You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Money! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…)

by Alex Woolf, David Antram (Illustrations)

What if money never existed? None of us has as much money as we would like, but imagine if money didn't exist at all. How would we buy the things we need, or sell the things we don't need? Who would decide whether a basket of fruit is worth the same as a hunting spear? Many things have been used as money, from live animals through cowrie shells to plastic cards. Learn how moneylending grew into today's banking industry, and how credit allows us to spend money we don't even have.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Childrens

32 pages, Library Binding

Published September 1, 2015

About the author

Alex Woolf is a prolific, award-winning author of books for adults and children. In his non-fiction he has written on subjects as diverse as sharks, robots, asteroids, flying reptiles and chocolate. His novels span a range of genres, including crime, mystery, science fiction, historical fiction, steampunk and horror.

Alex is a regular author for Fiction Express, online publishers of interactive stories for schools. Fiction Express is read by more than 150,000 students from 20 countries. Two of his stories have won reader awards. In 2021, he won the prestigious ASE award for his non-fiction book Think Like a Scientist. His horror novel, Soul Shadows, was shortlisted for the Falkirk Red Book Award. Bestselling crime author Peter James described his novel Aldo Moon as “a real delight, witty, ghostly and at times deliciously ghastly”.

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would have been in a debtor's prison for sure.

[Kelly Carey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Money can take many forms, and it has developed throughout the years from shells and cows to paper and credit cards.

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as interesting as some of the books. I also found it to have a confusing timeline.

[Jordan McCann · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute non-fiction book that I could easily imagining using in my classroom when learning about money. The illustrations were fun and this would be an enjoyable informative book for kids.