Do I Need It? Or Do I Want It?: Making Budget Choices

Jennifer S. Larson

Lerner Publications, Jan 1, 2010 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 32 pages

Do you plan how much money youÕll use to buy candy? Or how much youÕll save for a new video game? Then youÕre budgeting! A budget is a plan for spending and saving. Budgets help people decide how to use their money wisely. What do you need to buy? What do you want? And how can you make a budget? Read this book to find out.

Contents

• Spending Money: 4
• Making Choices: 8
• Budgets: 10
• Wants and Needs: 14
• Saving: 20
• Who Budgets?: 26
• Activity: 28
• Glossary: 30
• Further Reading: 31
• IndexPhoto Acknowledgments: 32
• Back Cover: 34

About the author

Jennifer S. Larson has written many nonfiction books for young readers.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Do I Need It? Or Do I Want It?: Making Budget Choices; Lightning Bolt Books ª Ñ Exploring Economics
• Author: Jennifer S. Larson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Lerner Publications, 2010
• ISBN: 0761359524, 9780761359524
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Business & Economics; Juvenile Nonfiction / Concepts / Money