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® 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.