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Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO

2019
Tallulah the Tooth Fairy, a black businesswoman who runs one of the most successful tooth collecting organizations in the world, finds herself unexpectedly stumped when six-year-old Ballard Burchell leaves a note instead of his tooth under his pillow.
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Makers

the new industrial revolution
Reveals that a new industrial revolution is under way using open-source design, 3-D printing and micro-manufacturing techniques to create products in small batches, often customized at higher margins.
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The fourth stall

Sixth-graders Mac and Vince operate a business charging schoolmates for protection from bullies and for help to negotiate conflicts peacefully, with amazing challenges and results.

Lawn boy

Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business.
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Social networking

big business on your computer
Discusses the powerful presence of Internet-based social networking in our culture, including its economic impact and the controversy over online privacy.
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Bucking the Sarge

Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.
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Finance

The toothpaste millionaire

Kate MacKinstrey explains how her friend went from being a poor sixth-grader to an eighth-grade millionaire by making a cheaper, better toothpaste--with her help.

Cleo Edison Oliver, playground millionaire

Fifth-grader Cleo Edison Oliver is full of money-making ideas, and her fifth-grade Passion Project is no different--but things get more complicated when she has to keep her business running, be a good listener when her best friend needs her, and deal with the bully teasing her about being adopted at the same time.

Tenements, towers & trash

an unconventional illustrated history of New York City
2017
Illustrates the businesses and buildings of New York City reflecting on images from the past and illustrations are side-by-side with drawings that compare the same locations as they were in 2016.
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