Gold, Silver & Paper Money

Gold, Silver & Paper Money is a gold and silver book for kids ages 6 and up. Goldie tells the true story of how people used precious metals as money, how paper notes began as receipts for gold and silver, and why today’s dollar works differently.

About this gold and silver book for kids

Readers travel through history with clear dates and simple timelines. For example, the book explains that the United States stopped exchanging dollars for gold for its citizens in 1933 and for other governments in 1971. As a result, kids learn to separate history from how money works today.

What readers will learn

• Explain why gold and silver were used as money
• Describe how paper money began
• Know what a Federal Reserve note is
• Understand that prices change over time

The eBook is available now. Buy it below and start reading online right away from your order confirmation or My account → My books. The paperback edition is coming soon; sign up below to hear when it launches. Meanwhile, the free planet page for this topic covers the same ideas with lessons and games.

Every Wealthonauts book is written to be accurate as well as fun, and each one connects to lessons, games and printable activities on this site. As a result, a story at bedtime can turn into a short learning mission the next day.

Using this gold and silver book for kids at home or in class

Read one chapter or spread at a time, then pause and ask what the characters should do next. Afterward, open the matching free lessons below for activities at three age levels. Teachers can pair this gold and silver book for kids with the printable worksheets in the Academy.