Neale S. Godfrey's Ultimate Kids' Money Book - Softcover

Godfrey, Neale S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689814895 ISBN 13: 9780689814891

Publisher: Aladdin, 2002

Synopsis

Provides an overview of economics and money, including earning, spending, saving, checks and credit cards, banks, and the history of money.

About this title

Review:

A cheerful approach to all things financial plus playful photo collages and colorful drawings make up this fact-filled compendium of everything kids could possibly need to know about money--and more. Neale S. Godfrey, a nationally recognized expert on kids and money, and illustrator Randy Verougstraete tell the story of money--from bartering to investing--with animated appeal. Each subject receives careful and lively attention: the history of money; earning, saving, and spending money; banking facts and bank account information; credit card explanations and warnings ("It's In-credit-ible!"); information about America's economic structure and the government's economic role; taxes; the laws of supply and demand; inflation and depression; and stocks and bonds. Fun financial trivia is interspersed throughout, and word problems and matching games complete each of the nine chapters.

Godfrey does a fine job of covering complicated concepts, successfully tying her explanations with kids' everyday experiences (for example, creating a business plan for a dog-walking service). Kids will enjoy learning about finances with this easy-to-digest format, and grown-ups may be surprised to learn a thing or two as well. This book is about as far from dull gray, boring, banking as it gets. (Ages 8 to 12) --Ericka Lutz

About the Author:

Neale S. Godfrey is a nationally recognized expert on children's and family finances. She wrote The Ultimate Kids' Money Book because she believes that financial savvy is critical for every parent and child in today's world. The chairman of the Children's Financial Network and the former president of The First Women's Bank, she is a syndicated columnist on kids and money for the Associated Press and is the national spokesperson for Microsoft Money '98. She is a regular quest on Oprah, Good Morning America, Today, and CNBC. She is the author of the best-selling books Money Doesn't Grow on Trees and A Penny Saved. Neale S. Godfrey has been honored as the Child Advocate of the Year by the Boy Scouts of America, and she serves on the board of directors of UNICEF. She lives in Chester, New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aladdin
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0689814895
• ISBN 13: 9780689814891
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Verougstraete Randy