Goods to Buy, Services to Try

How do businesses help meet the needs of their communities?

In Goods to Buy, Services to Try, children explore how producers create goods and provide services, and how consumers use and buy them. Through clear explanations and everyday examples, young readers discover how the exchange of goods and services keeps us all connected.

The book also introduces the idea of shipping and distribution, helping children understand how goods travel from producers to stores and homes. Goods to Buy, Services to Try builds early economic thinking and supports foundational social studies skills.

Goods to Buy, Services to Try:

• Clarifies the difference between goods and services


• Explains producers and consumers


• Shows how communities stay connected through exchange

Communities grow stronger when goods and services flow smoothly.