Old Books for the new "recession"

Books to read to children during a financial crisis
Erica S. Perl writes: “The first time I heard the word recession, I was 10 years old and it was 1978. Many of the books I discovered during the late 1970s featured themes of economic hardship that made my circumstances seem manageable by comparison. A review of popular American children’s books of the past century reveals a recurring theme in the children’s publishing industry: When times are tough, cue the stories about times that were even tougher.”...
Slate, Oct. 9