Financial Literacy for Kids

These fiction and non-fiction titles introduce basic financial concepts in a fun way while promoting financial awareness and responsible money habits

Updated November 16, 2023
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Dirt cheap
Hoffmann, Mark
Paper Book
Birdie doesn't know much about money. All she knows is that she wants a new soccer ball that costs $24.95. The fastest way to that $24.95 is going into sales, but what to sell? All her belongings? Not much of a market for those. Birdie needs something that she has in...
Wednesday Wilson fixes all your problems
Galbraith, Bree
Paper Book
Sometimes the best business ideas pop up when you least expect them. Or that's what happens to Wednesday Wilson, anyway, the morning her brother, Mister, locks himself in the bathroom because he's nervous about a school presentation. When classmate Emmet convinces Mister that a worry stone will calm...
Amelia Bedelia means business
Parish, Herman.
Paper Book
Amelia Bedelia makes her chapter book debut! In Amelia Bedelia Means Business, a New York Times bestseller and the first book in the new chapter book series, young Amelia Bedelia will do almost anything for a shiny new bicycle.  Amelia Bedelia's parents say...
The Wildwood Bakery
Elliott, Rebecca
Paper Book
Eva and her friends are opening a bakery, in the seventh installment of this New York Times bestselling series! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high...
Breaking the piggy bank
Maker, Martha
Paper Book
Bella, Emily, Maddie, and Sam decide to create their very own start-up--a lemonade stand!--in this fifth book of the Craftily Ever After chapter book series. Bella, Emily, Maddie, and Sam have been hard at work in their craft studio--so busy in fact, that their supplies are...
Paws. 1, Gabby gets it together
Fairbairn, Nathan
Paper Book
Are you a fan of Raina Telgemeier or Shannon Hale? Then don't miss PAWS, a new graphic novel series about best friends, cute dogs, and all the fun (and trouble) that comes with them. Perfect for fans of Real Friends, Roller Girl, and Allergic, this funny and heartwarming...
Millionaires for the month
McAnulty, Stacy
Paper Book
How would you spend five million dollars in 30 days? A billionaire's wallet, a bizarre challenge, and an unlikely friendship send two kids on a wild adventure. From the author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl. Felix Rannells and Benji Porter were never...

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