Laos enjoys his life in ancient Turkey. His father and grandfather are blacksmiths, famous for melting gold into beautiful objects. Laos helps by working in his grandfather’s market stall, bartering their gold for food and livestock. But exchanging such different goods and quantities is complicated. What they need is something to represent the value of their goods, something durable and lightweight. After presenting this idea to the king, he comes to Laos’s family with a very important task: to create something that will make the market accessible to everyone. A story about the invention of currency in ancient Turkey around 600 BCE.

Part of the Middle East and South Asia/Arabic Language and Culture Kit

Related: Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Turkey

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• Author: Nam, Jeong-hee
• Illustrator: Sforza, Lucia
• Published: May 31, 2017, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
• Themes: Money
• Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Turkey
• No. of pages: 36