Diverse Children’s Books that Teach Financial Literacy

Long gone are the days of that one high school class on balancing a checkbook. Today’s teens so motivated they are creating super PACS. Our responsibility is to prepare and educate them to the best of our ability, and that includes finances. I implore you to start giving the children in your life a head start on this important subject of financial literacy starting today. Today, I give you a list of my favorite books about finances to get kids thinking about their secure future even from birth.

Children’s Books for Teaching Kids About Financial Literacy

Teaching children about saving up after a disaster seems to be more relevant than ever with fires, hurricanes, typhoons ravaging our Earth as of late due to lack of attention to climate change by some of the world leaders. Using current events can make reading about financial literacy extremely easy for teachers and parents/caregivers.

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You Can’t Buy a Dinosaur With a Dime

Clink, clink, clink, clink…Clink, clink, clinkity… Money saved in a bank makes your brain think-thinkity! Children are fascinated by money – how it looks, feels, smells, and most of all, what it buys. And Pete is no exception. The rhymed verse describes how Pete saves his allowance, spends too much of it, has second thoughts, and starts over.

Young readers will not only applaud Pete’s decisions, but join him in his computations as he saves, spends, and strategizes over future purchases. The lively combination of fact and fiction, plus humorous art, will prove both thought-provoking and thoroughly enjoyable

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Two of Everything

This Chinese folktale could become a read-aloud favorite. Children will barely even realize they are learning about the concept of doubling in this gorgeous book.  Along with humor and gorgeous illustrations, the ending has a delightful twist for young readers.

Two of Everything is the perfect book to start teaching children about CDs or a savings account with interest.

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If You Made a Million

For those who are old enough to remember the greatest kid lit show ever, this is a Reading Rainbow classic!

Have you ever wanted to make a million dollars? Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is ready, willing, and able to explain the nuts and bolts — as well as the mystery and wonder — of earning money, investing it, accruing dividends and interest, and watching savings grow. A beautiful picture book for young readers.

This book can be used from pre-school to high school to teach math concepts in a relatable and help kids get friendly with “scary math.”

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A Chair for My Mother

This picture book is a classic for many reasons, and another Reading Rainbow knock out book celebrating it’s 25th anniversary.  This book’s theme of showing loss and devastation is an important topic of conversation for ALL kids to have. No one is immune and teaching resilience is a KEY factor in how kids will handle hardship as adults.

A Chair for My Mother evokes hope, hard work, determination, and triumph through what really matters–love of family and friends. Of course, children saving money in a simple jar is Financial Literacy 101 at it’s finest.

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Centsibility

This book in the Planet Girl series (for middle grades) approaches the subject of money with the verve and hip intelligence the series is known for. Today’s girl is no fool — she knows money can’t buy happiness. But if she wants on the bus, or a snack when she’s out, she needs some cash flow.

Money management often gets left out of home or classroom discussions. Planet Girl has delivered a book that gives practical advice on a range of topics relating to money — tips on jobs, saving, debt, spending and budgeting, how to become a girl entrepreneur, what to scrimp on (and what not to), the hidden price of cheap, how to reconcile having less than some friends and why fundraising can make girls feel priceless!

As expected from the Planet Girl series, the book is chockfull of energetic comics and spot art, and also includes checklists, quizzes, money journal pages to photocopy, a bank lingo glossary and much more.

With Centsibility, preparing for a lifetime of smart money management and developing a healthy money attitude has never been easier or more appealing to girls.

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