During a drought in the early 1900s, a large loving African American family finds a delicious way to earn the money they need to save their family farm.
Henry Reed keeps a journal of his summer activities which include setting up a research firm and embarking on a series of usually profitable projects with the aid of his ally and neighbor Midge.
Her parents' gambling addiction robs twelve-year-old First Mate of her childhood as she must care for her younger siblings and earn money to pay family expenses.
Introduces readers to the concept of fractions through the story of Christopher, a boy who learns there is a sweet and sour side to business after he opens a lemonade stand.
With the help of her friends, Kate overcomes several obstacles and sells enough lemonade in the neighborhood park to buy her father a birthday present.
When Leo and Emily decide to open their own zoo and charge admission, they encounter a few problems, but their families find a unique way to turn disaster into success.
Third grader Jamie's dream of raising mice as pets is threatened by his sister's ugly cat Caliban, and by his partner and older brother Gordon's notion of selling the baby mice for profit.
