Follow Your Stuff: Who Makes It, Where Does It Come From, How Does It Get to You?
No. of pages 100
Published: 2019
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- Proven formula: Creators Hlinka and Sylvester received multiple award recegonition for their previous economics book. We've netted over 7000 copies of Follow Your Money so far
- Kid-friendly approach: Like Follow Your Money, this is a highly visual, fun and relatable way to tackle the complex subject matter of global markets
- Timely topic: International trade is a constant news item, making this especially relevant today
This book is part of a book series called Where Does It Come From .
There are 100 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Annick Press Ltd .
Michael Hlinka teaches college and university courses in Toronto and provides business commentary for CBC Radio. Kevin Sylvester is an award-winning illustrator, writer, and broadcaster. He previous works include the Neil Flamb series and Baseballogy.
This book has the following chapters:
Follow Your Stuff | Table of Contents
Getting Ready to Go Global! 4
Good Global Question(s) 6
T-shirt? More Like A-to-Z-shirt! 10
A (Cot)ton of Fun 12
Creating Cloth 14
Stitching It Together 16
The Globals Get Their Cut 18
On the Road 20
Closing the Deal 22
Pause for the People 24
In Conclusion and In Your Shirt 26
Puffers and Meds 28
Take a Deep Breath 30
Getting the Raw Materials 32
Making the Medicine 34
Testing and Testing and . 36
. and Testing and Testing and . 38
Big Busine$$ 40
Setting the Price You Pay 42
In Conclusion and In Your Lungs 44
This Very Book 46
Sign on the Dotted Line! 48
Get to Work! 50
Rewriting and Rewriting and Rewriting and . 52
Putting It on Paper 54
The Book 56
Growing Global 58
The Bookstore 60
In Conclusion: Between the Covers 62
High Tech 64
Chips Off the Old Block 66
ZAP! 68
Hard Work and Hardware 70
Hard Work and Software 72
Phone Sweet Phone 74
Making the Call 76
In Conclusion: Adding It Up on Your
Calculator App! 78
See the Big Picture? 80
The Picture Is Smudgy 82
Interesting Questions One and Two 84
In Conclusion? Maybe? 86
The Concluding Conclusion-Part One 88
The Concluding Conclusion-Part Two 90
References and Further Reading 92
Index 94
About the Authors 96
This book is in the following series:
