Isabel's Car Wash Author:Sheila Bair (Ages: 6-9) The Nelly Longhair doll, the object of Isabel's desire, is on sale at Murphy's Toys for ten dollars. But Isabel has only fifty cents. Isabel decides to start a car wash business; she's sure she can make money. But at the hardware store she learns that her supplies will cost five dollars! She thinks long and hard and comes up wit... more »h a plan. If five of her friends will give her one dollar each, she'll have enough. She tells her friends she'll work very hard and believes she'll be able to pay them back, plus extra! Sheila Bair, who also wrote Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock, lives in Maryland. The author includes a note on investing in a business and buying stocks. Judy Stead's brightly colored artwork complements the story. She lives in North Carolina.« less