{"product_id":"the-big-buck-adventure-isbn-9780881062953","title":"The Big Buck Adventure","description":"One little girl and one very big dollar set out on a great adventure at the store. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever,  what seems like a pleasant afternoon of shopping soon turns perplexing  as the challenge of her buying options becomes overwhelming. She doesn't  know what to do. There are so many choices, but she only has one buck. A  fun and perfect example of how we use math in our daily lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This sprightly rhyming excursion into buying power puts lie to the notion that economics is by nature a dreary topic.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003eThis sprightly rhyming excursion into buying power puts lie to the notion that economics is by nature a dreary topic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen  the first-person narrator is given a raise in allowance, visions of new  perchases fill her head. As she shops the store's candy, toy, deli, and  pet departments, she is overwhelmed by the multiplicity of deals  offered by eager merchants—ample opportunity to figureo ut the best deal  mathematically. \"A penny for your thoughts,\" says one merchant as the  girl opts for something really unusual—to spend not a cent, and to tuck  her money into a bank at home, but only after a nicely turned pitch of  her own: \"Why you can have one hundred\/of my thoughts for a dollar!\/Ten  thoughts for a dime,\/five for a nickel\/twenty-five thoughts\/for a sour  dill pickle.\" If the value of money is in its possibilities, rather than  its purchases, readers, too, will be relieved when the girl leaves the  store. Lin's illustrations make the mayhem memorable in an easy book to  pair with Scieszka and Smith's \u003ci\u003eMath Curse\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003eAuthor, adventurer, whale detective, pony wrangler, dog musher and all around fun hog, Shelley Gill lives her books! Shelley is the author of several children's books, including ALASKA, HAWAI'I, and SITKA ROSE. She was previously an editor at Alaska Woman magazine, and also worked as a reporter, editor, and publisher for the Frontiersman and Valley Sun newspapers in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Shelley lives with her family on a ridge above Kachemak Bay in Homer, Alaska.Saturday morning, I sure am in luck!\u003cbr\u003e A raise in allowance—I get a buck!\u003cbr\u003e Dad drops me at the store\u003cbr\u003e with a new green bill.\u003cbr\u003e He says, “I’ll be back at a quarter ‘til.”","brand":"Charlesbridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299754922213,"sku":"NP9780881062953","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780881062953.jpg?v=1767738368","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-big-buck-adventure-isbn-9780881062953","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}