What starts out as a regular day for this boy and his mom turns into a life lesson about finances and how to truly have an epic life. Read an excerpt and my book review of Epic Life by Jon Doughtery. Be sure to follow the tour for more! Best of luck in the giveaway!
Teaching our next generation about financial freedom so that they can have an epic life is so important. Tatum and his mom are going to show you how to get there in a fun and creative way. Follow them on this journey by planting your own money trees so that we can grow wealth. Let us break old financial habits and create new ones. By doing this we must act differently than everyone else in order to have an epic life.
Read an excerpt:
After anxiously waiting for his mom to be done, Tatum finally got to ask her. . . .
“Instead of giving that lady OUR money, why don’t we get rid of that rusty old car and buy the new Turbo Sport 3000, like Mr. D over there?”
“He-he-he,” his mom giggled. She calmly replied, “Let me show you.”
After driving for what felt like infinity hours to Tatum, they arrived at . . . an apple orchard?!
The rusty old car stopped. Tatum asked, “What does a Turbo Sport 3000 have to do with apples?”
“He-he-he,” his mom giggled and said, “come with me, and I’ll explain everything.”
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**My thoughts**
This is cute story about a boy and his mom doing a pretty basic errand that leads into a great explanation of the importance of saving money. After Tatum sees a man withdraw his whole savings to buy a fancy sports car, Tatum wants one for his family. Instead, his mother finds a clever way to explain the concept of savings to him by going to an apple orchard. I really liked the way she explained it to him and thought it was quite creative. We often have to think outside the box to help kids understand these more abstract comments.
I also really liked the illustrations. They were fun and truly added to the story.
The only thing for me was the mom constantly giggling before she spoke. I know we often giggle a bit when having conversations with our kids. It just didn't hit my ears right and reminded me of one of the Muppets or something and not as realistic as a parent. BUT that is just me and is not enough to detract from the story, nor would I have that be a reason to not share this book.
And I think this would be a great book to read at home prior to discussions with your kids. And I think it would work well in the classroom as a part of a money unit. It is a fun book.
Thank you to Goddess Fish and the author and publisher for providing me with a requested review copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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ReplyDeleteAmazing! Love the picture.
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone and I appreciate the honest review! It is truly a great book and kids I have read it to loved it 😊
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