The Story of Money: From Bartering to Bail-out cover

The Story of Money: From Bartering to Bail-out

Author: Jenkins, Martin

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 6.4
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 7649
Points per Word 0.000131

Description

What can take the form of a stone with a hole in the middle, a string of shells, a piece of paper, or a plastic card? The answer is money, of course. But when did we start using it? And why? Illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura.