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040 _cEscola Canadense de Niteroi
090 _aPAU
100 _aPaulsen, Gary
245 1 0 _aLawn boy
260 _aUSA
300 _a88 p.
_c5 x 0.23 x 7.56 inches (paperback)
362 0 _a2009
490 0 _aTales to Tickle the Funnybone
520 _aOne day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about "the beauty of capitalism. Supply and Demand. Diversify labor. Distribute the wealth." "Wealth?" I said. "It's groovy, man," said Arnold. If I'd known what was coming, I might have climbed on my mower and putted all the way home to hide in my room. But the lawn business grew and grew. So did my profits, which Arnold invested in many things. And one of them was Joey Pow the prizefighter. That's when my 12th summer got really interesting.
650 4 _aEconomy
650 4 _aInvestments
650 4 _aJobs and Carrers
650 4 _aJuvenile Literature
650 4 _aMoney-making projects for children
650 4 _aBusiness enterprises
942 _cBK
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