2017-2018 Reading Cent$ K-5 Children’s Literature Featuring Strong Economic Content Title Author Copyright & Publisher Key Concepts Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday Viorst, Judith 1978-Aladdin Saving, Spending, Good & Services K-3 Apples to Oregon Hopkins, Deborah 2004 – Aladdin Scarcity, Choice, Opportunity Cost, Risk, Resources 1-4 Arthur’s Pet Business Brown, Marc 1990 – Little Brown & Co. Entrepreneurship, Saving, Goods and Services K-2 Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade Sweet, Melissa 2011- Houghton Mifflin Entrepreneurship Specialization Productive Resources K-5 Beatrice’s Goat McBrier, Page 2001- Simon & Schuster Investment, Scarcity, Productive Resources K-4 Benny’s Pennies Brisson, Pat 1993- Dell Yearling Consumer, Producer, Currency, Goods PK-2 Billy Sure, Kid Entrepreneur Vol. 1 Sharpe, Luke 2015- & Schuster Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Money, Choices, Productive Resources, Decision-making 3-6 Blackout Rocca, John 2011-Hyperion Decision-making, Opportunity Cost, Sunk Cost K-3 Bunny Money Wells, Rosemary 2000- Viking Penguin Money, Savings, Goods, Interest K-2 Caterina and the Lemonade Kono, Erin Eitter 2014 - Dial Entrepreneurship, Marketing, K-2 A for My Mother Williams, Vera 1982- Harper Collins Choices, Saving, Opportunity Cost K-3 Charlie Jackson’s Guide to Making Money 2014 - Roaring Book Press Entrepreneurship, Earning, Saving, Wants, Decision Making 4-7 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Barrett, Judi 1978-Aladdin Goods & Services, Choices, Productive Resources K-3 Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak Winters, Kay 2008- Dutton Children's Specialization, Jobs, Entrepreneurship 2-5 Crenshaw Applegate, Kathrine 2015 – Feiwel and Friends Scarcity, Choices, Homelessness 4-7 Curious George Saves His Pennies Perez, Monica 2012 – Houghton Mifflin Money, Saving, Spending K-3 Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave Hill, Laban Carrick 2010- Little, & Co. Human Capital, Productive Resources K-4 Day of Ahmed’s Secret Heide, Florence Parry 1990- Wm. Morrow Scarcity, Income, Savings, Human Resources 1-4
A Dollar for Penny Glass, Julie 2000 – Random House Money, Earning, Spending, Coins 1-4 EIEIO: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm with a Little Help from a Hen Sierra, Judy 2014-Candlewick Press Productive Resources, Recycling, Decision-Making K-3 Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington Asim, Jabari 2012 – Little, Brown and Company Choice, Saving, Scarcity Productive Resources K-5 Follow the Money Loreen 2002 – Holiday House Money, Coinage K-3 Frankly, Frannie Stern, A.J. 2010- Grosset & Dunlap Jobs, Income, Human Capital 2-4 The Goat in the Rug Blood, Charles & Link, Martin 1990- Aladdin Productive Resources K-5 Harvesting Hope: The of Cesar Chavez Kathleen 2003- Harcourt Opportunity Cost, Choice Productive Resources, K-4 Helen’s Big World Rappaport, Doreen 2012- Hyperion Human Capital, Choices 1-4 Henry Builds a Cabin Johnson, D.B. 2003 – Weston Savings, Wants, Productive Resources, Conservation K-3 Henry Hikes to Fitchburg Johnson, D.B. 2000- Houghton Mifflin Money, Trade-offs, Jobs K-3 Isabel’s Car Wash Shelia Bair 2008- Albert Whitman & Co. Investing, Borrowing, Profit, Capital Resources K-3 Just Saving My Money Mercer 2010 – HarperCollins Earning, Saving, Money, Banks K-2 Katy No-Pocket Emily and H.A. Rey 1944 – Houghton Mifflin Scarcity, Human Resources, Capital Resources, Services K-3 Lawn Boy Paulsen, Gary 2007 – Dell Yearling Earning, Investing, Stock Market, Choices, Saving 4-7 Lemonade in Winter: A Book about Two Kids Counting Money Jenkins, Emily 2012-Random House Profit, Money, Entrepreneurship K-2 The Lemonade War Davies, Jacqueline 2007- Houghton Mifflin Entrepreneurship, Profit, Savings, Productive Resources 3-5 Lucky Beans Birtha, Becky 2010- Albert Whitman Scarcity, Productive Resources 2-4 Lulu Walks the Dogs Viorst, Judith 2014 – Atheneum Wants, Earning, Choices 2-5 Lunch Money Clements, Andrew 2007 – & Schuster Entrepreneurship, Profit, Earning, Saving, Decision Making 4-7 M is for Money: An Economics Alphabet Bank Shoulders Debbie & Michael 2015 – Sleeping Bear Economic and Personal Finance Concepts 2-5
Something Special for Me Williams, Vera 1983- William Morrow Saving, Choice, Opportunity Cost K-3 A Storm Called Katrina Uhlberg, Myron 2011-Peachtree Publishers Scarcity, Choices, Opportunity Cost K-3 Sunday Shopping Derby, Sally 2015 – Lee & Low Choices, Spending K-3 Tía Isa Wants a Car Medina, Meg Candlewick Press Saving, Jobs, Choices K-3 Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library Rosenstock, Barb 2013- Calkins Creek Human Capital, Investing, Spending, Decision-Making 2-5 Times Barbara 1979- Penguin Unemployment, Scarcity, Choice, Opportunity Cost K-3 Tortilla Factory Paulsen, Gary 1995- Houghton Mifflin Productive Resources K-3 Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop King, Margaree Mitchell 1992- Aladdin Saving, Bank Failure, Opportunity Cost K-4 We’re Riding on a Caravan: An Adventure on the Silk Road Krebs, Laura 2005- Barefoot Books Bartering, Markets K-3 We’re Sailing Down the Nile Laura 2007-Barefoot Books Markets, Productive Resources K-3 What Pet Should I Get? Dr. Seuss 2015- Random House Choices, Decision-Making, Scarcity PK-2 Who Was Harriet Tubman? McDonough, Yona Zeldis 2002 – Grosset & Dunlap Biography Human Resources, Money 4-7 Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions Chris Barton 2016- Human Capital, Choices, Entrepreneurship, Scarcity, Biography 2-5 Winnie Finn, Worm Farmer Brendler, Carol 2009-Farrar, Straus & Giroux Barter, Productive Resources, Entrepreneurship K-3 Yard Sale Bunting, Eve 2007 – Candlewick Press Scarcity, Decision-making, Wants K-2