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you are here: teachers -> the bookshelf the bookshelf Disclaimer:Here we highlight books as an additional resource for increasing your understanding of personal finance or financial literacy. Inclusion on this list is not to be perceived or interpreted as an endorsement of the work. In most cases, the material describing these works was originated by the author, his or her publisher or marketing firm. CashCow Kids: The Guide to Financial Freedom At Any Age (Paperback) It is never too late to expand our financial understanding and pass that knowledge on to our kids. Through a myriad of real-life examples and humorous tales, the authors show you how to find innovative ways to give your kids a sound financial foundation. From preschool through college years, "CashCow Kids" will inspire you with practical ideas that really work. This book will show you how easy it is to:
Essential Finance: Financial Aid for College: Understand and Plan Your Funding Options Finding money for college doesn't have to be harder than taking the SATs. In Financial Aid for College, we've collected the information, sifted out the nonessentials, and organized the rest into short, clear explanations that make sense of the process. This book shows you the formulas followed by people in the know and breaks them down into manageable parts. Discover the insights and tools to use the financial aid system to your best advantage, with extra pointers to help you avoid pitfalls and keep track of the deadlines. Make More than Your Parents: Your Guide to Financial Freedom Every kid knows that things are a lot more expensive today than when their parents grew up. That means they have to earn more than their parents, and this book will show them how. Earning money should be fun. Make More than Your Parents uncovers the reality that, the more fun they make it, the better they'll be at it. With cool activities, helpful hints, fun graphics and journal pages, this book provides a step-by-step process that outlines the most effective ways for kids to make their money work for them, to build a life of financial freedom. It provides tips for getting a job, spending money wisely, saving and investing, plus sample lists and financial charts. This guide to achieving financial freedom (defined as being able to "do what you want to do, and still have enough money to pay for your life") also includes stories of people who achieved financial success at a young age. The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens," author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the "7 Habits" to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this book is stuffed with cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world. "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" will engage teenagers unlike any other book. An indispensable book for teens, as well as parents, grandparents, and any adult who influences young people, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" is destined to become the last word on surviving and thriving as a teen and beyond. What Kids Really Want That Money Can't Buy: Tips for Parenting in a Commercial World With parents today worried that they are raising the "I want" generation that is being "malled to death," "What Kids Really Want That Money Can't Buy" arrives at just the right moment. Backed by the Center for the New American Dream and presented in the soothing voice of an expert, Betsy Taylor tells us there is hope and there are a number of steps we can take to fight this problem. Her advice ranges from simple things one might do at home to more sophisticated approaches such as teaching media literacy and financial skills to your children. She enlists the voices and stories of parents and educators on the front line and promotes the philosophy of how to have "more fun" with "less stuff," by returning to simple, meaningful rituals like dinner conversation and picnics. Our lives don't have to revolve around materialistic extravaganzas. Taylor shows us how the "homemade," the "hand made," and the "heart-made" must be valued. Executive Director of the Center for the New American Dream, Betsy Taylor has carried the banner of its cause on CNN's "Crossfire," "CBS This Morning," and NPR's "Diane Rehm Show." Her work has been covered by such publications as the "New York Times," "Time," and "USA Today." The Totally Awesome Money Book For Kids Written by a kid (with his mom) for kids 10 to 17, with cartoons, drawings, quizzes, games, riddles, stories and short chapters, this fun and fact-filled classic is now refreshed and updated in a new edition! Nominated for the American Library Association as a "Best Book for Young Adults" and featured on Good Morning America, Oprah, and Jay Leno's Tonight Show. With an introduction for parents by Arthur's mom, the basics of saving, investing, borrowing, working, and taxes... "what to do to get things you want, prepare for the future, prevent adult mistakes, and feel able to talk to parents, bosses, and even brokers about money." Adriane G. Berg, is an attorney, financial planner, licensed stockbroker, and host of the popular WABC radio show Adriane Berg's Peace of Mind. A sought-after speaker and seminar leader, Berg is the author of 10 books. Arthur Berg Bochner wrote first this money book with his mother when he was 10 years old (he's now 18) and has been a guest on numerous day-time and night-time talk shows. Financial Literacy for Teens "Financial Literacy for Teens," a quick, easy read that will provide a vital dose of real world wisdom through powerful, true stories about teens and young adults who have faced financial hardships, some incredibly tragic. Timely topics, clearly illustrated through Chad Foster's engaging style, will grab and hold the attention of your students and forever change the way they think about money. The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens: 8 Steps to Having More Money Than Your Parents Ever Dreamed Of "The Motley Fool" has made investing fun and easy for millions of people. Now, it custom designs its wit and wisdom for today's money-savvy teens. "The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens" helps teens stand out from the ho-hum mutual-fund crowd, build a portfolio of stocks they can actually care about, and take advantage of the investor's best friend -- time -- to watch their profits multiply. Warning: this is not your parents' money guide! From identifying companies that are both cool and profitable to building a portfolio that makes tracking investments exciting. "The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens" shows young investors the way to financial freedom. Wisdom for a Young CEO At 14 years of age, author Douglas Barry started wondering what to do with his life. That's when this precocious teenager began writing to CEOs of major companies to seek their advice on how to reach the top of the career ladder. The honest, heartfelt replies on finding success in the business world, from the CEOs of Eastman Kodak, McDonald's, Intel, Sprint, UPS, Viacom, and many other companies, provide inspiring life lessons for everyone. "Wisdom for a Young CEO" includes pithy tidbits, longer essays, sidebars, tips, quotes, and reminiscences from more than 100 of the country's business leaders, focusing on such character issues as honesty, hard work, being true to one's self, integrity, leadership, and interpersonal skills. In surprising detail, many describe turning points in their own careers, outlining difficult moral and ethical decisions they've faced. Rich Dad, Poor Dad for Teens From the Publisher of "It's Never Too Early to Begin a Financial Education!" The Rich Dad series by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter is a blockbuster phenomenon in finance publishing for adults. Now Rich Dad's groundbreaking philosophy has been transformed into a smart and accessible book specifically targeted to teens. Packed with teen-friendly talk, sidebars, and quizzes, "Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens" reassures young people that no matter what their grades are, they are smart enough to thrive financially. Readers discover how to make money work for them through introductions to:
Picking up where school leaves off, Rich Dad is the secret weapon for teens to gain the freedom to do what they want in life -- an essential primer for financial literacy from the author who launched the trend. Penny Pinching 101: Jackie Iglehart is the author of "The Penny Pincher Newsletter." In this book, she has compiled a treasure of practical, money-saving tips for cars, clothing, utilities, holidays, property taxes, etc. Invest in Your Self: Six Secrets to a Rich Life Learn the secrets for living a more fulfilling life, with less stress, doing more of the things you want to do, on less income. One-size-fits-all formulas don't work. Everyone, no matter how deep in debt, no matter how unhappy at home or at work, can change direction and make dreams come true, without being irresponsible or reckless. Sometimes the answer is just in the fine tuning; at other times, it might require surgery. The Personal Finance Kit Find out how "The Personal Finance Kit" can help you save money and time, take charge of your finances, reach your money goals and show where your money is going. The Everything Personal Finance Book If you want to make money - and protect it - you have to think smart money management. Whether you're looking to manage your finances for the short or long term, "The Everything Personal Finance Book" is the perfect handbook to help you save, budget, and invest your money. 569 Solutions To Your Personal Financial Problems This text sets out the Schaum computational, solved-problems approach to personal finance. It can help in calculations such as the interest rate on a loan, the annual return on a common stock investment, and how much you can afford to spend on a house. The calculations form the core of the book, but it also includes definitions, explanations and basic concepts of all areas of personal finance. Personal Finance for Dummies "Personal Finance for Dummies" offers sound and practical advice for those who want to get control over their personal financial lives. Author Eric Tyson points out the most common mistakes that we all make in our approach to money and prescribes ways to save and invest for a secure future. Using worksheets, the book helps you to measure your own financial health by looking at factors such as how much debt you carry, your savings rate, as well as investment and insurance checkups. The book looks at how you should invest your retirement account, approach taxes, and provides a good overview on how to buy real estate. The Math of Money The mathematically challenged among us might find Professor Emeritus Davis' explanations of interest rates, bonds, and mortgages, among other topics, a bit difficult to penetrate at first. Once a bit of concentration is applied, it's easier to understand why, for instance, borrowing $100 from a loan shark at five percent interest per week results in an end-of-the-year invoice of $1,264. The explanations of financial matters, from retirement to options, are deliberately dumbed down, yet made instantly relevant by all the examples. When should you actually retire and draw social security--at age 62, 65, later? What type and length of mortgage is best? And are junk bonds worth the risk? Math made practical using just a smidgen of brainpower. Don't Mess with My Money With their long-running #1 rated personal finance radio show, Ken and Daria Dolan are America's "First Family of Finance." Armed with more than 40 years of experience, they have helped tens of thousands of people plan for the future, survive difficult financial times, and cope with unexpected life challenges and emergencies. In "Don't Mess with My Money," they draw on a lifetime of personal experience, as well as the tips and strategies from their legion of listeners, to write a candid, tell-it-like-it-is lifetime money guide. Why? Because the people they talk to every day need it. 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying Suze Orman has transformed the concept of personal finance for millions by teaching us how to gain control of our money -- so that money does not control us. She goes beyond the nuts and bolts of managing money to explore the psychological, even spiritual power money has in our lives. The "9 Steps to Financial Freedom" is the first personal finance book that gives you not only the knowledge of how to handle money, but also the will to break through all the barriers that hold you back. The Motley Fool You Have More Than You Think : The Foolish Guide To Personal Finance Taking control of your personal finances is the first -- and most important -- step toward successful investing and a secure future. "The Motley Fool You Have More Than You Think," now fully updated and expanded, provides guidance for anyone trying to balance lifestyle aspirations and financial realities. The latest edition of this Motley Fool bestseller covers topics such as: Getting out of debt...and into the stock market Living Well on Practically Nothing "Living Well on Practically Nothing: Revised and Updated Edition" is for people who need to live on a lot less money. If you have been fired, demoted, retired, divorced, widowed, bankrupted or swindled - or you just want to quit your job and remain financially self-reliant - this book is for you. In it are hundreds of tips, secrets and necessary skills for living well on little money. Chapters include: Save Up to $37,000 a Year and Live on $12,000 a Year; Low-Cost Computers for Fun, Profit, and Education; Some Ways to Live on No Money at All; A Day of Cheap Living; A New Career or Business for You; Fix Things and Make Them Last; and Protect Your Investments and Make Them Grow. From cover to cover, this book is stocked with proven methods for saving money on shelter, food, clothing, transportation, entertainment, health care and more. The author left the "system" in 1969 and has worked for himself ever since. Let him show you how you, too, can live happily, comfortably and with complete financial freedom. Taming the Money Monster: 5 Steps to Conquering Debt Getting into debt happens so innocently and gradually that victims are seldom aware of the danger they're in until it's too late. "Taming the Money Monster" offers expert, practical advice on how to get out of debt, stay out of debt, and enjoy financial freedom. Money Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make When it comes to their own finances, most people don't know what to do--or what not to do--until it's too late. "Money Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make" is an easy-to-follow rule book for recognizing and avoiding the ordinary, often-overlooked financial missteps that can ruin the best-laid financial plans, and haunt investors for years. Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them Why do so many otherwise smart people make foolish financial choices? Why do investors sell stocks just before they skyrocket -- and cling to others as they plummet? Why do shoppers overspend when using credit cards rather than cash? What do our habits of tipping or buying lottery tickets indicate about our relationship with money? In this fascinating investigation of the ways we spend, invest, save, borrow, and waste money, Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich reveal the psychological causes -- the patterns of thinking and decision making -- of irrational behavior. Most important, they focus on the decisions we make every day and, using entertaining examples, provide invaluable tips on avoiding the financial faux pas that can cost thousands of dollars each year. The New Rules of Money: 88 Simple Strategies for Financial Success Today Are You Playing By the New Rules? Forget what you know about personal finance. The old rules no longer apply. Ric Edelman's "88 strategies," tailor-made for today's economy, will show you how to achieve financial success. Ric is famous for making personal finance fun, and you'll discover how easy it is to put his advice into action! The Science of Getting Rich or Financial Success Through Creative Thought As the title of Wattles' work suggests, this book is first and foremost a guide to acquiring wealth. However there is more to life than achieving financial success, and that is why the author also treats the successful life in general. After making the fundamental claim that everyone has the right to be rich, he puts forward his principles for practical action, aimed to "make the most of yourself." These principles include acting efficiently and getting into the right business, as well as expressing gratitude. The single most important principle stated by the author is creativity. Throughout the book he focuses on the power of thought, and shows how to use willpower for achieving goals. Pointing out that life is a self-fulfilling prophecy, he advocates the purposeful direction of thought and action. The A, B, C's of Financial Success This is not just another "how-to" book. Rather, it's a "why-not" book. You'll learn simple strategies and get lots of practical advice on turning your finances around. But more important, when it comes to determining whether or not you really can turn things around, and become completely free from the burden and bondage of financial problems and debt, you'll be motivated and inspired to say, "why not!" The Road to Wealth Accessible, pragmatic, and comprehensive, Suze Orman's "The Road to Wealth" imparts information critical to every stage of your financial life. Whether you are a novice investor or a veteran of the market, whether you are laying the building blocks for a rich future or seeking comfort in your retirement years, Suze Orman's "The Road to Wealth" has the answers for you. With her unique grasp of the life of money and the role money plays in our lives, Suze Orman has compiled an invaluable resource of practical financial information in a dynamic question-and-answer format. This book is revised and updated to include 2003 tax law changes. Now Available in hardback and paperback. Kids, Parents & Money: Teaching Personal Finance from Piggy Bank to Prom Even if they don't agree on anything else, most parents will concede that financial responsibility is a vital part of every child's education. Former stockbroker Willard Stawski II, father of five and president of a company that produces fiscal-literacy tools for youngsters, believes such behavior ultimately stems from the way a family sets priorities and communicates lessons regarding them. He also contends financial literacy is a key component in everything from enhanced self-esteem to successful interpersonal relationships. In "Kids, Parents & Money," Stawski outlines a step-by-step program that can be used to teach proper earning, saving, and spending habits and tie them all together. Starting with development of a team mission statement and financial plan, he addresses age-appropriate goals and conduct. |
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