A Smart Girl’s Guide to Money: How to Make It, Save It, And Spend It

“A Smart Girl’s Guide To Money” is an inspiring book and really teaches girls- or any person- to save money. It also explains about bank accounts, interest, and other important things needed for life. Everyone should read this educational, wise, and fascinating guide.

It also introduces girls to having a job, keeping track of money, and just plain being responsible. That, I think, is a wonderful thing to promote. I loved “A Smart Girl’s Guide To Money” the first time I looked into it. Every girl should read it; it’s really a remarkable book!
Rating: 5 / 5

The first thing my daughter, age 11, read was the 101 moneymaking ideas and unfortunately, she was “smart” enough to point out that it really wasn’t 101 unique ideas. For example: Decorate tins for Valentines day (#98) is similar to #99, #100 and #101 which are to decorate tins for other special days. Nevertheless, I pointed out that one idea can have different uses… She seemed satisfied with that answer and quickly moved on to “How to get a raise” in the allowance section.

I was impressed at the succinct ways in which ideas are addressed. The book includes:

~ many different emotions associated with money (including friendships and partnerships),

~ how everyone’s personality is different (creating a different spending style)

~ values of money (good or bad purchases and needs or wants)

~ budgeting (including plastic money, use of checks with ledger entry, and types of investments)

~ a few quizzes such as one to figure out what type of work is best for you

Don’t expect a lot of heavy discussion and explanations. As I said, the text is succinct, even to the point where you may need to add some parent explanations. Parent involvement is a good thing though, because the sooner you discuss finances with your child, the better off he or she will be.

Rating: 5 / 5

This book was awesome! It talked about saving, spending wisely, credit cards, starting a business and much more! I got this book and it helped me so much! I also use it as a reference book. I think every girl should have it. Go American Girl!
Rating: 5 / 5

Money is such a simple thing, but the way we earn it, save it, spend it, owe it, etc. is a very complex thing, indeed.

A Smart Girl’s Guide to Money is an exceptionally well done book aimed at a young audience — hopefully before they make the uninformed miscalculations that drive an alarming number of Americans into debt, sometimes before they graduate from school.

How wonderful that American Girl has combined both survival skills and entertainment to benefit their target audience! Well done!
Rating: 5 / 5

I love this book. It teaches in an easy way all the fundamentals of handling money that a child should begin to learn by 9 or 10. And it even makes the youngster feel empowered by sharing many tips and ideas on starting one’s own business. This type of empowererment is so important for building self-esteem and resiliency. This guide is a must. Although it is put out as a girl’s guide, the messages are universal and brothers should be encouraged to read it also. I am always impressed by the quality of book and the timely topics handled by American Girl books.

Rating: 5 / 5