Fascinating Facts People are learning that they must be smarter about money. Because of this, books about saving money and making good economic choices are now bestsellers. Do I Really NEED It? Children as young as three years of age recognize brand names and images. The United States has more opportunities to earn, save, and spend than any other country. Genre Nonfiction Comprehension Skill Sequence Text Features Glossary Chart Scott Foresman Social Studies ì<(sk$m)=beidej< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U ISBN 0-328-14834-2 by Maureen Blaney Flietner In this book, you will read about the world of money. You will read about how money is a part of all our lives. Vocabulary savings budget Do I Really NEED It? Write to It! When we earn money and make a budget, we can buy what we need and what we want. We also can save money to pay for our needs and wants in the future. Write two sentences about something that you might want to save up to buy. nonrenewable resources renewable resources supply Write your sentences on a separate sheet of paper. demand Photographs Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd). by Maureen Blaney Flietner ISBN: 0-328-14834-2 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication or parts thereof, may be used with appropriate equipment to reproduce copies for classroom use only. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V0G1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 Opener: Getty Images 2 ©Myrleen Ferguson Cate/PhotoEdit 3 ©Scott Barbour/Getty Images 4 Paul Redman/Getty Images 5 ©Darama/Corbis 6 Getty Images