Title:
What is money? : bartering, cash, cryptocurrency... and much more! / Alicia Green.
ISBN:
9781339004877
9781339004884
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., [2024]
©2024
Physical Description:
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- The barter system -- Early forms of currency -- The start of cash -- The big truth: what makes money... money? -- Money today -- Money smarts -- Activitiy -- True statistics.
Summary:
"Understanding how society progressed from the barter system to currency--and how that money works in the global economy--are just two critical financial literacy skills that all kids should have. Did you know that the first paper currency appeared more than 1,200 years ago? Or that the currency of the future will likely be digital? Learn all this and more in What Is Money? -- a book that starts kids on the road to financial literacy."-- Publisher's website.
Interest age level:
Ages 8-10. Scholastic, Inc.
Interest grade level:
Grades 4-6. Scholastic, Inc.
Audience:
860L Lexile
OCLC Number:
on1355223373
Availability:
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