The Story of Money - Hardcover

Maestro, Betsy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395562422 ISBN 13: 9780395562420

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1993

Synopsis

A history of money, beginning with the barter system in prehistoric times, to the first use of coins and paper money, to the development of the modern monetary system.

About this title

About the Author:

Betsy Maestro taught kindergarten and first grade for eleven years and earned a master's degree in elementary guidance. Since 1974, she has collaborated with her husband, Giulio, on more than forty-five books for young children, including The Story of the Statue of Liberty and A More Perfect Union, an ALA Notable Book. Their books for Clarion include Delivery Van: Words for Town and Country and All Aboard Overnight: A Book of Compound Words.

From Publishers Weekly:

This prolific team tackles the advent of legal tender and a mini-history of economics in their latest picture book. The concept of barter is introduced and then shown evolving into the modern practice of trading money for goods and services. Currency's physical development is also chronicled, from Native American wampum to Spanish "pieces of eight" to various European precious metal coins and printed paper bills. Although the text contains a vast array of factoids, their presentation lacks style and excitement. The dry, straightforward sentence structure fails to illuminate this topic's potentially engrossing aspects. Giulio Maestro's detailed, historically accurate illustrations, rendered in muted pencil, watercolor and crayon, prove serviceable without adding much spark. This volume will be useful in classrooms and libraries for its noteworthy effort to place a concept within historical contexts. Ages 7-10.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0395562422
• ISBN 13: 9780395562420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Maestro Giulio