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Pocket change : pitching in for a better world

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?

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

Content descriptions

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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Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library J 339.47 Muld (Text) 33294001967892 Juvenile Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -

Introduction 6(2)
Chapter One Pssst! Don't Tell Anyone!
Shopping? How Embarrassing!
8(1)
Pack It or Toss It?
8(1)
Money in Our Pockets
9(2)
Work? Nan
11(2)
Share or Else!
13(1)
Please, Please, Please Shop
13(1)
Crash!
14(2)
A Mall in the Living Room
16(2)
Chapter Two New And Improved!
Funny Money
18(1)
We Demand a Big Supply!
19(1)
Paying for What?!
20(1)
Money Talks
21(2)
More or Less
23(1)
Where to Put It All?
23(1)
Paying the Price
24(1)
A New Kind of Rich
25(1)
Chapter Three Eeling Like A Million Bucks
Everyone's Share
26(1)
Borrowing a Bit
26(3)
Super Sweat!
29(1)
Free the Children
29(2)
To the Rescue!
31(2)
From Books to Blenders
33(1)
I'll Trade Ya!
34(2)
Chapter Four Now That's Rich
The Moneyless Man
36(1)
The Share Scare
37(1)
Freecycling! Wheeee!
37(1)
Growin' in My Neighborhood
38(2)
Which Book Are You?
40(1)
Time in the Bank
41(1)
Hidden Riches
42(1)
Pass It On
43(1)
Resources 44(1)
Acknowledgments 45(1)
Glossary 46(1)
Index 47

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