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How It Works: Money

Series: How It Works
Brief Description
Discover how money makes the world go around in this bright, bold lift-the-flap book. Lift the flaps to find out all about money and what it can do, from earning and spending to borrowing and lending. See how coins and banknotes are made, and discover tips... Read More
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Discover how money makes the world go around in this bright, bold lift-the-flap book.

Lift the flaps to find out all about money and what it can do, from earning and spending to borrowing and lending. See how coins and banknotes are made, and discover tips and tricks for managing your own money.

With simple explanations and fun, quirky illustrations, How It Works: Money is a perfect introduction for anyone curious about how money works. Written with advice from experts in the UK and US, including financial education charity Young Enterprise, it covers all the basics that readers need to know, and many things they might have wondered about.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781474952897

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Board book

Date Published: 02 January 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Shaw Nielsen

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 222.0mm

Height: 283.0mm

Weight: 540g

Pages: 16

About the Author

Lizzie grew up in Wiltshire, not far from Stonehenge - she has this to thank for her love of nature, legends and World Heritage sites. Now she lives in London, where she's written books about giraffes, oceans and plastic, and thought up lots of ideas for puzzles and activities, too.

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