Bartering by Janie Havemeyer
Describes the practice of bartering. An introduction explains how bartering is used by children in the cafeteria at school. The remaining chapters detail the history of bartering in ancient societies, the benefits and drawbacks of bartering, and how people still barter for goods and services today. Vivid images and a helpful diagram will aid in comprehension. Additional features include a table of contents, sidebars, a phonetic glossary, fast facts, critical-thinking questions, an index, information about the author, and sources for further research.
Janie Havemeyer has worked as a museum educator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, an elementary school teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a social studies curriculum designer. For the past six years, she has been working as a literacy tutor. She writes narrative, nonfiction picture books for children, and is busy thinking about the next eccentric character whose story she wants to tell.
Janie is the author of Catherine de' Medici The Black Queen, and Njinga The Warrior Queen, both in The Thinking Girl's Treasury of Dastardly Dames. Peter Malone has illustrated over twenty children's books for such publishers as Chronicle, Knopf, Putnam, Running Press, and Scholastic. In addition to creating gorgeous illustrations, he wrote the book, Close to the Wind, about the use of the Beaufort scale for measuring wind force at sea. School Library Journal called it informative and utterly charming. He lives in Bath, England, with his wife, a restorer of paintings, and their two grown daughters.
Janie is the author of Catherine de' Medici The Black Queen, and Njinga The Warrior Queen, both in The Thinking Girl's Treasury of Dastardly Dames. Peter Malone has illustrated over twenty children's books for such publishers as Chronicle, Knopf, Putnam, Running Press, and Scholastic. In addition to creating gorgeous illustrations, he wrote the book, Close to the Wind, about the use of the Beaufort scale for measuring wind force at sea. School Library Journal called it informative and utterly charming. He lives in Bath, England, with his wife, a restorer of paintings, and their two grown daughters.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781503894587 |
| ISBN 10 | 1503894584 |
| Title | Bartering |
| Author | Janie Havemeyer |
| Series | The World Of Money |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Child's World, Inc. Stride |
| Year published | 2025-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |