Best children money & savings reference books according to redditors

When you have a book for kids like this existing: Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

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...Can you really be surprised that he's got a bit of an ego?

Wow. Just went back and read the original post. That's some story. Glad you got to the bottom of it. (Gotta say, you are one fabulous aunt!)

It's great that your sister is addressing your niece's sense of self by having her be around more kids who look like her. But I'm guessing it'll take more than a long talk to undo what your brother-in-law's family set in motion. (I hate to say it, but ... Arizona.)

It sounds like, along with their racist attitudes and a sense that this is an okay way to think and behave, your niece internalized a kind of ethnocentrism that suggests a goodness-badness continuum, where lighter people are on one end, and darker folks on the other. Restoring her sense of self-worth about her own skin color and beauty might require a full-on challenge of this idea. In other words, being around other Asian kids is important but may not be enough; she might also need counter-examples against black and latino stereotypes.

Fortunately, there are plenty of awesome picture storybooks for her age group featuring black, brown, and asian kids and families that will simply humanize all types of folks, and humanizing is the best way to challenge your bro-in-law's family's dehumanizing ideas. (I mean seriously--brown people act like monkeys and steal money?)

Off the top of my head, here are some books we read to our daughter:

• Sol A Sol: Original and Selected Bilingual Poems by Lori Marie Carlson
  
  
• From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems by Francisco X. Alarcon and Maya Christina Gonzalez
  
  
• Peek: A Thai Hide & Seek by Minfong Ho and Holly Meade
  
  
• Hush: A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho and Holly Meade
  
  
• Cherries & Cherry Pits by Vera Williams
  
  
• The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by Patricia C. McKissack & Giselle Potter
  
  
• and of course, a few classics: The Snowy Day and Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats and Corduroy by Don Freeman
  
  Lastly, your bro-in-law's soft-pedal response really is no help. Sounds like he has no idea how much he sucks. He's got a brown kid; he needs to stand in her shoes, even if it means standing up his family, and facing down his own messed-up beliefs. Dude needs to man up. He's got an opportunity here; I hope he takes it.
  
  TL;DR: You're an awesome aunt.
  

Ask and you shall receive.

Or...

The kids' edition with likely no f-bombs.

Check out the books How Not to Move Back in With Your Parents: The Young Person's Complete Guide to Financial Empowerment and More Money for Beer and Textbooks for Canadian books aimed at teenagers.

Wealthy Barber Returns is also a solid “basics” book.

My daughters and I love to color together. I have 3 daughters so the for baby Item would probably be shared between the 3 of them as well as the for mom item, because those meddling kids always take my stuff :)

For mom

For baby

Keep saving. This is more important than MERs at your level. Good job not being in debt. Consider switching to e-series funds in the future. You could convert your mutual fund account to an e-series account or open up a direct investing account. Google to find more info if you're stuck.

http://canadiancouchpotato.com/2012/03/05/some-advice-for-new-potatoes/

http://canadiancouchpotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CCP-Model-Portfolios-TD-e-Series.pdf
https://www.td.com/ca/products-services/investing/td-direct-investing/accounts/open-an-account/index.jsp

Check out these books and resources (from the library)

http://www.amazon.ca/MoneySense-Guide-Perfect-Portfolio-2013-ebook/dp/B00G2FGMQ8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1452659802&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.ca/Millionaire-Teacher-Wealth-Should-Learned-ebook/dp/B005OKPBR8/ref=pd_sim_351_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=5125Kw3bMbL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR106%2C160_&refRID=03FJ3C0XVWVFT7EJ56H4

http://www.amazon.ca/How-Move-Back-Your-Parents/dp/038567192X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452659888&sr=1-1

http://www.moneysense.ca/retire/the-best-of-retire-rich/

Good luck

I always loved Harry Potter (I think I read the first one in 2nd grade-ish), A Series of Unfortunate Events, and the American Girl Books. My mom teaches 2nd Grade, and she has a lot of the Magic Tree House books, as well as the Who Was...? series.

This coloring book or any of the other coloring books on my wishlist would be a really wonderful gift for my 5 year old daughter. She just found out she's going to be a big sister, so I'm excited about anything that I can do with just her that makes her feel special.

Thank you so much for the contest! <3

I vaguely remember having a book that taught me about money. Is that what you want, educational? Or fiction kinds of books? I think it was called A Smart Girls Guide to Money.

Edit: here’s a link! this is the copy I had
But it looks like they made an updated version here

Yeah and I have a book recommendation for you too: https://www.amazon.com/Economics-Infants-Steven-Kates/dp/1925501434

Did you read it yet? Get back to me when you're done.

P.S. I'm not being emotional, this is my rational mind saying you are a terrible human being.