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The RICHEST KIDS IN TOWN The RICHEST KIDS IN TOWN Peg Kehret New to town and homesick for his old life, fourth-grader Peter teams up with a classmate to earn money for a trip to his old hometown but all their moneymaking schemes have unexpected results. OL116155W
Give a goat Give a goat Jan West Schrock After hearing a story about a girl in Uganda whose life is changed for the better by the gift of a goat, a class of fifth-graders pulls together to raise funds to make a similar donation to someone i… OL12004567W
Phineas L. MacGuire-- blasts off! Phineas L. MacGuire-- blasts off! Frances O'Roark Dowell Hoping to earn money to attend Space Camp, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire gets a job as a dog walker, then enlists the aid of his friends Ben and Aretha to help with experiments using the… OL15072942W
Girls rule! Girls rule! Phyllis Reynolds Naylor The Malloy girls and the Hatford boys compete and then join forces in a quest to earn money for the local hospital and the privilege of choosing how to participate in the annual Buckman, West Virgini… OL15140764W
Martin and the tooth fairy Martin and the tooth fairy Bernice Chardiet When Martin receives more money from the Tooth Fairy than his friends at school, he offers to put their teeth under his pillow for a percentage of the profits. OL15218713W
Lissa and the fund-raising funk Lissa and the fund-raising funk Jen Jones Lissa Marks is the fund-raising chair for her middle school cheer team, but will her widowed mother be able to afford to keep Lissa on the team? OL15946451W
The year money grew on trees The year money grew on trees Aaron R. Hawkins In early 1980s New Mexico, thirteen-year-old Jackson Jones recruits his cousins and sisters to help tend an elderly neighbor's neglected apple orchard for the chance to make big money and, perhaps, t… OL16095126W
Walter Warthog's wonderful wagon Walter Warthog's wonderful wagon Barbara DeRubertis Walter Warthog works hard to earn money so he can buy the wonderful white wagon in the hardware store. OL16132624W
Phineas L. MacGuire-- blasts off ! Phineas L. MacGuire-- blasts off ! Frances O'Roark Dowell Hoping to earn money to attend Space Camp, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire gets a job as a dog walker, then enlists the aid of his friends Ben and Aretha to help with experiments using the… OL16707360W
Zeke Meeks vs the no-fun fund-raiser Zeke Meeks vs the no-fun fund-raiser D. L. Green Zeke's school is having a fund-raiser and the student who sell the most cake mix will get four tickets to Thrillsville Amusement Park, but Zeke is not having much luck until his great-grandmother giv… OL16715082W
Canned and crushed Canned and crushed Bibi Belford When his father, who is in the United States illegally, becomes injured and unemployed, eleven-year-old Sandro is determined to help his parents raise money for his little sister's heart surgery by c… OL17876240W
Froggy's lemonade stand Froggy's lemonade stand Jonathan London Froggy has great plans for all the money he's going to make from his lemonade stand. But there's a problem: he was so thirsty that he drank all the lemonade. Luckily lovable Froggy has lots of good f… OL19742561W
Ice cream at the castle Ice cream at the castle Ann Love To save their kingdom from a financial crisis, Prince Paul and his friends devise a plan to attract paying visitors to the castle with ice cream, but somehow the plan does not go as expected. OL2004570W
Germy blew it-- again! Germy blew it-- again! Rebecca C. Jones In order to pay off a school debt, Germy goes into the gerbil breeding business. OL2459666W
Lulu walks the dogs Lulu walks the dogs Judith Viorst Lulu needs help from a boy named Fleischman if she is to earn money walking her neighbors' dogs, and she finds out that if she wants her business venture to succeed, she has to be nice. OL27013809W
Youth fundraisers Youth fundraisers Lynn Strother Hinkle Presents over 100 money-making ideas and projects for use with church youth groups and organizations. OL2922494W
Jefferson Jefferson Mary Francis Shura All the neighborhood boys and girls work at earning money to give Jefferson a surprise birthday party. OL3585263W
Hollywood hound Hollywood hound Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Fred enters his mean-looking but sweet dog in a Hollywood contest that could lead to a movie contract, fame, and fortune. OL463150W
Fund raising Fund raising Irene Cumming Kleeburg Describes the basic principles of raising funds for a school or group project and the various ways in which this can be accomplished. OL5094746W
Brothers don't know everything Brothers don't know everything Linda Lee Maifair After starting a contest to see who can earn more money doing yard work one summer, nine-year-old Christina and her older brother Charlie make some surprising discoveries about responsibility and tea… OL685569W
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