Lemonade in Winter


Title: Lemonade in Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting Money
Author: Emily Jenkins
Illustrator: G. Brian Karas
Type: fiction
Approximate Interest Level: preK-2nd
Publisher: Random House
Date of Publication: 2012
ISBN: 978-0375858833

Synopsis: Pauline and her little brother, John John, set up a lemonade stand in the middle of winter.  The story details their antics as they try to sell their lemonade.  They use quarters to buy their supplies, and they charge quarters for their products.  As they spend and earn money, they keep track of how much they are making, and how many quarters there are in different amounts of money (ie. two quarters are fifty cents, six quarters are $1.50, etc.).

Possible Teaching Points: 1) American money, 2) quarters, 3) math, 4) supply and demand

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