A fact-filled guide about the basics of saving, investing, borrowing, working, and taxes. Includes quizzes, games, and riddles.

A comprehensive look at the basic financial and management aspects of money-making businesses for children.

Created in consultation with teachers and public librarians, this fantastic collection of 101 ready-to-use book lists provides invaluable help for any educator who plans activities for children that involve using literature. Nancy J. Keane is the author of the award-winning website Booktalks—Quick and Simple (nancykeane.com/booktalks), as well as the creator of the open collaboration wiki ATN Book Lists. With 101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Children, she provides another indispensable resource for librarians and teachers. The lists in this book are the result of careful consultation with teachers and public librarians, and from discussions on professional email lists. These indispensable reading lists can be used in many ways—for example, as handouts to teachers as suggested reading, to create book displays, or as display posters in the library. This collection will help educators support the extended reading demands of today's children.

The perfect book for learning about money for kids! Discover how boys and girls can find savings programs designed especially for them, how can they establish their own bank account, write checks, and use an ATM card. Also find out how kids learn about stocks, and even start to invest their own money! Readers will find out: How and where money is printed? What do all those long numbers and special letters on currency mean? How can banks afford to pay interest? This helpful book offers ideas on how kids can earn, save, budget, and invest money of their own. Also offered are puzzles and games that focus on the theme of money. Color diagrams and illustrations are on nearly every page.

This brand new edition is packed with more than 100 lists, lively illustrations, and a new section in which kids can create lists of their own.

Building on the author's work in The Big Book of Teen Reading Lists, this book provides 101 new and revised reading lists created in consultation with teachers and public librarians—an invaluable resource for any educator who plans activities for children that involve using literature. Nancy J. Keane is the author of the award-winning website Booktalks—Quick and Simple (nancykeane.com/booktalks), as well as the creator of the open collaboration wiki ATN Book Lists. With her latest book, 101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Teens, she provides another indispensable resource for librarians and teachers. The lists in this book are the result of careful consultation with teachers and public librarians, and from discussions on professional email lists. These indispensable lists can be utilized in many ways—for example, as handouts to teachers as suggested reading, to create book displays, or as display posters in the library. This collection will facilitate the creation of valuable reading lists to support the extended reading demands of today's teens.

Perhaps you’d like to save some money for horseback riding lessons, for college, or for a new music album. In Savings Tips for Kids, find out how to save money, just as Mrs. Bond’s class learns how to save points that they earn in class. Find out about checking, savings, and other types of accounts you can have at your local bank, and discover the difference between simple and compound interest. Then find out why saving first and spending later—instead of borrowing and trying to repay later—is the best way to manage your money. Take the mystery out of money matters, and let your money work for you.

Explains how people use different methods of paying without using cash.

Hannah’s school is facing a budgeting dilemma: The school board wants to hire a new art teacher, but they don’t know where they’ll get the money. Learn with Hannah and her classmates why balancing what you earn (income) and what you spend (expenses) is an important lesson at any age. Figure out your average income and outgo, then decide what you need to do when they don’t balance the way you want them to. Find out how to budget for those big items you have been wanting. Best of all, you may just discover that you have a lot more money than you ever thought you did!

People spend money on food, fashion, and fun. But how can you spend money wisely? How do you figure out what you want to buy and what you need to buy? Money is a key part of our world, and knowing how to use it is especially important. Read this book to learn how to save, to spend, and to build your own budget. As part of the Searchlight BooksTM collection, this series sheds light on an important economics topic—How Do We Use Money? Clear text, informative diagrams, vivid photos, and real-life examples will help you find the answers!