saving and investment

Provides an overview of economics and money, including earning, spending, saving, checks and credit cards, banks, and the history of money.

Explains different types of investing-- savings accounts, bonds, stocks, and mutual funds-- and provides information to help make decisions on each kind of investment.

Presents information on some of the ways in which people earn money,working, and describes methods of saving and spending.

Provides a simple history of money as it replaced bartering, explains how some types of money are made, and shows how things such as checks and credit cards serve as invisible money.

A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.