Growing Money [Paperback]

Gail Karlitz (Author), Debbie Honig (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

Growing Money answers all these questions and more: • How do you read the stock pages?
• What's the difference between
stocks and bonds?
• Is there an actual stock market?
• Why do stocks go up and down?
• How can I keep track of investments?
• What's a dividend?
• Can kids invest? Never before has the world of finance been so much part of kids' daily lives. Today there are even kid-friendly mutual funds and many math classes have student investing clubs. It's clear that youngsters want to know everything about mioney—especially how to make grow! Growing Money will show them to do just that with easy information about savings accounts, bonds, stocks, and mutual funds; fun quizzes that reveal young investor's risk tolerance; and wild facts of success and failure, each with a lesson to impart. Best of all, Growing Money gives readers their own fund of imaginary dollars to invest, along with suggestions for selecting companies that are compatible with their values, tips for reading stock pages, and fill-in charts to trace their earnings and losses. The fundamentals of money management become child's play with this savvy, responsible guide for young consumers!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8-A clear explanation of the theory behind investing and compound interest. Related terms are introduced and defined throughout the volume and anecdotes citing companies familiar to children (e.g., Kellogg's, IBM, Coca-Cola) often illustrate principles. One chapter is devoted to deciphering a financial page in a newspaper. Sample forms illustrate how to record income, withdrawals, and savings, and quizzes measure knowledge and risk tolerance. Black-and-white cartoons and several charts accompany the text. This useful how-to book is the next step for readers of Neale S. Godfrey's Ultimate Kid's Money Book (S & S, 1998) and Betsy Maestro's The Story of Money (Clarion, 1993). Librarians and teachers will want to recommend it to budding entrepreneurs and children who spend money as fast as they earn it.
Kathleen A. Nester, Downingtown High Ninth Grade Center, PA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

""Growing Money" is the best book about money ever written for kids. This book is so straight forward, easy to understand and comprehensive." --Peter Montoya, Financial Services Marketing Expert, MarketingLibrary.net

"Growing Money is the best book about economics, finance, and investing ever written for children. It is engaging, fun, and informative." --Sean Masaki Flynn, author of the international best-seller Economics for Dummies (Wiley) and coauthor of the world's best-selling college economics textbook, Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies (McGraw-Hill) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Price Stern Sloan (May 3, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843174811
• ISBN-13: 978-0843174816
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,968,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superior and highly recommended introductory guide, December 15, 2001

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This review is from: Growing Money: A Complete (and Completely Updated!) Investing Guide for Kids (Paperback)

Gail Karlitz's Growing Money: A Complete Investing Guide For Kids is an exceptional investing guide in that it is written specifically to teach children (and adults!) how to make their money work for them. Covering savings in a bank, bods, stocks, and how to read the financial pages, Growing Money is a superb guide - and since it's written simply enough for a young person to learn from, it also makes excellent starter reading for adults who have never dabbled in investing before. The prose text is in large type and very straightforward, but does not talk down to the reader. Growing Money is a superior and highly recommended introductory guide, especially for the young people growing up in this brand new era of electronically transmitted investment capital.

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful! An easy read on a difficult topic!, March 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Growing Money (Paperback)

A wonderful book! I can finally teach investing to my 4-6 grade students. GROWING MONEY actually makes this intimidating topic interesting to kids, and is clear enough to give me the confidence to teach it. Although it claims to be for ages 9-12, it made a great gift for my 16 year old nephew. He's been recommending it to all his friends as well.

39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, inspirational, informative - Vicki, NY, NY, August 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Growing Money (Paperback)

This great book about investing for kids is easy to read and understand, has great visuals, tidbits of trivia and makes learning about investing fun!

I'm an adult and I learned alot, and I think many adults as well as kids will benefit from reading this book.

I think it's a must have for kids.

Vicki, NY, NY