From mint, to pocket, to vending machine--tag along with George, a
brand new quarter, and see how far a coin goes.
With her signature bright, cartoony illustrations, Loreen Leedy explores
American currency from the coins' point of view. George starts his day
at the U.S. Mint, but he's soon swept away to a bank and dispensed, with
a roll of his fellows, to make change at a grocery store. Again and
again the quarter changes hands-- dropping into a vending machine,
bouncing in a purse, slipping through a hole in someone's pocket.
At each transaction, the arithmetic is laid out to show how we add,
subtract, and multiply money every day. Keen-eyed readers will notice
the page numbers are represented in bills and coins, and the amounts
pictured in each scene add up to the listed totals, aiding
identification of different denominations of money.
This funny introduction to cold hard cash also includes an author's note
about different kinds of currency through the ages, how to spot a
counterfit bill, an introduction to the 50 States Quarters(TM) program,
and a list of money-related vocabulary.
Pocket change has never been so entertaining!