My Piggy Bank

Why are piggy banks shaped like pigs? And more importantly, do they help us save money? Early readers will learn all about piggy banks in this fun book that takes a look at saving money with the help of a tiny pig-shaped friend. From coins like nickels and dimes to larger amounts of money, color photographs and accessible text explore one child’s quest to save for and buy a baseball glove. Readers will learn that sometimes you have to break the bank if you want to buy something new!

It's a simple story that helps younger children learn and master the basic money skills of saving, sharing and spending."

Skills dealing with counting and cardinality provide essential foundations for beginning math students. Readers learn important topics, such as counting from 1 to 10, comparing numbers, answering “how many?” questions, counting by 10s, and writing numbers. Each topic is explained in detail using accessible text and colorful images to help readers independently explore these core math concepts. Collecting money for a piggy bank provides a relatable context for readers to learn important counting skills in this volume, which is written to reflect the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. It specifically addresses standard K.CC.A.2. This book should be paired with "Counting Pennies" (9781477719947) from the InfoMax Math Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.

Enamored of her piggy bank, a young "investor" forsakes her other toys and begins saving for a rainy day. Thomas Lewis's charming narration is relayed in stanzaic form for easy read-aloud appeal. Whimsical illustrations from artist Kate Darnell provide the finishing touch.

Why are piggy banks shaped like pigs? And more importantly, do they help us save money? Early readers will learn all about piggy banks in this fun book that takes a look at saving money with the help of a tiny pig-shaped friend. From coins like nickels and dimes to larger amounts of money, color photographs and accessible text explore one child’s quest to save for and buy a baseball glove. Readers will learn that sometimes you have to break the bank if you want to buy something new!

We live in a high tech world. With digital televisions, computers, cell phones, IPODS, and video games out there, one can become overwhelmed. There’s technology out there to do almost everything for us. When was the last time you sat down with pen and paper and did a simple math problem? You know, add, subtract, multiply, or divide. Calculators and computers can do this for us. Most of us have to do business with banks. Many of you have felt that you’ve been cheated or just plain taken advantage of by banks. There are high interest rates, overdraft fees, other fees and other hidden cost. You might be surprised to find out that banks will take money from your account without any accountability. You had better brush up on your math skills. I served in the United States Air Force and lived in several states and in Great Britain. Over the past 38 years, I’ve had bank accounts in the United States and abroad. My story is about my encounters with only four of these banks. One good and three that was not so pleasant. Money was taken from my accounts without accountability. I’ll show you how I was able to keep track of their actions and finally what I did about it.

Why should you teach your little ones about saving? Well, doing so means teaching your child the relationship between earning, saving and spending. This knowledge will create the foundation of learning the value of money. Moreover, studying about money will expand the learning concepts of counting coins and making change. Get a copy and learn today!

This book is about a girl at her birthday party and one unexpected gift. This book is recommended for beginners in reading, small children will love it. For your new reader to really shine, they need practice. And if you can get a few readings (the more the better) out of the same book, your child will have a better chance of refining his or her skills. New readers want to read, and when we as parents provide them with engaging books, that desire to read will strengthen along with their reading skills.