The Journey Of A Dollar

by Doris Rubenstein, Howard Fridson

Overview

Take a journey with Elliot’s dollar bill and learn how it makes a difference! Elliot’s class is collecting money to help schoolchildren in Ecuador. Elliot is wiling to give, but he doesn’t understand how his one dollar will help or how it gets to Ecuador.

Elliot learns more than he expected, watching his dollar travel to South America.  He learns about banking, nonprofit organizations, and geography. The most important thing he learns is that his charitable effort really does reach people in need, they appreciate his generosity, and they’re a lot like him.

A portion of the sale of every copy of The Journey of a Dollar will be donated to charity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592987931
Publisher:	Beaver's Pond Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/30/2016
Pages:	36
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Doris Rubenstein spent her entire career in the field of philanthropy and is the author of a book for grown-ups called The Good Corporate Citizen: A Practical Guide. Her fans call her ''The Giving Guru.'' Doris really knows how your charity dollar travels, having served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador and later working as a fundraiser for CARE, one of the world's oldest international aid and development organizations. Her expertise and knowledge of fundraising and the non-profit world won her two awards from the University of Minnesota Alumni Association and a prestigious Kenneth E. Clark Award from the Center for Creative Leadership. Doris received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. from Augsburg College. A native of Detroit, Michigan, she's called Minnesota home since 1984. Doris and Howard met as summer camp counselors in 1969.They're thrilled to work together to bring this important story to children.

Howard Fridson is an illustrator living in Huntington Woods, Michigan, around the block from the rhinoceroses at the Detroit Zoo. He and his wife, Cathy, met in the ninth grade and began dating only thirteen years later. They have three grown sons, Nate, Blake, and Russell. Howard graduated from Wayne State University in 1971 with a degree in fine arts and has been creating artwork ever since. His pieces range in size from dollhouse miniatures to three-story murals. In 1992 Howard and his friend Martin Scot Kosins produced Maya's First Rose, which hit number one on the Detroit Free Press bestseller list. Howard and Doris first collaborated on a 1969 theatre production as camp counselors. This is their second opportunity to work together.