Isabel's Car Wash - Paperback

by Sheila Bair (Author), Judy Stead (Illustrator)

EIFLE Award 2009, Institute for Financial Literacy
Rutgers University, Project on Economics and Children - Book of the Month January 2009

The Nelly Longhair doll is on sale at Murphy's Toys for ten dollars. But Isabel has only fifty cents. Isabel decides to start a car wash business; she's sure she can make money. But at the hardware store she learns that her supplies will cost five dollars! If five of her friends will invest one dollar each, she'll have enough. Will Isabel be able to pay them back and have enough left over for the Nelly doll?

Front Jacket

Isabel wants a doll, but she can't afford it, so she borrows money from her friends, buys supplies, and has a carwash. She uses the profits to pay her friends back and buy her doll.

Author Biography

Sheila C. Bair is one of the leading financial experts in the world. She has an extensive background in banking and finance and has received several honors for her published work on financial issues, including her educational writings on money and finance for children, and for professional achievement. Among the honors she has received are: Distinguished Achievement Award, Association of Education Publishers (2005); Personal Service Feature of the Year, and Author of the Month Awards, Highlights Magazine for Children (2002, 2003 and 2004); and The Treasury Medal (2002). She lives in Maryland with her husband and children. Judy Stead has worked as a teacher, graphic designer, art director, illustrator, author, and painter. She's illustrated more than a dozen children's books including Snow, Blowy Winter and Best Friends on Wheels. She lives with her family in Charlotte, NC where her "treetop" studio overlooks some of Mother Nature's wildest work.