Suggested Children's Literature for summer reading!
Money Themes in Children’s Literature:
Money in our Pockets
Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth by Lucy Bate
Airmail to the Moon by Tom Birdseye
Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
Joe’s Café by Rose Impey
Katy No-Pocket by Emmy Payne
Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
Round and Round the Money Goes by Melvin & Gilda Berger
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
The Story of Money by Ed Steinberg
The Money Tree by Sarah Stewart
Understanding Money by Carol & James Barkin
Little Pig’s Tale by Nijel Gray
Making Up Your Own Mind by Joy Wilt
A Kid’s Guide to Managing Money by Joy Wilt
Spending for Today
No Plain Pets by Marc Ian Barasch
Arthur’s Pet Business by Marc Brown
Penelope Gets Wheels by Ester Allen Petersen
Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Holly Tosis by Dav Pilkey
The Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmees by Stan & Jan Berenstain
I Need a Lunch Box by Jeannette Caines
Madam C. J. Walker by Patricia & Frederick McKissack
Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky
Mr. Digby’s Bad Day by Jerry and Valerie Smath
A Consumer’s Guide for Kids by Joy Wilt
The Fables of Aesop: The Ant and the Grasshopper
Carl Goes Shopping by Alexander Day
Evan’s Corner by Elizabeth Starr Hill
Arthur’s Funny Money by Lillian Hoban
Just Shopping with Mom by Mercer Mayer
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Tom and Annie Go Shopping by Barry Smith
Saving for Tomorrow
A Pocketful of Cricket by Rebecca Caudill
Honey I Love by Eloise Greenfield
Arthur’s Funny Money by Lillian Hoban
Moosey Saves Money by Michael J Pellowski
I Want a Cat by Tony Ross
The Pocket Book by Josephine Haskell Aldridge
The Purse by Kathy Caple
A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
For More Than Money by Lorene Renie Lenning
The Black Snowman by Phil Mendez
The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
A Pig Tale by Olivia and Brian Seth Hurts Newton-John
Sheep in a Shop by Nancy Shaw
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B Williams
Someday by Charlotte Zolotow
Totally Awesome Money Book for Kids and Their Parents by Adriane G. and Arthur Berg Bochner
What to Do When Your Mom or Dad Says “Turn Off the Water and the Lights!” by Joy
Wilt Berry
The Grandpa Days by Joan W Blos
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop by Margaret King Mitchell
A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
Something Special for Me by Vera Williams
Borrowing Responsibility and the Use of Credit
Wanda’s Roses by Pat Brisson
Four Dollars and Fifty Cents by Eric A Kimmel
Mama is a Miner by George Ella Lyon
The Mitten by Jan Brett
A Fairy Went A-Marketing by Rose Fyleman
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers
A Day’s Work by Eve Bunting
Peter’s Pockets by Eve Rice
Gogo’s Pay Day by Anne Rockwell
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
The Berenstain Bear’s Trouble with Money by Stan and Jan Berenstain
A Pocketful of Cricket by Rebecca Caudill
Dollars and Cents for Harriet by Betsy and Givlio Maestro
Picking Peas for a Penny by Angela Medearis
Something for Sara by Sandra Niegler
Something Special for me by Vera Williams
Making Up Your Own Mind by Joy Wilt