Cha-ching! How often do you see money and how do people use it? Take a journey through time and discover when and why money was invented, how tools have allowed humans to evolve, and why baseball is a favorite pastime. This 6-book collection combines stories from Fiction Readers and informational text found in TIME FOR KIDS(R) Nonfiction Readers to introduce students to multiple text types as called for in the Common Core and other state standards. Both the fiction and nonfiction books contain high-interest text, vibrant illustrations and images, age-appropriate text features, and increasingly complex vocabulary. The titles in this collection include: A Baseball Giant; The Mystery of the Grand Bazaar; The Dream Team; Batter Up! History of Baseball; Hit It! History of Tools; and Buy It! History of Money.