Money Troubles

Author  Bill Cosby, illustrated by Varnette Honeywood
Format  paperback, 34 pages
ISBN  059095623X
Published  1998
Publisher  Cartwheel Books
Price  $3.99

 

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Audience: Children (preschool through third grade)

Setting: Individual or classroom

Scope: A storybook that helps parents/teachers and children discuss the concepts of saving, sharing, needs, and wants.

Purpose: To provide children a realistic story through which they can learn more about saving, sharing, needs, and wants.

Summary: Little Bill dreams of becoming famous by discovering a comet, which will be named after him. To do this he needs to buy a $100 telescope and tries three humorous money-raising schemes that teach him the value of money and lead him to choose charity instead.

Contents: Five chapters

Tools for Teachers: Discussion questions. To request a Microsoft PowerPoint or Word version of these discussion questions, contact the Presiding Bishopric’s office at prebish1@CofChrist.org. 

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Money TroublesDiscussion Questions

Cosby, Bill. Money Troubles. Cartwheel Books, 1998.

Questions about the story

• Why does Little Bill want to be famous?
• Why does Little Bill stop collecting cans for his telescope?
• What was going on in Little Bill’s mind when he saw the sign for the food drive?
• How does being named “Good Citizen” make Little Bill feel?

Questions about money

• How do we get money? Sources?
• Why is money important?
• How important is it?
• When is it not important?
• What should we do with the money we receive?

What to do with our money?

• Share (10-20%) - with who?
• Save (10-20%) - for what?
• Spend Responsibly (60-80%) - how?