A Kid’s Guide to Money

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Bibliography

Books and Periodicals

• Adams, Barbara J. The Go-Around Dollar. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. The story line in this book tells how a one dollar bill goes from person to person.
   
• Axelrod, Amy. Pigs Will Be Pigs. NY: Trumpet Club, 1994.Children see that a one-time solution to a money problem wi not a good way to manage money.
   
• Berenstain, Stan and Jan. The Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies. NY: Random House.The bear cubs spent everything they got. Finally they learned to bank some of their money.
   
• Bodner, Janet. Mom, Can I Have That? Washington D.C.: Kiplinger Times Business, 1996.Provides excellent information for parents about allowances and other aspects of getting and making money.
   
• Bodner, Janet. Money Smart Kids (and Parents, Too!). Washington, D.C.: Kiplinger Times Business, 1993.Provides excellent information for parents about allowances and other aspects of getting and making money.
   
• Cribbs, Joe. Eyewitness Series: Money. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.Find out about money used in other countries.
   
• Drew, Bonnie and Noel. Fast Cash for Kids. Seabrook, TX: Homeland Publications, 1987.From this book, kids learn 101 ways to earn money.
   
• Fodor, R.V. Nickels, Dimes, and Dollars: How Currency Works. NY: William Morrow and Co., 1980.This book gives a complete overview of the financial world for intermediate students.
   
• Godfrey, Neale S. Why Money Was Invented. Parsippany, NJ: Silver Press, 1995.The characters want ice cream but have no money. Bartering is discussed and then the move to real money is explained. This is easily understood by young children.
   
• Heide, Florence P. Treehorn’s Treasure. NY: Holiday House, 1981.Treehorn’s father gives him a dollar but tells him not to spend it. He puts it in a hole in a tree and the leaves turn to dollar bills.
   
• Leasure, Jan. Big Bucks for Kids. Kansas City (KS): Andrews and McMeel, 1983.There are 50 job descriptions for intermediate kids in this book.
   
• Maestro, Betsy. The Story of Money. NY: Clarion Books, 1993.This book describes how, where, and why coins are made and the way old bills are replaced. Pictures of the back and front of all denominations are shown.
   
• Mitgutsch, Ali. From Gold to Money. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1984.This book shows the historical development of money and the switch to the gold pieces and eventually paper money.
   
• Otfinoski, Steve. The Kid’s Guide to Money. NY: Scholastic, 1996.This is a great source for upper elementary students. It talks about budgets, taxes, banking, savings, interest, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc.
   
• Parker, Nancy W. Money, Money, Money: How to Get and Keep It. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1978.Intermediate students will enjoy reading about the numbers and symbols on the U.S. bills. Background information is given about all people whose picture is on the bills.
   
• Schwartz, David M. If You Made a Million. NY: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Books, 1989.This book explains denominations of each coin and bill and shows actual coin equivalences. This book would be best understood if an adult worked with the child as it is read.
   
• Stewart, Sarah. The Money Tree. NY: Farrar, Strais. Gorpix. 1991.A strange tree grows in her yard with money as leaves. Many people come to pick the leaves and this causes problems.
   
• Trapani, Iza. How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? Boston: Whispering Coyote Press, 1997.A young boy wants to save money to buy a dog, but he keeps using what he has saved to help people.
   
• Wells, Rosemary. Bunny Money. NY: Dial Books, 1997.Max almost ruins the surprise for grandma’s birthday because he spends all of the money on himself.

Other Sources for Kids

• Kids' Wall Street News magazine (newsstand or subscription) Kids’ Wall Street News, P.O. Box 1207, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067-9903
   
• The Wall Street Journal--Classroom Edition newspaper, P.O. Box 300, Princeton, NJ 03543
   
• Zillions magazine (Consumer Reports for Children) (subscription), Subscription Dept., P.O. Box 51777, Boulder, CO 80323-1777

Information taken from:

Henney, Maribeth, "Young Children Learn About Money Through Children’s Literature" Better Investing, November, 1998pp. 6-10, 59.

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