The Big Money Squeeze: Adventures in Fourth Grade Money Making - Hardcover

by Rymer Strauss (Author)

"The Big Money Squeeze: Adventures in Fourth Grade Money Making " is not like any other book on the market today. Rymer, Ash, Nia, and Ollie are regular kids with incredible ideas. They have already built a LEGO treehouse, and they want to finish the job by adding the perfect addition: a big TV and gaming system. This will make it the ultimate hangout!

With a lot of support from their parents, they figure out exactly how much money they need to achieve this big, crazy goal of theirs. But as fourth graders, their options for making money are pretty limited. They try everything from taking advantage of the tooth fairy to washing cars, but they can't seem to get the kind of income they need to achieve their goal before school starts again. Then they have the perfect idea. They will start a lemonade stand.

This book follows Rymer and his friends as they learn about starting a business, creating a budget, picking themselves up after each failure, and working hard as a team. It teaches children what it means to think like a true entrepreneur as the characters apply the principles of business. With each lesson comes more insight into how to build a better business, and young readers will come away with an understanding that concepts such as money, loans, wealth, and goals don't have to be reserved for when they are older. They can make money at any age!

Back Jacket

Rymer and his friends have a gigantic goal, but can they figure out how to reach it before summer is over?

Rymer, Ash, Nia, and Ollie are the very best of friends. They do everything together, and their favorite place to hang out is the treehouse that they built using ingenuity, patience, and a whole lot of LEGOS.

But something is keeping it from being the ultimate, best treehouse in the whole world. They need a TV and gaming system! After all, if they were able to build this massive treehouse, surely they can find a way to finish the job. But how? They brainstorm together and figure out exactly how much money they need to achieve this big, crazy goal of theirs. Of course, it all comes down to money. Lots and lots of it.

They are just fourth graders though, so what can they do to make that kind of cash? Together they brainstorm and come up with some wild ideas to make money, which they try with little success. Then they have the perfect idea -- a lemonade stand! Join Rymer and his friends as they learn about what it means to start a business, to budget, and to think like a true entrepreneur. There are plenty of ups and downs, but in the end, they learn lessons that they will use the rest of their lives.