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23-24Titles Inside!Reading Makes Cents is a statewide reading challenge for all elementa-ry and middle schools designed to introduce basic financial concepts to K-8 students.

IT BEGAN WITH LEMONADEOne scorching hot summer day, a spunky young girl decides to sell lemon-ade . . . only to find there are too many other young entrepreneurs on her street with the same idea. So she sets off with her lemonade stand and ends up at the river’s edge, where she discovers a most unexpected, quirky, and very thirsty clientele.Reading level: 2.0Interest level: P-2By Gideon StererIllustrated by Lian ChoThrough Jolie’s comical scrapbook-style journal entries, young readers will learn how she convinces the “old people” (aka her parents) to let her grow her own strawberries. Growing strawberries is a lot of work and responsibility, but Jolie is ready with the help of her faithful rab-bit Munchy! Together they find out just how delicious, rewarding, and sometimes complicated it can be to grow your own food.Interest level: 1-4I L OV E STRAW-BERRIESBy Shannon Anderson Illustrator Jaclyn SinquettWANTS VS. NEEDS VS. ROBOTSDo you know the difference between a want and a need? It can be a hard thing to understand, especially when you want something so much that you feel like you have to have it. But some things aren’t essential—like jellybean tacos and groovy boots. Other things are essential—like fuel and feet to put the boots on. The robots in this book are here to show you the dif-ference as they make trades to get some things they really want (hooray!) but give away some things they need (oops!).Reading level: 1.0Interest level: K-3Author/Illustrator Michael Rex Penguin Random House/2021Finding Minds Press/2022Penguin Random House/2023Economic concepts: ConsumerDemandProducerSupplyGoodsMoneyServicesEconomic concepts: ConsumerProducerProductive ResourcesGoodsServicesSpecializationEconomic concepts: Needs Wants Scarcity

IT BEGAN WITH LEMONADEOne scorching hot summer day, a spunky young girl decides to sell lemon-ade . . . only to find there are too many other young entrepreneurs on her street with the same idea. So she sets off with her lemonade stand and ends up at the river’s edge, where she discovers a most unexpected, quirky, and very thirsty clientele.Reading level: 2.0Interest level: P-2By Gideon StererIllustrated by Lian ChoThrough Jolie’s comical scrapbook-style journal entries, young readers will learn how she convinces the “old people” (aka her parents) to let her grow her own strawberries. Growing strawberries is a lot of work and responsibility, but Jolie is ready with the help of her faithful rab-bit Munchy! Together they find out just how delicious, rewarding, and sometimes complicated it can be to grow your own food.Interest level: 1-4I L OV E STRAW-BERRIESBy Shannon Anderson Illustrator Jaclyn SinquettWANTS VS. NEEDS VS. ROBOTSDo you know the difference between a want and a need? It can be a hard thing to understand, especially when you want something so much that you feel like you have to have it. But some things aren’t essential—like jellybean tacos and groovy boots. Other things are essential—like fuel and feet to put the boots on. The robots in this book are here to show you the dif-ference as they make trades to get some things they really want (hooray!) but give away some things they need (oops!).Reading level: 1.0Interest level: K-3Author/Illustrator Michael Rex Penguin Random House/2021Finding Minds Press/2022Penguin Random House/2023Economic concepts: ConsumerDemandProducerSupplyGoodsMoneyServicesEconomic concepts: ConsumerProducerProductive ResourcesGoodsServicesSpecializationEconomic concepts: Needs Wants Scarcity

IT BEGAN WITH LEMONADEOne scorching hot summer day, a spunky young girl decides to sell lemon-ade . . . only to find there are too many other young entrepreneurs on her street with the same idea. So she sets off with her lemonade stand and ends up at the river’s edge, where she discovers a most unexpected, quirky, and very thirsty clientele.Reading level: 2.0Interest level: P-2By Gideon StererIllustrated by Lian ChoThrough Jolie’s comical scrapbook-style journal entries, young readers will learn how she convinces the “old people” (aka her parents) to let her grow her own strawberries. Growing strawberries is a lot of work and responsibility, but Jolie is ready with the help of her faithful rab-bit Munchy! Together they find out just how delicious, rewarding, and sometimes complicated it can be to grow your own food.Interest level: 1-4I L OV E STRAW-BERRIESBy Shannon Anderson Illustrator Jaclyn SinquettWANTS VS. NEEDS VS. ROBOTSDo you know the difference between a want and a need? It can be a hard thing to understand, especially when you want something so much that you feel like you have to have it. But some things aren’t essential—like jellybean tacos and groovy boots. Other things are essential—like fuel and feet to put the boots on. The robots in this book are here to show you the dif-ference as they make trades to get some things they really want (hooray!) but give away some things they need (oops!).Reading level: 1.0Interest level: K-3Author/Illustrator Michael Rex Penguin Random House/2021Finding Minds Press/2022Penguin Random House/2023Economic concepts: ConsumerDemandProducerSupplyGoodsMoneyServicesEconomic concepts: ConsumerProducerProductive ResourcesGoodsServicesSpecializationEconomic concepts: Needs Wants Scarcity

23-24Titles Inside!Reading Makes Cents is a statewide reading challenge for all elementa-ry and middle schools designed to introduce basic financial concepts to K-8 students.

23-24Titles Inside!Reading Makes Cents is a statewide reading challenge for all elementa-ry and middle schools designed to introduce basic financial concepts to K-8 students.