I thought while I waited for David this morning I would share other book in The Tuttle Twins series of books. Bok #11 The Tuttle Twins and the Messed Up Market by Connor Boyack (Author), Elijah Stanfield (Illustrator). Inside this post is my affiliate links If you click on the books and make a purchase I will make a small percentage from the products you purchase.
The Twins are riding there Bikes to the Theater there family owns to clean it up. On the way they pass a boy selling Hot Chocolate on the Corner. he is so busy but they still stop for a cup of Hot Chocolate. I wish I had a cup. How about you?
They meet Maddox who speaks with a Lisp which was a #twachingmoment for my family. Maddox let’s the Twins know he is good at selling things. he mentions the Police might shut him down because he doesn’t have permission to sell the Hot Chocolate.
The Twins arrive at the Theater and find out The Tarp Troupe Theater wants to buy them out. In The Tuttle Twins and the Messed Up Market we learn about “incentives” a #teachingmoment”. Which could be a #HomesEconics Class.
Charlie was excited to learn about “opportunity cost”. They decide to sell the Theater and we learn about “gratification” and “delayed gratification”. The Twins learn about a “savings account” For continued learning you could visit Bank and let your children open a Savings Account.
In this story even I learned a new word ” microenterprises”. The Twins go look for Maddox and let him know they want to help kids start there own businesses and are going to start the Children’s Entrepreneur Market
Maddox takes out a loan with the Twins. The Market opens a couple weeks later at a Church with 12 families. The twins advertise so they charge the kids a small fee to pay for the advertising. Another word I didn’t know was “praxeology”. Even parents can learn from these stories.
The Twins and there family check out the businesses to see which ones would be a good loan or not. They run into Mrs. Dobson the owner of the Theater and she explains things to them. The Twins ask Mrs. Dobson to help them decide who to give loans to.
They meet a girl selling Candy Apples and you might read The Tuttle Twins and the Messed Up Market to find out why she is running a business. If my family had been there and we could have helped her we would have/ I hope you would to.
The Twins ended up giving out loans totaling $750 dollars. That’s a lot of money. We learn about “subsidy” or “free money”. Competition and “subsidized” are other words we need to learn about. Do you know what bailout” is?
OH, no, something bad happens and to find out what you will need to The Tuttle Twins and the Messed Up Market. Which you should share with your friends and family. Remember you can have your children set up a market in there area.
Make sure you check out the back of the book to learn about the Author and the Illustrator. Then check out the glossary as well as the discussion questions and the neck out the Activity/Workbook.
About the book:
Why do people make the choices they do? Now that they ve made some money, Ethan and Emily Tuttle begin to wonder how they can put it to good use and earn even more. So the idea of a Children s Entrepreneur Market is born, which can help them find other kids who might want to borrow their money to build their small business. But as the twins soon learn thanks to the ideas from Human Action by Ludwig von Mises this is risky business. People have different incentives for why they make the choices they do, and certain choices can cause their market to become messed up!
Meet the Author: Connor Boyack
Connor Boyack is president of Libertas Institute, a free market think tank. In that capacity, he has spearheaded dozens of successful policy reforms in areas such as education reform, civil liberties, government transparency, business deregulation, personal freedom, and more.
Connor has published over 40 books and sold over 5 million copies. He is best known for The Tuttle Twins books, a children’s series introducing young readers to economic, political, and civic principles. He is also executive producer of the Tuttle Twins animated cartoon series.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
