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Book of the Month

Just click on any month below to find our top choices for excellent children's books that contain powerful lessons about economics. 

To access the complete and up-to-date list from which we chose the book of the month, click on Bibliography.  (You will need the free Adobe Reader to view this pdf file).

These books are available through library loan or purchase.  For state-by-state online public-library catalogues, click on How to Get Books.

November 2009. Swindle / by Gordon Korman
October 2009. Ace Lacewing Bug Detective: Bad Bugs Are My Business / by David Biedrzycki
September 2009. Piper Reed Gets a Job / by Kimberly Willis Holt, illustrated by Christine Davenier
August 2009. Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing / by Guo Yue & Clare Farrow, ill. by Helen Cann
July 2009. Listen to the Wind / by Greg Mortenson and Susan Roth, collages by Susan Roth
June 2009. A Cup for Everyone / by Yusuke Yonezu
May 2009. Sparrow Girl / by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Yoko Tanaka
April 2009. Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin / by Gene Barretta
March 2009. Hiromi's Hands / by Lynne Barasch
February 2009. Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch / by Mona Kerby, illustrated by Lynne Barasch
January 2009. Isabel's Car Wash / by Sheila Bair, illustrated by Judy Stead
December 2008. The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby / by Chrystal Hubbard, ill. Robert McGuire
November 2008. Those Shoes / by Maribeth Boelts, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones
October 2008. Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak / by Kay Winters, illustrated by Larry Day
September 2008. Henry's Freedom Box / by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
August 2008. Running Shoes / by Frederick Lipp, illustrated by Jason Gaillard
July 2008. Rudy Rides the Rails: A Depression Era Story / by Dandi Daley Mackall, ill. Chris Ellison
June 2008. Four Feet, Two Sandals / by K. Williams & K. Mohammed, illustrated by D. Chayka
May 2008. Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai / by Claire Nivola
April 2008. Violet the Pilot / by Steve Breen
March 2008. A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
February 2008. The Have a Good Day Cafe / by Frances Park & Ginger Park, ill. Katherine Potter
January 2008. Tuttle's Red Barn:The Story of America's Oldest Family Farm / R. Michelson, M. Azarian
December 2007. Armando and the Blue Tarp School / by Edith Fine & Judith Josephson, ill. Hernan Sosa
November 2007. Mary Smith / by Andrea U'Ren
October 2007. Amelia's Road / by Linda Jacobs Altman, illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez
September 2007. A Castle on Viola Street / by Dyanne DiSalvo
August 2007. The Birdman / by Veronika M. Charles, ill. Annouchka G. Galouchko & Stephan Daigle
July 2007. Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor / by Emily Arnold McCully
June 2007. Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter / by Diana Stanley
May 2007. A Basket of Bangles: How a Business Grows / by Ginger Howard, ill. Cheryl Kirk Noll
April 2007. Saturday Sancocho / by Leyla Torres
March 2007. Mama Panya's Pancakes: A Village Tale from Kenya / by M. & R. Camberlin, il. J Cairns
February 2007. Anna the Bookbinder / by Andrea Cheng, illustrated by Ted Rand
January 2007. Boom Town / by Sonia Levitin, illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith
December 2006. A Full Hand / by Thomas Yezerski
November 2006. Mia's Story: A Sketchbook of Hopes & Dreams / by Michael Foreman
October 2006. Beatrice's Goat / by Page McBrier, illustrated by Lori Lohstoeter
September 2006. Sanji and the Baker / by Robin Tzannes and Korky Paul
August 2006. Coolies / by Yin, illustrated by Chris Soentpiet