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Pocket change : pitching in for a better world  Cover Image Book Book

Pocket change : pitching in for a better world / Michelle Mulder.

Summary:

This book explores how growing a cabbage can fight poverty, how a few dollars can help ten families start their own businesses, and how running errands for a neighbor can help you learn to become a bike mechanic. It asks the question "What if you could meet all your consumer needs while, at the same time, get to know your neighbors and protect the environment?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781459809666
  • Physical Description: 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2016.

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General Note:
CatMonthString:october.16
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Shopping? How embarrassing! -- Pack it or toss it? -- Money in our pockets -- Work? Nah... -- Share...or else! -- Please, please, please shop -- Crash! -- A mall in the living room -- Funny money -- We demand a big supply! -- Paying for what?! -- Money talks -- More or less -- Where to put it all? -- Paying the price -- A new kind of rich -- Everyone's share -- Borrowing a bit -- Super sweat! -- Free the children -- To the rescue! -- From books to blenders -- I'll trade ya! -- The moneyless man -- The share scare -- Freecycling! Wheeee! -- Growin' in my neighborhood -- Which book are you? -- Time in the bank -- Hidden riches -- Pass it on.
Subject: Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects > Juvenile literature.
Consumption (Economics) > Environmental aspects > Juvenile literature.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Decoda Literacy Library.

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Decoda Literacy Library 339.47 M85 2016 (Text) 35410000059758 General Collection Volume hold Available -


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