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2) Let's trade
Author
Series
Hello reading! ; 16
Publisher
Viking Kestrel
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
What happens when Sam, Meg, and Jo all have things they don't want to eat? They trade pickles, bananas, peanut butter, and grapes until each one feels he has something yummy.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Rather than a lemonade stand, Rufus sets up a story stand one summer and makes a series of trades with his friends--a story for a shell, for a kitten, for a surprise, and one more as a special birthday gift for his sister.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Most people like to travel in comfort: they stay in fancy hotels, never leave tourist spots, and stay away from the locals. Michael Wigge isn't like most people, though. After traveling the world without money for 150 days, he faced his next challenge: to turn an apple into a house in Hawaii.Wigge visits fourteen countries and six continents exchanging goods for more valuable ones, and he meets an array of good-humored people who take his deals.--...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Part cookbook, part how-to guide, "Food Swap" features more than 80 recipes for artisanal items that will be coveted at food swaps and adored as gifts, including everything from salted caramel sauce and Meyer lemon curd to green tomato salsa, lavender shortbread, cultured butter, apricot jalapeno jelly, and rum vanilla extract.
10) Fleas!
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A cumulative tale in which Quantz, who is repaid in fleas for scratching a stray dog, makes a series of trades that turn one person's burden into the next one's joy and ultimately brings them all together for a circus performance.
Publisher
EiE Film
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Deutsch
Description
"The documentary Living Without Money portraits the life of 68 year old Heidemarie Schwermer, a German woman who made a deliberate choice to stop using money 14 years ago. She cancelled her apartment, gave away all of her belongings and kept nothing but a suitcase full of clothes. This was a decision that changed the entire outlook on her life dramatically. Today, after 14 years, she is still living almost without money and claims she is feeling more...
15) Bartering
Author
Series
Publisher
Childs World
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Introduces bartering and explains what it is, its benefits and challenges, and what makes a good transaction; features a glossary; and lists resources to explore the subject further.
16) On Sand Island
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
In 1916 on an island in Lake Superior, Carl builds himself a boat by bartering with the other islanders for parts and labor.
17) Pig and Crow
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Crow tricks Pig by trading him supposedly magic items for food, but in the process Pig discovers the value of hard work, patience, and an appreciation for beauty and joy.
18) The red chalk
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Sara is bored, but none of the toys or other objects she gets in trade from other children is quite right for her, until she gets back the piece of chalk she started with and uses it to play with her friends.
