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By Susan Faust
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Girls learn about managing/advancing their financial lives.
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What's the Story?
In MONEY MATTERS, girls learn about making, spending, saving, investing, and protecting their money. It covers such topics as credit cards, credit unions, checking and savings accounts, ATM's, risks and rewards, wants and needs, loans and debt, insurance and taxes, retirement, and so on. Interspersed throughout are tips about the topic at hand from girls and women from around the world. A list of additional resources, an index, and author biographies appear at the end of the book. This introduction to money emphasizes what girls can do to manage and advance their financial lives, now and into the future.
Is It Any Good?
This engaging introduction to the basics of personal finance sets middle-grade girls on a journey to practice smart money management, now and into the future. Emphasis is on using knowledge, planning, and discipline to achieve financial goals. This guide provides a wide, working vocabulary around making, spending, saving, and investing money. The friendly conversational style is supported by a lively layout that helps break down a big subject into digestible bites. The book assumes disposable income, essentially ignoring the challenges of girls living with less money. Cryptocurrency is treated as a legitimate form of exchange with only a brief warning about its risks. Talk of money is often regarded as taboo, but this book challenges that view, deeming it essential for developing healthy financial habits.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about smart ways for girls to build financial literacy and nurture good financial habits. Why are family conversations about money important? How do you handle money? Do you prefer to save or spend? Are you achieving a smart balance?
How do girls get money? Do you have an allowance? Do you earn money by baby-sitting or running a small business? If you earn money, how do you feel about doing a job and being paid for your effort?
Have you thought about the way things were for women in the past when they had fewer opportunities to earn money and advance in their careers? What do you think about the change?
How do you feel about the cartoon art? Does it make it easier to approach what some think of as a dry subject?
How does self-control relate to saving money? What other character strengths and skills are important for financial success?
Book Details
- Author :
- Illustrator : Morgan Goble
- Genre : Advice
- Topics : STEM
- Character Strengths : Integrity , Self-control
- Book type : Non-Fiction
- Publisher : Rebel Girls
- Publication date : March 26, 2024
- Publisher's recommended age(s) : 8 - 12
- Number of pages : 144
- Available on : Paperback, Apple Books, Kindle
- Last updated : December 3, 2025
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