Breaking the Piggy Bank

By Martha Maker, Xindi Yan (Illustrator)

Part of the Craftily Ever After series

Four friends face a sour challenge: can they save their struggling lemonade stand?

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128 pages· 4,525 words· Est. 51 min read

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Bookroo's summary

Bella, Emily, Maddie, and Sam are young creators with a big idea: a lemonade stand to fund their craft supplies. But when their lemonade fails to impress, and customers are scarce, their entrepreneurial dream is at risk. Can these inventive friends turn their sour situation sweet and save their business? Join them on a journey of creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving in this delightful chapter book adventure.

From the publisher

Bella, Emily, Maddie, and Sam decide to create their very own start-up—a lemonade stand!—in this fifth book of the Craftily Ever After chapter book series. Emily Adams, Maddie Wilson, Bella Diaz, and Sam Sharma are eight-year-olds with one special thing in common: they love to create. They each have unique talents, too! Emily is great at constructing and building; Maddie has an eye for fashion, fabrics, and sewing; Bella is a gadget whiz; and Sam is a gifted artist. Together, these four crafty friends dream up new projects to design, build, and create and through their experiences, they’ll learn how to handle various obstacles at school and in their everyday eight-year-old lives. Bella, Emily, Maddie, and Sam have been hard at work in their craft studio—so busy in fact, that their supplies are starting to dwindle. It’s time to stock up! In order to add a little money to their piggy bank, the friends decide to combine their skills and use the last of their allowance to create their very own business: a lemonade stand! But something’s not quite right. While the stand looks fabulous, the lemonade is…not. Can these crafty entrepreneurs save their business before it’s too late? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Craftily Ever After chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

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