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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Beloved Dearly<\/a>\u00a0written by Doug Coone<\/a>y and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi is a book about a boy names Ernie who can always\u00a0in of a way to make money.\u00a0 Most of\u00a0the ideas he dream up get him interviews with the school principal, however.\u00a0 Or serious ultimatums from his father, like the latest one—any more get-rich-quick schemes and Ernie will be grounded.\u00a0 This is a threat\u00a0Ernie takes seriously.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0So he keeps his father in the dark about his newest entrepreneurial endeavor. Ernie is a twelve-year-old tycoon, always on the lookout for a fast buck.\u00a0 This time he stumbles onto a money-making bonanza:\u00a0 pet funerals.\u00a0 He hires Dusty to decorate the burial boxes and\u00a0Tony to dig the holes, but his prize find is Swimming Pool, a tomboy who delivers a crying jag not to be missed.\u00a0 Business goes through the roof-until Ernie loses Swimming Pool over a raise and the whole venture unravels.\u00a0 Here is a rollicking, fun spirited novel about friendship, loos, business-and how we learn to express our feelings.<\/p>\n Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n This book could be used as a reference when teaching SOL 3.9 which states that students will identify examples of making and economic choice and will explain the idea of opportunity cost(what is given up when making a choice).<\/p>\n Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Learn more about the author, Doug Cooney <\/a>and some of his other books.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0\u00a0The Pickle Patch Bathtub<\/a>\u00a0is a lesson plan used to teach the concept of opportunity cost.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0This site\u00a0defines opportunity cost<\/a>\u00a0and has questions and activities to help teach the concept.<\/p>\n Book:\u00a0 The Beloved Dearly The Beloved Dearly\u00a0written by Doug Cooney and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi is a book about a boy names Ernie who can always\u00a0in of a way to make money.\u00a0 Most of\u00a0the ideas he dream up get him interviews with the … Continue reading
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\nAuthor:\u00a0 Doug Cooney
\nIllustrator:\u00a0 Toni DiTerlizzi
\nPublisher:\u00a0 Aladdin
\nPublication Date:\u00a0 2003
\nPages:\u00a0 192
\nGrade Range:3-6
\nISBN:\u00a0 0-689-83127-7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"