The Great Banking Adventure

The Great Banking Adventure is a banking book for kids ages 6 and up. Professor Ledger follows a single deposit through a bank to show what happens next: how banks keep records, pay interest, make loans and keep customers’ money safe.

About this banking book for kids

Readers learn that a bank is a business that pays savers interest and charges borrowers interest. In addition, the book introduces deposit insurance in simple words and explains why keeping a record of every deposit and withdrawal matters.

What readers will learn

• Explain what a bank does
• Tell checking and savings accounts apart
• Describe deposits, withdrawals and interest
• Understand loans and credit

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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 banking 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 banking book for kids with the printable worksheets in the Academy.