Financial Literacy Month

Choosing a good book can be the start of learning to make good choices with money. November is Financial Literacy Month, and a great time for families to talk about earning, saving, sharing, and spending. Even the youngest family members can join in with books about counting and elementary math. Try these books as conversation starters.

Updated March 27, 2024
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Money minded families : how to raise financially well children
Mackara, Stephanie
Paper Book
Teach your children to make sound financial decisions. Prepare them to use their money wisely and with a purpose Money issues challenge every family, no matter their background. That's why Money Minded Families: How to Raise Financially Well Children offers advice on how...

2

Finance for the people : getting a grip on your finances
De Leon, Paco
Paper Book
An illustrated, practical guide to navigating your financial life, no matter your financial situation "a potent mix of deeply practical and wonderfully empathetic" --Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial "one of the most approachable...

3

Make your kid a money genius (even if you're not) : a parents' guide for kids 3 to 23
Kobliner, Beth
Paper Book
The New York Times bestseller that is a must-read for any parent! From Beth Kobliner, the author of the bestselling personal finance bible Get a Financial Life--a new, must-have guide showing parents how to teach their children (from toddlers to young adults) to manage...

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The secret life of money : a kid's guide to cash
Vermond, Kira.
Paper Book
If discussing money is a difficult task for adults, it's 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 preteens and young teens do not yet have a job,...

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La monnaie canadienne
MacLeod, Elizabeth.
Paper Book
See below for English description. Une reine verte, un castor argenté, un premier ministre violet... les Canadiens ont tout cela dans leurs poches, et bien plus encore! Les enfants peuvent apprendre beaucoup sur un pays rien qu'en observant sa monnaie. Les pièces canadiennes...

6

Save it! : a moneybunny book
McLeod, Cinders
Paper Book
A charming introduction to simple money concepts in which a little bunny learns about the power and satisfaction that come with saving money. Honey earns two carrots a week for taking care of her siblings. Her FIVE siblings who are so loud and bouncy, she wishes she had a place...

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Spending and Saving Money
Cavell-Clarke, Steffi
Paper Book
This intriguing title will help children learn the importance of earning, saving, raising, and spending money. They will gain an understanding of how money can make a difference in peoples' lives.

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Camping, here I come! : keeping a budget
Bullard, Lisa
Paper Book
Can Kyle sell ten boxes of candy in time to go on his club's camping trip? In this delightful story, readers will learn how to count their money and give the right amount of change.

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