Description: This fun and practical guide to financial literacy and entrepreneurship inspires kids to dream big and teaches them to make, save, and spend wisely, one penny at a time.
Brief description: Ty Allan Jackson is an award-winning children's book author, youth motivational speaker, and literacy advocate. A three-time TEDx presenter, he travels around the US inspiring children to read and educating adults about the impacts of illiteracy. Jackson's self-published books have been featured on CNN, NBC Nightly News, The Steve Harvey Show, PBS, and the Hallmark Channel. In 2020, he appeared on Marvel's Hero Project on Disney+ and a Good Morning America segment featuring Sydney Keys, a young man who was inspired by Jackson's book Danny Dollar Millionaire Extraordinaire: The Lemonade Escapade to create an innovative book club for Black boys. Jackson is the cofounder of the Read or Else movement and the financial literacy program Danny Dollar Academy.
Review Quotes: "Jackson teaches kids step-by-step how to gain, save, invest, and spend their money. A fun and necessary read."
--Sidney Keys III, literacy activist CEO of Books N Bros
--Catherine Newman, author of How to Be a Person "'The awesome power of money' -- that's the message this book delivers in a big, bold, beautiful way. Every kid deserves to grow up financially literate, and this book helps them do just that."
-- Jeannine Glista and James McKenna, creators of BizKid$ and authors of How to Turn $100 into $1,000,000 "A lively, easy-to-read blueprint to foundational skills" -- KPCW