Little Nino's Pizzeria  by Karen Barbour
Voyager/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
32 pages
ISBN 0-15-246321-6

Summary: Nino makes the best pizza in the world. His best helper is his son, Tony. Tony likes to help his father at their small family restaurant, but everything changes when Little Nino's becomes a fancier place. Nino learns an important lesson about being an entrepreneur and about happiness.

Concept: Entrepreneur

Definition: An entrepreneur is someone who takes the risk to develop a new product or start a new business.

Comprehension Questions:

How could you tell Little Nino's was a successful business?
(People came from all over town and waited in long lines.)

Who made the business decision to open a fancy restaurant and close Little Nino's?
(Nino decided because he owned the business.)

Explain why Nino decided to open a new restaurant to replace Little Nino's?
(He wanted to make lots more money.)

Why did Tony miss Little Nino's?
(He was not able to help his dad in the fancy restaurant as he did before.)

List the reasons why Nino was not happy as the entrepreneur of a fancy, expensive restaurant.
(He missed making pizzas; there was too much paperwork; he was tired of money talk.)

What did Nino like best about being an entrepreneur?
(He liked making all the pizzas sold at the restaurant.)

Why do you think Nino changed the name of the restaurant to Little Tony's Pizzeria?
(Tony was his best helper and Tony missed the smaller restaurant.)

Other Concepts: Specialization, Productive Resources, Producers, Consumers, Opportunity Cost

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