Money, Concepts of value, economics
► A family favorite of ours. Y = for the youngest kids
26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban, nice pictures, combinations of coins add up to 99 cents. Toban's books are good for very young children.
A Day's Work by Eve Bunting, value of work
A Dollar For Penny (Step-Into-Reading, Step 2)
A Kid's Guide to Managing Money Wilt, Joy 1979 Money Highly illustrated, some history practical
Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday Viorst, Judith 1978 Money management
Arthur's Funny Money Lillian Hoban - I Can Read book, L. 2
Better Than a Lemonade Stand: Small Business Ideas for Kids (Kid's Books
Bunny Money, Y Rosemary Wells, very cute, my youngest had a bit of trouble keeping count w/$15
Cartoon Guide to Economics
City Math: Look Both Ways Time Life I Love Math Series 1992 Math in Life
Ginger & Pickles, Classic Tale by Beatrix Potter, ideas of credit and borrowing, running a business
Hello Math Readers:
How Much Is That Guinea Pig in the Window? (Level 4) by Joanne Rocklin
The Lunch Line (Level 3) by Karen Berman Nagel
Monster Money Maccarone, Grace
A Quarter From the Tooth Fairy (Level 3) by Caren Holtzman
Lemon & Ice & Everything Nice by Catherine Weiskopf Level 4:
The Case of the Shrunken Allowance by Joanne Rocklin
Monster Math School Time by Grace Maccarone (L. 1)
How High Can a Dinosaur Count? And Other Math Mysteries by Valerie Fisher
How To Get Fabulously Rich, Rockwell, Thomas Money mgmt "How to Eat Fried Worms" author
I Love Math Series - Out of print, but still available . . lots of math concepts
If You Made A Million F Schwartz, David
Inflation: When Prices Go Up, Up, Up (Money Power Books Series) by David Adler
Irene and the Big Fine Nickel by Irene Smalls - Story about relative value of money in the 50's
Make Four Million Dollars by Next Thursday ► by Stephen Manes
Making Sense of Money Cobb, Vicki 1971 Money Practical, not storytelling style
Math for Smarty Pants by Marilyn Burns – this one is for approximately 4rd grade on up. TONS of different math ideas in this.
Math Man by Teri Daniels, grocery store math story
Math Wizardry for Kids by Margaret Kenda and Phyllis S. Williams
MathStart by Stuart Murphy – Get Up and Go! (Timelines L. 2); Rodeo Time (Reading a Schedule, L. 3); ►Pepper's Journal A Kitten's First Year, (Calendaring L. 2); Game Time! (Time L.3) MathStart Readers by Stuart Murphy: The Penny Pot F Y Coin combinations, L. 3
Money Troubles Bill Cosby (Little Bill series for beginning readers)
Mr. Monopoly's Amusement Park, A Math Adventure F Jackie Glassman, doesn't look like much, but my kids have learned a lot of math from this
Murderous Maths (don’t forget the ‘s’) ► Series by Kjartan Poskitt, Guaranteed to contain no nasty exercises and no boring sums! These are meaty books and adults that enjoy comics could enjoy them too. General math and math/science history.
No Small Change by John Luksetich; Patti Kern – fun story for younger children comparing pennies to other relative coin values
Once upon a Company: A True Story (Venture-Health & the Human Body) by
Once Upon a Dime: A Math Adventure
One Bright Penny Geraldine McCaughrean, fun story about value of work
Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun With"Pig Math" by Amy Axelrod Math and Money
Smart About Money
Story of Money by Betsy Maestro
The Art of Money by David Standish, History and Design of Paper Currency From Around the World, for those interested in a larger study of the topic
The Economy in Cartoons MindSparks 1996 Math in economics. Teacher resource notes
The Go-Around Dollar, an excellent book for learning about the features of the dollar bill following a dollar from hand to hand
The History of Counting by Denise Schmandt-Besserat
The House that Math Built - House Math, I Love Math Series
The Joy of Mathematics F Pappas, Theoni 1989 Math in nature/science/art,music,history,literature - classic
The Money Tree F Stewart, Sarah/Small, David 1991 Concept of monetary value. Great story
The Monster Money Book Leedy, Loreen
The Search for the Mystery Planet Space Math, I Love Math Series, Math and astronomy topics
The Sociology of Money: Economics, Reason & Contemporary Society by Dodd, Nigel
The Story of 1 (PBS Home Video) One hour well presented video on the history of the number 1. Available at Blockbuster, Netflix and many libraries.
The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
Tight Times by Barbara Shook Hazen, dad loses a job, poignant story about a child's perception of the family's experience
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? A Fast, Clear, and Fun Explanation of the Economics by Richard J. Maybury (an Uncle Eric book)
Zoo Math: Case of Missing Zebra Stripes, Time Life I Love Math Series 1992 Math in nature, my kids really like this
Zookeeper for a Day (Math Adventures)