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A userfriendly guide to understanding key financial concepts, how money works takes a highly visual approach to this topic, using bold infographics with clear, jargonfree text to make finances and economics easy to understand. Teaching money with childrens books list of the best books to use. Enter to win an advance copy of birdie and me by j. Ive been trying to find a book like this to teach children about money since my oldest son was a child thirty years ago.
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