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Chapter Book · Ages 7–10 · 2008 · Est. 16 min read
Isabel's Car Wash
By Sheila Bair, Judy Stead (Illustrator)
Part of the Money Tales series
Can Isabel's car wash business earn enough for her dream doll and repay her friends?
3.9/5 Goodreads · 59 ratings
32 pages· 1,886 words· Est. 16 min read
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Bookroo's summary
Isabel dreams of owning the Nelly Longhair doll, but with only fifty cents, she needs a plan. Launching a car wash business seems perfect until she discovers the supplies cost five dollars. Enlisting five friends to invest a dollar each, Isabel faces the challenge of making enough to repay them and buy the doll. Will her entrepreneurial spirit and determination lead to success, or will she fall short of her goal? Dive into Isabel's journey of friendship, finance, and fun to find out.
From the publisher
EIFLE Award 2009, Institute for Financial Literacy Rutgers University, Project on Economics and Children - Book of the Month January 2009 The Nelly Longhair doll is on sale at Murphy’s Toys for ten dollars. But Isabel has only fifty cents. Isabel decides to start a car wash business; she’s sure she can make money. But at the hardware store she learns that her supplies will cost five dollars! If five of her friends will invest one dollar each, she’ll have enough. Will Isabel be able to pay them back and have enough left over for the Nelly doll?
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 32
- Words
- 1,886
- Reading age
- 7–10
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- AD560L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.2
- F&P level
- ~N
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 123029
Publication
- Published
- September 1, 2011
- First published
- April 1, 2008
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman & Company
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780807536537
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