After besting the giant and stealing the golden goose Jack is determined to help out his mother, but when a trip to the grocery store goes awry, Jack realizes he will have to try harder to understand what makes his mother happy.
During summer vacation, rising dog food prices and falling scrapyard payouts leave Larry wondering how he will feed his three dogs until his little brother alerts him to an intriguing mystery involving a hostile dog in an alley.
Reveals the history of money in the United States, from the wampum and foreign coins used by colonists, to the new paper money designed to be difficult to counterfeit and the quarters honoring the states.