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Books in A True Book: Great American Business series

  • Henry Ford: Father of the Auto Industry

    Josh Gregory

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Find out how Ford used the principles of mass production and vertical integration to keep costs low and wages high.When the Ford Motor Company began selling its Model T in 1908, the way we travel was forever changed. Readers (Grades 3-5) will find out how Henry Ford founded his company and built it into the largest automobile manufacturer in the world.
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  • The Global Economy: America and the World

    Hugh Roome, Anne Ross Roome

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Find out how the global economy is more connected than ever.With travel and communications at an unprecedented level of speed and efficiency, it is almost as easy today to conduct business with colleagues across the world as it is to dial up a friend who lives down the street. Readers (Grades 3-5) will discover how the many small economies around the world are linked together into a worldwide web of goods, services, and money.
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  • Sam Walton: The Man Who Invented Walmart

    Wil Mara

    Library Binding (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Learn all about Sam Walton, founder of Wal Mart and Sam's Club.A True Book Great American Business will inspire young readers to learn all about American capitalism and the economic models that make up this country. Readers (Grades 3-5) will discover how the many small economies around the world are linked together into a worldwide web of goods, services, and money.
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  • Henry Ford: Father of the Auto Industry

    Josh Gregory

    Library Binding (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Find out how Ford used the principles of mass production and vertical integration to keep costs low and wages high.When the Ford Motor Company began selling its Model T in 1908, the way we travel was forever changed. Readers (Grades 3-5) will find out how Henry Ford founded his company and built it into the largest automobile manufacturer in the world.
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  • Starting Your Own Business

    Nel Yomtov

    Hardcover (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Learn all about what it takes to start your own business.A True Book Great American Business will inspire young readers to learn all about American capitalism and the economic models that make up this country. Readers (Grades 3-5) will discover how the many small economies around the world are linked together into a worldwide web of goods, services, and money.
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  • The Global Economy: America and the World

    Hugh Roome, Anne Ross Roome

    Library Binding (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Find out how the global economy is more connected than ever.With travel and communications at an unprecedented level of speed and efficiency, it is almost as easy today to conduct business with colleagues across the world as it is to dial up a friend who lives down the street. Readers (Grades 3-5) will discover how the many small economies around the world are linked together into a worldwide web of goods, services, and money.
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  • American Entrepreneurship

    Wil Mara

    Library Binding (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Find out how more Americans are going into business for themselves.A True Book Great American Business will inspire young readers to learn all about American capitalism and the economic models that make up this country. Readers (Grades 3-5) will discover how the many small economies around the world are linked together into a worldwide web of goods, services, and money.
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