Round and Round the Money Goes: What Money Is and How We Use It - Softcover

Melvin A. Berger; Gilda Berger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824985982 ISBN 13: 9780824985981

Publisher: Ideals Childrens Books, 1993

Synopsis

Explains the development of money from its origins in the barter system to its modern usage as cash checks and credit cards

About this title

About the Author:

Prize-winning author, Melvin Berger, believes that science should always be fun. In his books - he has written over 200! - and in his talks to young people, he stresses the excitement of science and the thrill of scientific discovery.

He also believes in a hands-on approach to science for young people. Many of his books are full of interesting, informative, and easy-to-do activities and experiments.

His great enthusiasm for science spills over into Mr. Berger’s hobby of collecting old scientific instruments. In his collection is everything from 18th century microscopes to an ancient chinese opium balance.

Born and raised in New York City, Mr. Berger has earned degrees from the University of Rochester, Columbia University, and London (England) University. In 1983, he was elected to the New York Academy of Sciences. Over the years he has won awards from the Children’s book Council, National Science Teachers Association, Child Study Association, Library of Congress, and New York Public Library. He lives in New York City and East Hampton, New York, with his wife, Gilda, who is also an author.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3-Although highly oversimplified, the Bergers' account conveys a sense of the flow of wealth, the need for a medium of exchange, the forms money has taken, world monetary units, the production of U.S. currency, and how banks work. Sentences are short and clear, and the vocabulary is accessible. Especially well designed, the book has gently realistic and, at times, humorous full-color drawings spaced throughout the text. David Schwartz's If You Made a Million, illustrated by Steven Kellogg (Lothrop, 1989), has a picture-book format, a breathless style, and a much more imaginative presentation. Betsy Maestro's The Story of Money (Clarion, 1993) gives more detail and is written at a higher reading level. An effective, informative easy reader.
Jonathan Betz-Zall, Sno-Isle Regional Library System, Edmonds, WA
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ideals Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0824985982
• ISBN 13: 9780824985981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48