What Is Money, Anyway?: Why Dollars and Coins Have Value (Lightning Bolt Books - Exploring Economics)

36 Pages·2010·14.35 MB·English

by  Jennifer S. Larson

Have you ever received a birthday
card with a $10 bill inside?
Or found a quarter on the sidewalk? These
bills and coins are made of paper and
metal. But they’re far more valuable than
what they’re made of. So what makes
money so special? Where does it
come from and how is it used?
Read this book to find out.
Learn all about how we earn, spend,
and save in the Exploring Economics
series—part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM
collection. With high-energy designs,
exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning
Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!
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Exploring Economics
Do I Need It? Or Do I Want It?:
Making Budget Choices
What Can You Do with Money?:
Earning, Spending, and Saving
What Do We Buy?:
A Look at Goods and Services
What Is Money, Anyway?:
Why Dollars and Coins Have Value
Where Do We Keep Money?:
How Banks Work
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Larson, Jennifer S., 1967–
What is money, anyway? : why dollars and coins have value / by Jennifer S. Larson.
p. cm. — (Lightning bolt booksTM—Exploring economics)
Includes index.
ISBN 97T8O–0 –C7O613M–3E915–1 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. Money—Juvenile literature. 2. Money—United States—Juvenile literature. I. Title.
HG221.5.L37 2010
332.4—dc22 2009027469
Manufactured in the United States of America
1 — BP — 12/15/09
eISBN: 978-0-7613-5955-5
Contents
page
Money
4
page
Coins and Bills 8
page
How Is Money Made?
12
page
Let’s Trade
16
page
Money Makes It Easier 22
Activity Fun Facts
page page
28 29
Glossary Further Reading Index
page page page
30 31 32
Money
Look !
Someone
dropped
a piece
of paper
on the
sidewalk.
4
That’s not just any paper.
That’s money !
55
Our money is made of
metal and paper.
In the
past, people used stones, beads,
and other things for money.
Native Americans used
beads called wampum
6
as money.
We use dollars and cents in
the United States.
7
Coins
and
Bills
These are U.S. coins. Each one
is worth a certain amount.
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