Money Troubles Author  Bill Cosby, illustrated by Varnette Honeywood Format  paperback, 34 pages ISBN  059095623X Published  1998 Publisher  Cartwheel Books Price  $3.99
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Audience: Children (preschool through third grade)

Setting: Individual or classroom

Scope: A storybook that helps parents/teachers and children discuss the concepts of saving, sharing, needs, and wants.

Purpose: To provide children a realistic story through which they can learn more about saving, sharing, needs, and wants.

Summary: Little Bill dreams of becoming famous by discovering a comet, which will be named after him. To do this he needs to buy a $100 telescope and tries three humorous money-raising schemes that teach him the value of money and lead him to choose charity instead.

Contents: Five chapters

Tools for Teachers: Discussion questions. To request a Microsoft PowerPoint or Word version of these discussion questions, contact the Presiding Bishopric’s office at prebish1@CofChrist.org. 

 

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