{"id":1863,"date":"2009-10-25T22:46:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T03:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1863"},"modified":"2009-10-25T22:46:54","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T03:46:54","slug":"teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-little-ninos-pizzeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/25\/teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-little-ninos-pizzeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Economics with Children’s Literature: Little Nino’s Pizzeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Little Nino’s Pizzeria<\/a>, written by Karen Barbour<\/a> <\/strong>is a story about a little boy named Tony, and his father, Nino, who own and operate a pizzeria.\u00a0 Little Nino’s Pizzeria is a small, but popular restaurant, run by Tony’s father, who is the chef.\u00a0 It is a family run restaurant, where Tony is able to assist with many of the tasks, such as stirring pizza sauce and collecting dirty dishes.\u00a0 Tony and his father also give extra pizzas to homeless people so that they aren’t hungry.<\/p>\n

“People come from all over town to eat at Little Nino’s.\u00a0 They wait in long lines because our restaurant is so small. One night a man came to see my dad after the last pizza.\u00a0 What did he want?\u00a0 That night my dad told my mom we would be making lots more money now.\u00a0 The next day, my dad locked up Little Nino’s.\u00a0 Soon he opened a big, fancy, expensive restaurant.\u00a0 He called it Big Nino.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the new big restaurant, Tony gets in the way and is not allowed to help his father run the restaurant.\u00a0 After trying to help in many ways, Tony gives up and goes home.\u00a0 One night, his father came home tired from work.\u00a0 He said…<\/p>\n

” ‘I miss cutting tomatoes, and chopping onions, and kneading dough’…’I’m tired of so much paperwork and money talk’ he shouted.\u00a0 ‘I want…I WANT TO MAKE PIZZA!’ “<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The next day Nino told the man with the money that he needed to find a new person to run Big Nino, and Nino and Tony reopen Little Nino’s.\u00a0 At the end of the story, Nino renames the restaurant “Little Tony’s Pizzeria” in honor of his best helper, his son Tony.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tony’s father has to make some difficult decisions about his restaurant.\u00a0 The decision to reopen his small restaurant goes along with VA Economics SOL 1.8, which teaches children that they can’t have everything that they want.\u00a0 This story also can be used to help teach VA Economics SOL 1.7, which describes goods, services, sellers, and buyers.<\/p>\n

Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Powell Center for Economic Literacy<\/a> provides a short lesson plan that gets parents involved while reviewing the terms goods, producer, and consumer.<\/p>\n

Kid’s Econ Posters<\/a> provides a set of good questions to ask children after reading the book to expand the lesson.<\/p>\n

Extend this story into snack time for a quick and easy treat for your students, an English Muffin Pizza<\/a>!<\/p>\n

General Information:<\/strong>
\nBook:\u00a0 Little Nino’s Pizzeria<\/a>
\nAuthor:\u00a0 Karen Barbour<\/a>
\nPublisher:\u00a0 Voyager Books<\/a>
\nPublication Date:\u00a0 March 15, 1990
\nPages:\u00a0 32 pages
\nGrade Range: 1-2 grade
\nISBN-13: 978-0152463212<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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