Trade Secrets

by Winifred Conkling

Smart shopping takes on a whole new meaning with Trade Secrets , an all-encompassing, fact-filled compendium on how to make the right buying decisions every time. From minute details about dozens of products to tips on dealing with merchants who hand you the inside skinny on how to get the most value for your money, including such topics as:

Doing Your Homework: home-equity loans, furniture, carpets, plumbing services

Wall Street Savvy: checking accounts, credit cards, mutual funds

Painting the Town Red: buying bubbly, choosing a cruise, renting a tux

It's the Little Things: magazine subscriptions, sunscreens, beds and beddings

Irreverent and entertaining, Trade Secrets is like having a trusted uncle in the business, who tells it exactly like it is.

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 11, 1995

About the author

WINIFRED CONKLING studied journalism at Northwestern University and spent the next 25 years writing non-fiction for adult readers, including for Consumer Reports magazine and more than 30 books. As part of her transition to writing for young people, she is working toward her Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Sylvia & Aki is her first work for children.

Reviews

[Abigail Westbrook · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you like outdated advice couched as lame puns, this is the book for you! ;)