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In June of 1870, Charles Dickens died before finishing his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The ending of that novel would become one of the great literary enigmas of all time. In 2018 the filmmaker Hugo Almagro agrees to write a script about The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

In Earning Money, early readers learn about the concept of earning money and ways to do it. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage early readers as they discover basic economic principles.

Readers will learn about the important relationship between producers and consumers as well as buyers and sellers and how they all work together to create a healthy economy. This instructive volume defines basic economic concepts like goods and services and explains production with examples of the different types of production. It also covers the primary and secondary industries that produce goods. Concepts such as marketing and advertising are also covered, for a well-rounded view of this fascinating aspect of the economy.

La primera fábula, que da título al libro, nos habla de una rana metida en un caldero que, debido a la imperceptible subida de la temperatura, no se da cuenta de que la están cociendo. Esta historia le sirve al autor como punto de partida para advertirnos de los cambios que se van produciendo poco a poco a nuestro alrededor sin que nos demos cuenta, como la pérdida de valores en la sociedad occidental o la degeneración en las relaciones de pareja. Las otras seis fábulas, que completan esta acertada recopilación y que están inspiradas en los libros de autoayuda, las fábulas clásicas...