Growing Money: A Complete Investing Guide for Kids

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This was a gift for my granddaughter...the level of success in stimulating her interest in investing is as yet unknown, but the book seems a good start.

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I liked it - - read most of it before I gave it to my
14 year old grandson. Again, he was more interested
in an XBox and nerf gun - - of course!! He liked the
$25 I gave him but not the $25 I deposited in the savings
account I started for him. Maybe he will sneak and read it
when no one is watching. One can only hope.

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I live by the motto if you don't train your kids to survive financially you are training them to live life below standard. This book is a great entry level book. My daughter is doing great in her beginning of what I hope is a life long associations with the financial markets.

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The larger font size implies this book should be for ages eight to around twelve. If you purchase it for ages older than that, my guess is the child will feel like the book is too young for them. That is not to say that teenagers and adults cannot benefit from the information inside. This is a great investment book to begin understanding terms relating to different types of investments.

I like that special attention is given to the word investor itself, describing it as anyone who uses their money to make money. Thus, owning a simple savings account would make you an investor. I think children will be proud to be able to claim, "I am an investor!" Responsibility and financial money management will sneak in as part of the learning package and children will be well on their way to a successful financial future.

There are quizzes and trivia facts throughout the book which make it fun and maintain children's interest. The book goes into detail explaining stocks, mutual funds, and bonds, addresses the fact that personality plays a role in investing, discusses how everyone has a different investment style, what sets a stock price, the bulls and the bears, and more.

The last chapter challenges children to play an investment game. Children pretend they have $10,000 with the objective being to make as much as they can in six months. Charts are provided for tracking stocks and a portfolio value. I hope parents or teachers actually take the time to complete this last part with their children as nothing beats hands on experience.

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This is a great book written so kids can easily understand it and get them started on the road to investing, saving, and money management. I presented it to my grandchildren with their first shares of stock.