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Need summer reading suggestions for

by third graders going into 4th grade

May 7, 2012

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Orly On 5/07/12, third graders going into 4th grade wrote: > thank you I would like to update you about new book that promotes gender equality and financial literacy that I co-authored with Ellen Neuborne. The book has attracted support from the educational community (see bellow).

Orly Sade (PhD) Finance department, Hebrew University (head ...See MoreOn 5/07/12, third graders going into 4th grade wrote: > thank you I would like to update you about new book that promotes gender equality and financial literacy that I co-authored with Ellen Neuborne. The book has attracted support from the educational community (see bellow).

Orly Sade (PhD) Finance department, Hebrew University (head of the BA program in Business Administration) [email removed]

HOW ELLA GREW AN ELECTRIC GUITAR A girl’s first adventure in business By Orly Sade & Ellen Neuborne

What does a smart, talented 11-year-old girl do when she wants an electric guitar and is told by her parents, “Money doesn’t grow on trees”?

She grows the money herself.

This is the story of Ella, who when faced with a cash crunch, learns business skills to solve her problem. HOW ELLA GREW AN ELECTRIC GUITAR is a novel aimed at young readers ages 9 to 12 and it combines a drama with an introduction to financial literacy.

ELLA is the brainchild of Orly Sade and Ellen Neuborne, two moms eager to give their own girls inspiration to pursue business dreams. In searching for age-appropriate books with a business theme, Sade and Neuborne were shocked to discover there was little in the way of new children’s literature that offered business lessons – and even less that featured a girl as the entrepreneurial hero. So the two tapped their own talents to solve the problem. Sade, a PhD in finance-business administration and a professor of finance at the Hebrew university, New York University, IE (Madrid) and NES (Moscow), created the story of Ella and her entrepreneurial quest. She teamed with Neuborne, an award-winning writer and a former editor at BusinessWeek magazine to bring the story to life.

Education experts say financial literacy should be the fourth “R” – a mainstay of elementary school curriculum. What better way to introduce young readers to critical information than in a fun, engaging story? Already, ELLA has attracted support from the educational community.

“A crash course (for older children and young adults) in raising money for a particular goal…The book makes a useful resource for teachers and parents seeking to branch out beyond traditional textbooks for teaching these important concepts.” Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children

Introduce ELLA to the young entrepreneurs in your life.

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May 10, 2012

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Karen/pa On 5/07/12, third graders going into 4th grade wrote: > thank you I teach fourth and there are so many good books. In order to find the best ones, look at Newbery award winners first. Depending on the child's reading level anything there is good. Also, scholastic.com has a suggested list of books that we sent home this year.

Jun 4, 2012

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