Awards

• Commended for Best Books List 2020 (Canada)

Overview

Age range 12+  Our cellphones, our clothes, our food: All are everyday things we consider essential, but we seldom think of what and who is involved in making them and getting them into our hands. In Follow Your Stuff, award-winning children's author Kevin Sylvester and business professor Michael Hlinka team up again, this time to tackle the complex dynamics of the global economy, examining the often-complex journey of ordinary goods from production right to our doorsteps.  Using familiar examples, easy-to-follow charts and graphs, and a big helping of humour, Hlinka and Sylvester introduce young readers to concepts such as relative value and fair wages and how to think critically about our purchasing decisions. Sylvester's lively illustrations add even more kid-appeal making this sequel to the critically acclaimed Follow Your Money the perfect introduction to socio-economics and an eye-opening essential read for young people.

Full Product Details

Author:   Kevin Sylvester ,  Michael Hlinka
Publisher:   Annick Press Ltd
Imprint:   Annick Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9781773212548

ISBN 10:   1773212540
Pages:   100
Publication Date:   23 May 2019
Recommended Age:   From 11 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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Table of Contents

Follow Your Stuff | Table of Contents  Getting Ready to Go Global! 4 Good Global Question(s) 6 T-shirt? More Like A-to-Z-shirt! 10 A (Cot)ton of Fun 12 Creating Cloth 14 Stitching It Together 16 The Globals Get Their Cut 18 On the Road 20 Closing the Deal 22 Pause for the People 24 In Conclusion and In Your Shirt 26 Puffers and Meds 28 Take a Deep Breath 30 Getting the Raw Materials 32 Making the Medicine 34 Testing and Testing and . . . 36 . . . and Testing and Testing and . . . 38 Big Busine$$ 40 Setting the Price You Pay 42 In Conclusion and In Your Lungs 44 This Very Book 46 Sign on the Dotted Line! 48 Get to Work! 50 Rewriting and Rewriting and Rewriting and . . . 52 Putting It on Paper 54 The Book 56 Growing Global 58 The Bookstore 60 In Conclusion: Between the Covers 62 High Tech 64 Chips Off the Old Block 66 ZAP! 68 Hard Work and Hardware 70 Hard Work and Software 72 Phone Sweet Phone 74 Making the Call 76 In Conclusion: Adding It Up on Your Calculator App! 78 See the Big Picture? 80 The Picture Is Smudgy 82 Interesting Questions One and Two 84 In Conclusion? Maybe? 86 The Concluding Conclusion—Part One 88 The Concluding Conclusion—Part Two 90 References and Further Reading 92 Index 94 About the Authors 96

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Author Information

Kevin Sylvester is an award-winning children’s book author, illustrator, and a former sports broadcaster on CBC radio. His books for Annick include Basketballogy, Baseballogy, and Follow Your Money. He lives with his family in Toronto, Ontario. Michael Hlinka teaches college and university courses in Toronto and provides business commentary for CBC Radio.

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