Since they are out of bread, Rabbit and Hare go to the grocery store and indulge in a shopping spree. At various points in the text the reader is asked to guess what happens next.
On market day, Carolina, a young Peruvian girl, goes with her mother to the plaza for a very special task: finding a birthday gift for her abuelita, or grandmother. Also includes information about Peru and the tradition of the Sunday market.
Provides information about the supply chain and the eight principles of Fair Trade through a story in which Aunt Mabel takes Stella and Henry to a Fair Trade store to shop for their mother's birthday gift.
When her favorite purple tennis shoes fall apart, an almost-second-grader visits a shoe store, where she tries on footwear of all colors and styles before finding the pair that is right for her.
Bargain shopper Becky Brandon is thrilled to be able to dress her two-year-old Minnie in designer clothes, but things get out of control when Minnie learns the word "mine, " and a financial crisis requires Minnie and mom to find another outlet for their shopping energy.
Shopaholic Becky Bloomwood is enjoying her pregnancy, especially buying baby clothes and accessories, until she begins to suspect that her husband is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, who also happens to be her obstetrician.
Disheartened after her new husband puts her on a budget and her best friend leaves her for another, London shopaholic Becky Bloomwood is thrilled to learn she has a long-lost sister--until she learns said sister hates shopping.
