Pizza for Breakfast
Maryann Kovalski; Morrow Junior Books 1991
Frank and Zelda are partners in a pizza business. But when the factory across the street closes they are without consumers for their products. When Frank and Zelda long for the good old days, a little man appears and grants them a wish in exchange for a pizza. Frank wishes for a thousand paying consumers every day forever, which comes true, but he soon regrets it. He asks for workers to fill his need for human resources, and he gets hundreds of waiters. Then they change their plans and decide to get a small pizza truck to deliver pizza on the beach instead.
Economic Concepts
- Consumers
- Producers
- Entrepreneurship
- Demand
- Human Resources
Grade Levels
- Primary (K-3)
Related Subjects
- Entrepreneurship
Description of Lesson 4, Pizza for Breakfast
from Economics and Children’s Literature, Supplement 2:
Students examine demand for pizza. Students match pizza slices to learn about cause and effect.