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* Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award *
In this award-winning story, two classmates set out to create affordable toothpaste and become accidental millionaires

* Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award * In this award-winning story, two classmates set out to create affordable toothpaste and become accidental millionaires Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower is betting that he can make a whole gallon of toothpaste for the same price as... Read Full Overview

Rufus, a sixth-grader, succeeds in business without really trying when he develops and markets his own toothpaste. Merrill's idealistic construct of how to succeed in business without really trying functions both as a light story and as an explication of free enterprise mechanics... Read Full Overview