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.).

Lesson Plan Link

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

Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock

Title: Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock
Author: Sheila Bair

Illustrator: Barry Gott
Type: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 3rd-6th
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Date of Publication: 2006
ISBN: 978-0807570944

Synopsis: Twin boys, Rock and Brock are as different as can be.  Their grandfather starts paying them to do chores on Saturday.  He tells them that for each dollar they save, he will match it.  Brock saves his money, while Rock spends his.  After ten weeks of chores, they compare what they have.  Rock learns his lesson, and the twins go on to become millionaires.  

The book includes the math that show how Brock's kept growing, as well as tips and suggestions to save money.

Lesson plan links

Possible Teaching Points: 1) economics, 2) money

Lemons and Lemonade

Title: Lemons and Lemonade
Author: Nancy Loewen

Illustrator: Brian Jensen
Type: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 3rd-6th
Publisher: Picture Window Books

Date of Publication: 2005
ISBN: 978-1404809567

Synopsis: Karly decides to open a lemonade stand.  As she sets up her business, she learns about capital, customers, gross and profits, markets, monopolies, competition, and supply and demand.

Lesson plan links

Possible Teaching Points: 1) economics, 2) supply and demand, 3) going into business for yourself

Money Mama & the Three Little Pigs

Title: Money Mama & the Three Little Pigs
Author: Lori Mackey

Illustrator: Nicole Lomonaco and Icy Young
Type: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: K-2nd
Publisher: Prosperity 4 Kids

Date of Publication: 2004
ISBN: 978-0974457024

Synopsis: Money Mama and the Giving Piggy, the Investment Piggy, and the Savings Piggy walk the reader, using kid-friendly text, through what it means to give, invest, and save your money.

Possible Teaching Points: 1) money management, 2) economics