The Stock Market Adventure

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The Stock Market Adventure is a stock market book for kids ages 8 and up. Nova, the confident Wealthonauts explorer, discovers that companies can be split into tiny pieces called shares. Then she visits a bustling stock exchange, meets shareholders and learns why smart investors spread their money around.

About this stock market book for kids

Nova’s friend Captain Coin wants to grow his lemonade stand into a lemonade company, so he sells shares to raise money. Nova buys a few. As the seasons change, the share price rises and falls. Along the way, Nova learns that owning part of a business comes with both rewards and risks. Finally, she discovers diversification by investing in several pretend companies.

Honest about risk

Above all, this book never promises easy money. Instead, it shows that prices can fall, that dividends are not guaranteed and that real investing accounts are for adults. In addition, it uses only fictional companies, so kids focus on ideas instead of brands. Finally, a short glossary at the end explains every new word, from dividend to diversification. Parents often say that a stock market book for kids is hard to find without hype, and this one was written to fill that gap.

Practice with the free Stock Market Simulator and the lesson What Is a Share of Stock?.

Using this stock market 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 stock market book for kids with the printable worksheets in the Academy.