Read & Play by Jennifer Galvin
Money and Math Read and Play Money and math—save, spend, or share. What to do with money? Spend it and it’s gone, save it and you can buy something you really want or need later. Share it and you can help others! Invest some time checking out these great money books and activities to get you on the right financial track. Soon your child will be pinching pennies with the best of them!
READ… Five Little Monkeys: Count and Trace Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $7.99; ages babypreschool) by Eileen Christelow
Count to ten with the five little monkeys in this adorable count and trace board book. Children will love the interactive flaps and tracing in this book!
Peg + Cat: The Lemonade Problem Candlewick Entertainment, $5.99; ages 3-7) by Jennifer Oxley & Billy Aronson
Peg and Cat start selling lemonade for 10 marbles, but no one is buying. They lower the price, but still no buyers. What will they have to do to sell the lemonade? How will they get any marbles? Find out in this fabulous book about markets all based on a lemonade stand and a lot of fun!
My Rows and Piles of Coins Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $8.99; ages 5-9) by Tololwa M. Mollel
Saruni dreams of buying a red and blue bicycle so he can help his mother carry heavy goods to the market. He saves his coins in his secret money box until they are heavy and
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then takes them to the bicycle man. Will they be enough? Find out in this beautifully illustrated story that celebrates saving, family, and the power of persistence!
Stars & Poppy Seeds Tate, $16.99; ages 4-8) by Romana Romanyshyn & Andriy Lesiv
lora loves to count things. She counts everything, until one days she tries to count the stars and realizes there are just too many. She works at it with her formulas, but even they aren’t enough. Her mum, tells her she can accomplish anything if she just takes smalls steps and
Flora falls asleep dreaming of millions and trillions of stars. Even includes a list of famous mathematicians and places to go to explore the world of mathematics at the end.
A Bike Like Sergio’s Candlewick Press, $6.99; ages 5-8) by Maribeth Boelts
Ruben wants to ask for a bike for his birthday, but knows that wishing for one won’t make the money to buy it just appear. He finds what he thinks is a dollar and keeps it, but later finds out it is actually a hundred dollar bill—enough for the bike. Now Ruben has a dilemma, should he keep it, or return it to the person who lot it? Find out what Ruben does in this great book about money!
Emmy in the Key of Code Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99; ages 8-12) by Aimee Lucido
Emmy’s dad gets a new job and she has to move. She’s also the only one in her family that isn’t good at music. She’s worried she will never fit in. Until she finds out about coding and suddenly everything starts to make sense—music, coding, and life. Then, her coding teacher gets sick and life takes a turn for the worse. Can she finish her project in time? And will she ever really feel like she fits in? Find out in this fabulous book written in verse—you won’t want to put it down until you finish!
