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Use these questions with children 7 to 10 years old to discuss the following economic concepts in Uncle Jed’s Barbershop: bank failure, opportunity cost, saving, savings goal, and segregation.

Use these questions with children 8 to 10 years old to discuss the following economic concepts in The Tortilla Factory: natural resources, human resources, capital resources, and intermediate goods.

Use these questions with children 7 to 10 years old to discuss the following economic concepts in Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building: human capital, human resources, productivity, and physical capital.

Use these questions with children 5 to 7 years old to discuss the following economic concepts in Something Special for Me: saving, savings, and opportunity cost.

Use these questions with children 5 to 7 years old to discuss the following economic concepts in Something from Nothing: choice and opportunity cost.

Use these questions with children 5 to 7 years old to discuss the following economic concepts in The Pickle Patch Bathtub: opportunity cost, saving, savings goal, and savings plan.

Use these questions with children 8 to 11 years old to discuss the following economic concepts in Because of Winn-Dixie: goods, employee, employer, income, installment plan, job, money, and services.

Use these questions with children 5 to 7 years old to discuss the following economic concepts in The Berenstain Bears' Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze: consumers, goods, price, and sellers.

Use these questions with children 5 to 7 years old to discuss the following economic concepts in The Have a Good Day Cafe: advertising, consumers, goods, and services.

Use these questions with children 8 to 10 years old to discuss the following economic concepts in Saturday Sancocho: bartering, coincidence of wants, exchange, and money.