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The Monster Money Book

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I am a student attending USAO in Chickasha, Oklahoma. I am going to school to become an elementary teacher. I had an assignment that wanted me to find math books that were relevant to children. I stumbled upon this book. I found it to be extraordinary! It deals with so many aspects of math and money. I like the way this book deals with the complexity of borrowing and shows how to save and spend money. It makes so many connections to the real world. I must say that I was very very impressed with this book! I hope to use it one day when I am a classroom teacher! I recommend this book to all teachers, students, and parents.

Times are tough all over. The economy's circling the bowl, and most of our cash is being flushed down with it. But some financial fat cat once said you have to spend money to make money -- Alan Greenspan? Donald Trump? Scrooge McDuck? I forget -- so I've been on the lookout for products to help me invest more jackpottily for the future.

I bought this book because I thought it would help me save 'MONSTER MONEY!' with a bunch of helpful personal finance tips. Turns out it's a kids' book. Not so much 'MONEY that *is* MONSTER' as 'MONEY that's *for* MONSTERS'. Which is somewhat less helpful, unless maybe you're a hobgoblin or kraken or panhandling Mothra, perhaps.

On the upside, those nasty creatures in the book sort of remind me of our current financial situation. So I named them accordingly. The big green one is "S&L bailout", the yellow one is "deficit spending", and the unholy chicken-looking thing is "debt ceiling debate".

I may not have saved any money with this book, but at least the future seems a little less scary. There's no such thing as monsters... right?