Zuri & Milo's Money Garden: A Counting Money-Smarts Storybook for Growing Families

Four empty mason jars. One packet of seeds. And a summer that teaches two children what grown-ups spend years trying to learn.When Grandpa Isaiah hands Zuri and Milo their jars, he labels them and says almost nothing else: SAVE. SPEND. GIVE. GROW. Then he gives them a patch of dirt and lets the garden do the teaching. Seeds go in. Neighbors start knocking. Coins start arriving. And little by little, four jars fill up in four very different ways.A story first, a lesson secondAcross eight warmly illustrated chapters, Zuri and Milo weed and water, count their earnings on the kitchen table, argue about the Spend jar, and discover that the Give jar somehow never leaves them poorer. By the last page they have grown a garden, a small business, and a habit that will outlast both.What is inside- An eight-chapter read-aloud story with a full-page illustration in every chapter- Counting practice with pennies, then skip-counting by 5s and by 10s, tied directly to the story- My Jar Tracker, a reusable page for a child's own four jars- The 21-Day Money Garden Challenge, one small action a day- Let's Talk About It discussion questions for the dinner table- A Guide by Age, so the same book works at 3 and at 10- A plain-language explanation of reinvesting that a six-year-old can followBuilt for families, classrooms, and Sunday schoolThree passages of Scripture are woven in gently, never preached: Proverbs 19:17, Proverbs 11:25, and 2 Corinthians 9:6-7. Parents read it as a bedtime story. Homeschoolers use it as a money and math unit. Sunday school teachers use the Give jar chapters on their own. Nothing in it requires a worksheet packet, a subscription, or an app.Ages 3 to 10Large 8.5 x 11 format, full color throughout, 38 pages. Read it aloud to a three-year-old; hand it to a nine-year-old to work through alone.Part of the Christian Family Education Collection.