grew and developed
businesses, justice systems, and
entertainment and, sometimes,
turned into ghost towns. |
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| What About Me? |
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The Greatest of All
by Eric A. Kimmel (Holiday House,
1991) In this Japanese folktale,
a mouse father searches for a
mighty husband for his daughter
only to find an unexpected victor. |
Stone Soup
by Marcia Brown (Aladdin Books,
1947) When hungry soldiers get a
chilly reception in the village, they
use a trick to get a meal. |
The Seeds of Peace
by Laura Berkeley (Barefoot Books,
1999) This is the universal tale of
an unhappy merchant who turns
to an old hermit to seek wisdom
and self-knowledge and to help
him sow the seeds of peace in his
troubled heart. |
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Alexander, Who Used To
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Bunny Money
by Rosemary Wells (Dial Books,
1997) In a messy outing, Max
and Ruby go shopping to buy their
grandmother a present. |
Max Malone Makes a Million
by Charlotte Herman (Henry Holt,
1992) Max Malone, along with
his best friend Gordy, is continually
frustrated in his attempts to
get rich, while his neighbor, little
Austin Healy, makes money at
every turn. |
The Go-Around Dollar
by Barbara Adams Johnston
(Simon & Schuster, 1992) This
story describes how a single
dollar changes hands and is
accompanied by facts about
the one-dollar bill. |
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| If You Made A Million |
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At the Bank
by Elizabeth Sirimarco (Child's
World, 1999) This informative and
factual book highlights different
types of monetary transactions
and how they work. |
How Much is a Million?
by David M. Schwartz
(HarperCollins, 1985) This book
helps the reader conceptualize
what seems inconceivable by
showing things like how many
years it would take to count to a
million. |
The Get Rich Quick Club
by Dan Gutman (HarperCollins,
2004) Gina and her friends dream
of making their first million over
the summer and establish the
Get Rich Quick Company, but their
scheme ends in a disaster. |
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My Rows and Piles of
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The Penny Pot: Counting Coins
by Stuart Murphy (HarperCollins,
1998) Counting money becomes
a real experience when Jessie
counts coins as they add up to
see if she has enough to get her
face painted. |
The Pickle Patch Bathtub
by Frances Kennedy (Tricycle Press,
2004) Complaining of legs grown
too long for the kitchen washtub,
a farm family's children set out
to earn enough money for a real
bathtub. |
Music, Music For Everyone
by Vera B. Willams (HarperCollins,
1988) Rosa organizes her friends
into the Oak Street Band in order
to earn money her family needs
due to her Grandma's illness. |
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