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If You Made a Million
by David M. Schwartz (Illustrator: Steven Kellogg)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: HarperTrophy (1994-11-15)
ISBN: 0688136346
EAN: 9780688136345
Dewy Decimal #: 332.024
Paperback: 40 pages
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: 1994-11-15
SKU: BX035-061120002
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR --To Denise, Be rich with reading! David M. Schwartz-- Clean and shiny. Very gently read, back cover has corner crease. Pgs crisp, clean, tight, unmarked.
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Editorial Reviews
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Amazon.com Review
Author David M. Schwartz and illustrator Steven Kellogg, who teamed up for the jubilant How Much Is a Million, have returned to the subject of money in If You Made a Million. Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician and his team of cheerful kids (and their multitude of animal friends) wield dusters, brooms, plungers, shovels, and cement as they take on feeding fish, dusting ducks, painting pots, transplanting trees, building bridges, and babysitting ogres. For each job, they'll be paid an appropriate amount of money. But soon the questions arise--what does that much money look like, and how can it be spent, saved, or used to pay off a loan? "One dollar is worth as much as FOUR QUARTERS or TEN DIMES or TWENTY NICKELS or ONE HUNDRED PENNIES," Marvelosissimo explains, and we witness all the coins, crowding the page. How many and how high a stack is $100 in pennies? Ten thousand of them, in a stack 50-feet high, teeter precariously near a phenomenal airport where the gates are reached via tightrope. Next, Marvelosissimo takes readers to the Bank--a huge edifice complete with red carpets, carved slogans ("Save" and "Be Wise"), and frog attendants--where he explains the concepts of interest and bank loans. Grown-up text brings up the rear of the book, providing additional information on banks, interest and compound interest, checking accounts, loans, and income tax. Throughout, Kellogg's illustrations--highly detailed with silly objects, people, and animals--will keep kids' attention, but the pictures never detract from Schwartz's message that "enjoying your work is more important than money," and "making money means making choices." (Ages 4 to 8) --Ericka Lutz
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Product Description
If You Made a MillionHave you ever wanted to make a million dollars? Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is ready, willing, and able to explain the nuts and bolts -- as well as the mystery and wonder -- of earning money, investing it, accruing dividends and interest, and watching savings grow. Hey, you never know! An ALA Notable Book A Horn Book Fanfare Selection A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Teachers' Choices Selection
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Customer Reviews
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GREAT Reading For Our Future Capitalists
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-12-07
This book does an excellent job encouraging young children to create a secure financial future for themselves. It sparks interest in the toddlers who were previously bored with the topic of personal financial planning. They'll have their calculators out and be balancing the books in NO TIME!! Great introduction for youngsters.
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If You Made a Million
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-01-11
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Looking to make some money? If you're a cheerful and willing helper, Marlen the magician will gladly take you on and show you jobs; from feeding fish to taming ogres and how much money you can make doing them. This book will take you on a mathematical adventure in making money and earning interest.
This is a great book for kids 4-6 who want to read picture book or even older kids who want to know how interest and banking works. Older readers can just refer to the back where author David Schwartz explains the math behind the book. This book also features great pictures with a colorful star border all around.
All in all, If you Made a Million is an awesome book about banking and money and was one of my personal favorite books in kindergarten.
If you like this book, then you might like How Much is a Million also by David Schwartz.
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If You Made A Million
Rating  (4)
Date: 2003-04-01
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I strongly think you should read this book because it is funny. It has a wizard that does magic and he helps kids learn how to save their money. You should extremely like this book because the kids make things and they get money. They also babysit a giant baby for one thousand dollars. A boy makes a bridge and they do their chores. They also do incredible things.
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It teaches children about money.
Rating (4)
Date: 1998-05-30
17 out of 19 customers found this reveiw helpful
The illlustrations are fun. The text talks about situations to which kids can relate. The book gives some good lessons about money and how to use it. Yet, the book never bogs down. Children find it interesting and fun.
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