Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller
Author/Illustrator by Doreen Rappaport – Disney-Hyperion /2019
Presents a picture-book biography of Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Reading level: 5.1
Interest level: 3-6
Economic Concepts:
- Scarcity
- Poverty
- Interdependence
- Human
- Capital
- Productive Resources
Note: Wilma Mankiller will be featured on the new US Mint American Women Quarters Program.
Sloth & Squirrel in a Pickle
Author Cathy Ballou Mealey, Illustrator Kelly Collier – Kids Can Press/2021
A pair of unlikely friends, decide they would like a new tandem bike find a job packing pickles. Squirrel’s plan to specialize, with him packing the jars and Sloth attaching the labels, backfires. The entrepreneurial friends turn their mistake into a unique business, make a profit, and surpass their goal.
Reading level: 2.0
Interest level: K-3
Economic Concepts
- Jobs
- Income
- Money
- Entrepreneurship
- Productive
- Resources
- Earning
- Profit
- Producers
- Consumers
- Opportunity Cost
- Specialization
- Production
Hurricane
Author/Illustrator John Rocco – Little Brown & Co./2021
After a devastating hurricane, a young boy asks for help rebuilding
the neighborhood dock, his favorite place in the world, but finds that his neighbors need help first.
Reading level: 2.0
Interest level: 4-7
Economic Concepts
- Benefit
- Productive Resources
- Jobs
- Specialization
- Interdependence
- Scarcity
- Opportunity Cost
Virginia Elementary School Librarians and Teachers:
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