money-making projects for children

Follows the comic mishaps of Jenny Archer as she goes into business preparing lunches for friends at school.

Explains how to make a profit at a small business venture, such as a bake sale, focusing on how to determine the unit cost of an item in order that a profit can be made.

Describes the basic principles of raising funds for a school or group project and the various ways in which this can be accomplished.

Fred enters his mean-looking but sweet dog in a Hollywood contest that could lead to a movie contract, fame, and fortune.

Profiles young people who were willing to take risks and try something new, relates their accomplishments, and offers ideas on how to start and run a business.

Suddenly and unwillingly the girlfriend of a popular baseball player, seventeen-year-old Kate DelVecchio goes from social invisibility to paid matchmaker for her fellow students, progressing toward her goal of becoming a self-made millionaire by age twenty while proving herself to her absent mother.

Six-year-old Pretty Penny wants to have a surprise birthday party for her grandmother, Bunny, but her lack of funds inspires Penny to clean out Bunny's attic and host a sale for the old items she finds.

Ingenious eight-year-old Owen wants to make money for the things he absolutely needs such as plastic vomit, but he tries to come up with some alternatives to earning an allowance, which sounds like too much work.

Freddy must think of a way to earn fifty dollars so he can buy a fossilized shark tooth from the Treasures of Time store.

Answers questions about the five most popular jobs for young people, as well as about other ways they can make money, with advice on the planning and marketing involved.