The Secret Life of Money: A Kid's Guide to Cash

About this book

If discussing money is a difficult task for adults its doubly so where kids are involved. Not only is the subject loaded with cryptic jargon (mortgages? Bull markets? Huh?) but it often fails to click with how a kid sees his or her world. Many young teens do not yet have a job and even if they do their responsibilities with their earnings are miles away from grown-up money issues. In other words not only is money a little mysterious its also seen as something thats none of their concern. The Secret Life of Money is written to address this last point in particular. Its central message is that money affects us deeply and that even kids can have an effect on it too. This book uses odd anecdotes engaging comics and a wealth of surprising everyday connections to help young readers see and understand cash from an entirely different angle. From the history of different currencies to why we buy what we buy from how charities and credit cards work to saving and investing and a whole lot more readers will gain not only an appreciation for the myriad ways that money changes influences and betters their lives.