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Aug 02, 2012 author of the toothpaste millionaire, the girl who loved caterpillars, seraphina, marah, superlative horse, the superlative horse, the very nice things, please, dont eat my cabin jean merrill open library. Read to them offers a full slate of financial literacy activities to go along with our standard one school, one book packet of fun for this book. Set in 1960s cleveland, ohio, follow 6thgrader rufus mayflower as he and his friends use reallife mathematical problems to help their budding business making toothpaste succeed. In the story, they end up millionaires by the 8th grade. The toothpaste millionaire by jean merrill 1972 upset by the high cost of toothpaste, rufus mayflower, an enterprising sixth grader, decides to start making his own. This edition includes an exclusive author interview and readers guide with book summary. She died from cancer at her home in randolph, vermont, in 2012, aged 89.
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