Careers Books

"Grad to Great" is directed towards the "soon to be" or recent college graduate demographic (hence the title). To that end, a portion of the book does indeed specifically target people who have never conducted a job search, have not done many interviews at a professional level, etc.

That said, the book is full of success skills and straight forward career advice that is applicable and useful to anyone from large company employees to self-employed to "what AM I doing with my mid-life crisis" Baby Boomers such as myself.

Co-author Brown indicates a journalism background that is apparent in the text. The book is easy to read and doesn't contain a lot of fluff with straightforward chapters on networking, dealing with difficult people, getting people to listen to you and other subjects that will never go out of style. Included are some of the standard sections on following your passion, knowing yourself and goal setting. I see these as necessary for completeness as the authors are offering a handbook for grads who may not have seen any of the hundreds of business and personal growth books out there that address these axioms of success.

I have a son in college that will be getting this book in the next "care package" from home along with Mom's oatmeal cookies.

Mark T. Rafter, Author of "The Wealth Manifesto" series of books

Grad to Great is a must read for anyone entering the workforce - and would benefit anyone who is currently working and wondering why they're not more successful! The no-nonsense, practical advice provided by Brown and Zefo is spot on.

This easy to read book covers a wide range of information. The Grad to Great spend a great deal of time discussing knowing yourself and knowing your strengths and it is time well spent. It's great advice which applies to all but should prove especially helpful for new graduates. The section on interviewing contains solid information that will improve the chances of getting the right fit during the job search process. The material on how to conduct yourself in the work environment rings true every step along the way. And even the advice about how to leave the first job is important for the new grad to understand and keep in mind throughout the time he or she spends in that all important first job.

Brown and Zefo cover all this material in a way that is both meaningful and relevant. The quotations from various individuals in different professions sprinkled throughout the book also add charm and reinforce the messages that the authors communicate. With more than 20 years of management experience myself, I unequivocally agree with Brown and Zefo's recommendations and know from personal observation that they have indeed revealed the secrets to having success in your first career and beyond. It's amazing that such a great consolidation of sage, work-related advice comes in such a small package. I highly recommend this book to any new college graduate and plan to give copies to my favorite graduates in the years to come!

This book should absolutely be required reading for all job seeking students or potential employees entering the 'real' world: be it from high school, jr. college, college and beyond. It contains a wealth of useful tips based on real life experience of the authors.
Every placement bureau and business school at colleges and universities should be referencing it. It is so clearly written and has such practical advice, everyone can take something useful from it. Plus it's so well-organized that specific information is quickly found.
It's now the gift of choice for all my graduating nieces, nephews, and friends' kids. Excellent!

Grad To Great, is nothing short of great. Authors Anne Brown and Beth Zefo offer advice that ranges from solid basic and practical, to truly sage. More than that they do an excellent job of identifying audience segments so as to provide relevant guidance, more targeted and personalized in its nature.

To gain best use of Grad To Great, my recommendation is, read it during your junior year when its time to start your career research and planning your approach to your career choices. Then reread it again as you prepare to apply for your first full time job during or after college. Also, plan to revisit it throughout your first year on the job.

The results of your actions, relations with others, and your decisions during that first year will set the tone for making that first job a successful step toward a strong, lucrative and satisfying career. And, if you read and apply the advice in Grad To Great you will definitely make your entrance and success in the work place much easier, less stressful and perhaps just down-right enjoyable.

Allan Hay,
Career Management & Development Consultant
Author of: Memory Mining, Digging For Gems From Your Past Good Work

Grads... Please read this book!

I was recently recruiting MBA's at a major university looking for sales people. Throughout the entire day only two students could answer the following question:

"What kind of work are you looking for?"

The answers I received varied from "I don't know" to "Something in marketing I think." Oh how I wish those students had read this book "Grad to Great". The authors take you through a logical process of how to identify what kind of job you want and then how to put your best foot forward for any company you interview with (including how to answer the "What Kind of work..." question above).

As an HR manager I can tell you the chapter on how to answer interview questions is worth the price of the entire book. But on top of that you get guidance on career paths, office etiquette, dealing with difficult bosses and even 12 sure fire career success tips.

The book is long enough to cover the bases but not so long that it is full of fluff and filler nonsense. I loved this book and look forward to many more from the authors.

A pretty good little self-help book that leads us to reflect on what might be hindering us in becoming truly happy. I like the author's recognition, especially in the last chapter, of the importance of the spiritual life, especially prayer. He also has a very interesting discussion of Alcoholics Anonymous and how faith in God is important in overcoming our own psychological limitations and addictions.

Appropriate for anyone high school age or over. Full of revelations about self-image, getting free from "what other people think", learning to love and appreciate yourself, learning to trust yourself, and so much more great stuff we all need to know. You read it and say, "That's so true! How could I have been missing that all these years?!?" Get yourself in good working order and then you might be able to tackle the rest of the world...or live in it anyway, without getting beat up yourself! Easy read, in a day or over several weeks. Lots of food for thought. A life-changing book! Would be great on audio, like to listen to while in the car!

This book is an excellent one for anyone who wants to take control of their life and be truly happy. The author makes the reader think about what is really important in life and directs one to complete many activities which help you to achieve true happiness. A definite must read!!

This book gives you a great insight in what it is important in life and inspires you to take charge of your own life and happiness. It helped me during one of the most difficult periods of my life. I recommend it highly.

I am 19, and this book has opened my eyes so that I know what I want and need to make my life happy. I need to be a whole person on my own. This book is astounding. It is dissected into 10 easily understood categories and each one leaves a lasting impression. After reading this book there is no way you can forget the messages that have become so deeply ingrained in your soul.

Being a very experienced recruiter of IT and telco professionals myself, and also having written books on recruiting, I appreciate this book. There is not many books on this subject, and this along with Hodges: Technical Recruting must rank among the very best. Having said that I think the part on Internet sourcing, as well as online screening/testing, could have been much more comprehensive for a book published as late as 2004.

Finally, a book that is focused on hiring technical people. Great read, very informative.

If you want to increase your ability to attract and hire people who will help build the company while avoiding costly hiring mistakes, Johanna Rothman's book, Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds, can help.

The book is full of detailed guidance on each step of the hiring process, from creating a hiring strategy to making the new hire's first day a great one. The book provides templates and examples to help determine the required and desirable skills for a job, identify elimination factors, and articulate interpersonal and cultural fit qualities necessary for success.

Assessing skills in an interview isn't sufficient; it's how people apply those skills and adapt to situations that determine success. So Johanna details how to use behavioral questions and auditions to gain a clear picture of how a person is likely to perform in your context.

Hiring the Best will help you fine-tune your hiring process, make the best use of your time, and increase your hiring success.

Even if you have a lot of experience with recruiting, selecting and hiring technical people or managers, this book can help. I recently needed to hire a new manager. I already knew that behavioral questions give the most insight into a candidate's experience and potential fit with the hiring organization. However, Johanna's extensive list of behavioral questions gave me a head start on writing an interview protocol that our panel of interviewers could use. I selected several questions from her lists that only needed slight modification to work for the position we wanted to fill. Not only did we get a great manager to hire, all of our candidates told us how much they enjoyed the interviews! Several said it was the best interview experience they'd ever had. Thanks, Johanna!

As other reviewers have pointed out, this book goes all the way from first defining the open position through to the new hire's first day on the job. It contains extremely detailed information on how to handle each step of complicated processes like sourcing, handing the interview day, and making a final hire/no hire decision. Admittedly, her approach is very similar to what I'm used to from Microsoft, so I may be a bit biased, but this resonated well with me and what I've seen succeed in my hiring experiences.

I'd highly recommend this book to anyone who's new to the hiring process or who is finding they're not able to fill open positions as quickly as they'd like.

I am always a little skeptical of guides like this. I never pick up those
"for dummies" books, Maybe it's a bit of a put off for me to purchase
a book that tries to teach you so condescendingly. But apparently these
books are helping some people - because thousands upon thousands
of "dummies" books have been sold.


How To Survive The Real World surprised me. When I picked it up and
started to read through the pages - I found it pretty enlightening and rather humorous. It wasn't like reading from some boring manual penned by a stuffy, elitist professional, such as allot of these types of books are, that are geared towards grads.


How To Survive The Real World is like sitting down to chat with your
best friends - the ones you can pour your heart out to and that won't make you feel completely idiotic. The friends who you secretly admire for their guts and grittiness because they always seem to have no fear when it comes to tackling difficult situations , and who have the crazy stories to prove it. And it's these same friends who you always have the happiest and enthralling times with.


How would you like to have 774 friends like this? This book combines real, sometimes brash, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, advice from the grads who set out before you and I, to conquer their destinies - but surprise, their grand visions didn't always match their real life situation.

This book is full of really useful tips and advice for just about any situation the college grad might find themselves in. Here are just a few examples - a guide to stocking your first kitchen, resume dos & don't(s), email etiquette - this is great material to have at your disposal. I would highly recommend How To Survive The Real World.

I am almost a junior in college now, and so when I saw this book I thought I didn't really need to worry about it yet. However, I'm glad that I picked it up and really gave it a look through. The topics in this book are not only relevant but also extremely helpful. After I started reading some of the tips and advice presented in the book, I couldn't help but keep skimming through. Everything from finding a place to live to finding a job that is right for you.

If you're worried about getting out into the real world on your own, or if you know someone who will be soon, this is a great book to get.

Though HOW TO SURVIVE THE REAL WORLD was written for the outside the college walls dilemma of college students with diploma in hand and eyes wide open with fear about stepping across the threshold into real adult life, this well designed and very informative book is a clever means for encouraging everyone who is making changes - whether that be from schooling or from career changes at any stage in life. Andrea Syrtash serves as special editor for this latest offering from the creative minds of the folks at Hundreds of Heads Books - a thoughtful publishing group that has hit upon a very user-friendly, unique, and entertaining manner of surveying important issues by seeking comments from thousands of individuals facing the problem subject of the book. The old adage of 'two heads are better than one' has been extended to 'many heads are better than just two', and the result is stimulating, easily digestible body information that is solidly practical and from a broad spectrum minds that comfortably offers from-the-trenches advice.

This helpful aid covers chapters ranging from topics such as selecting the type of job and the location and expectations involved, whether or not to return to further schooling and when and why, financial problems about credit cards and investments, the value of making contacts both as personal friends or people in the workplace who can help further the steps up the ladder of success, how to be 'on your own', to how to stay fit both physically and spiritually. The advice comes from interviews with regular people, the comments are brief but span a variety of viewpoints. The result is similar to stepping into a think tank for 'making it' outside the hallowed halls of ivy.

There is a lot of homespun wisdom in this fun little book. While it is an invaluable asset to the new grads, it is also a useful resource for people of all ages and walks of life as chances for growth become available! Well worth the purchase! Grady Harp, June 08

I thought it would be a nice, light graduation gift, but this book really tells it like it is. I highly recommend this for anyone who is about to face the Real World for the first time. Also good for those who need a refresher!

The type of real world advice varies from humorous to very practical. Many topics that recent graduates face are discussed, including traveling and the workplace. If you want even more details about finances after college, then another book entirely devoted to it will be more useful. However, I still give this book my highest recommendation!

Alison Doyle is a tremendous resource in the world of job searching, in general. Now, Alison takes her knowledge of job searching to a whole new level and shares her expertise in the world of online job searching. She covers everything a job searcher needs to know to utilize the online world in his or her job search. From building a professional brand - what you want potential employers to find out about you, when they search for your name online - to making contact through social and professional networking sites, Alison lays out the best steps, tips, tactics, and tools.

Want to speed up your job search? Alison tells you the best places to find jobs and the best methods for searching. Looking passively for a new opportunity? Alison tells you the steps to take to make yourself available to potential employers. And, if all of this isn't enough, Alison covers all of the online professional communication required for a successful job search. She even looks to the future, and discusses the trends she sees in online job searching going forward. Never heard of a job fair in Second Life? You need this book. In fact, "Internet Your Way to a New Job" is so thorough and downright useful, you won't need any other resource at all to fuel your online job search.

I wish I had this book three months ago when I started my job search. Alison Doyle steps you through the process of finding a job online and makes it simple and straightforward, even for those of us who don't have internet expertise.

The advice in the book is also helpful for people who aren't necessarily looking for a job now, but want to make themselves marketable to prospective employers.

The Internet is one of the greatest tools of the modern world - people can get countless entertainment, information, and even dates from it. "Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Find a Job Online" is a guide to using this tool to find employment for oneself, and good employment too. Given the online job market has moved past simply uploading one's resume and sending it to people, it covers how to exactly do it in the modern era and be successful at it. For anyone who seeks to use the web to find their dream job, "Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Find a Job Online" is highly recommended, as well as for community library jobs/career collections.

First of all, its hard to believe that this book costs $20 - there's not enough information here to justify the price tag. Alright, this book was just released so the price might change within some time and what won't change is this...

Plenty of it is common sense, unfortunately. If you use your head, some of this stuff should not be new to you. Yes, there are online resources mentioned throughout the book, but the only new one to me is JibberJobber.

Maybe its good for beginners, but its not very useful if you ever went through an online search before.

Alison Doyle has expertly crafted this guidebook for effective use of the internet as a job search tool. This text is written in an engaging, plain language style which covers the essentials in a concise and coherent manner. Alison has gone far beyond the traditional treatment of online resources by covering cutting edge topics like brand building on the net, online networking and protecting personal privacy.

As a professional in the career development field with 25 years of experience, I will keep this useful resource desk side as a handy reference. I strongly recommend this book both for the net savvy to ratchet up their game and for net novices to gain a clear and simple guide to tapping the net as a resource.

This book is tremendous, it is filled with such practical insight. There are many books out their on the self-help shelves, but this work is not in the same category. Unlike all those other books which only seem to keep you running around like a dog chasing it's tail, this book not only tells you, but shows you how you can be free of any fear or limitation. In fact The Intimate Enemy shows you the only thing that has been holding you back has no more substance than a shadow. Sound unbelievable? IT IS! Don't believe me, test REALITY AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF. I also recomend The Lost Secrets of Prayer (by Guy Finley). I have met Guy Finley in person and I can honestly say he is as Genuine as his books. Enjoy! Cousin Vinnie NY

After studying the principles Guy, Ellen and others have shown me for a few years, there is a joy that wells up inside me on a regular basis. The Truth shall set you free, and this particular effort by these two individuals left me with new insights that struck chords deep within me that recognized them as the Truth each time I turned the page. They explain why our outer and inner worlds are filled with so much proverbial darkness and outlines ways individuals can help to move them toward the Light mostly within themselves.

The Intimate Enemy is a self-help book and more. For those who have been searching for real help in understanding themselves and their lives, this book is what you've been looking for. Written in an easy to understand, step-be-step fashion, you will learn how to detach yourself from what has been preventing you from realizing your potential as a human being. I have read all of Finley's books and have been working with his concepts and exercises for several years. There is no question that applying the principles found in this book can change one's life for the better!

It is very hard to focus on the now but when I have accomplished it strange things have happened. Once I saw a blue meteor go across the sky and another time I noticed a tiny bird perched on a tree limb staring at me it was a perfectly gorgeous little bird ordinarily I neverr would have seen it.

Self-development expert Guy Finley and psychologist Ellen Dickstein teamed up to write The Intimate Enemy: Winning the War Within Yourself. Their book is intended for people who are tired of struggling and wish to "sign a peace treaty with life."

Finley and Dickstein explain that "we each have, and operate from, a false nature that is a jumble of our memories, conditioning, and some tempermental qualities." That false self responds to everything that happens to us, and its response is usually negative or defensive. We then find "ourselves caught up in the same kinds of situations again and again, and nothing ever seems to be resolved in a new way."

They call the false self an intimate enemy and say that we are our own worst enemies when it comes to finding true happiness.

Their book devoted to learning how to recognize the intimate enemy and "discover how to rise above our own present psychology."

Our false selves blame events outside ourselves for our unhappiness or see neutral events as threats, with the result that we are contantly battling to control external circumstances. Only when we become aware of the "True Self" within do we learn we are a part of a world of truth and light where all battles are non-existent.

The authors use short stories and examples to show how people misunderstand the world around them. They explain how to become aware of the fallacies the false self continually attempts to foist off as truth, and how to determine what is real and what is deceit. They say that "understanding that we are a multiplicity of selves is critical to recognizing, and ultimately defeating, the intimate enemy."

They emphasize self-study as the primary way of overcoming the false self. Self-study involves rousing ourselves from "psychic slumber" and becoming aware of our thoughts and internal actions. They offer specific tips for achieving greater self-awareness.

The Intimate Enemy is for anyone who wants more from life than a daily battle against unseen enemies.

If you spend much time at all in your car, you should check out some of the Personal Power II CD's. I have bit by bit collected pretty much the entire Personal Power II system. This is not only very motivating material, but very practical and useful. Plus its just plain fun to listen to Tony, he's just so dang....EXCITED! Plus you could be planning your conquest of the world during your commute and I can think of many less productive things to do! (He's right up there with Rush Limbaugh on my list of "enjoyable personalities to listen to in your car while driving)

I heard this book on tape from the local library during a time when I lost my job and broke up with a woman whom I dearly love. Couldn't be at a worst time. Robbins helps me to re-focus on my priority. Reinforced my value and stayed on course. I plan to buy the entire Personal Power II 24 cassette tapes. I am also looking to sign up for his Power Talk Series. By the way, I was a big skeptic of Tony Robbins and used to laugh at people who went to his seminar.

This is a very intense personal mind training program. It is not a brain washing. It is all about you. You make the choices. You answer the questions. You make it happen. But you must stick with it. If you can get through this program, you can do just about anything you want. If you have 30 minutes a day for a mnoth, this is for you!

I do not own the Personal Power 2, Yet! But, when I first saw his Infomercial at 1 o clock in the morning I was hooked! Now, at night I wait for his infomercial to come on! And I am disappointed when it doesn't.

My point is...he is the REAL Thing! Just watching his Infomercial made me motivated to go do what I set out to do!!!

Attend his Seminars, Buy his Products, Visit his Website, and Watch his Infomercials!!! Soon you will be on your way to Great Successes!!!!

Anthony Robbins Personal Power home study program is simply the best personal development program going. I bought it after reading Unlimited Power and Awaken The Giant several years ago.

This intro to personal power will give you an overview but to really appreciate the program you have to pick up a copy of personal power or Robbins new program The Edge which includes Personal Power.

There really is nothingelse like this. Tony is the best.

I have a couple of her books, bought after I heard her speak at a seminar. Wow. I'm old and retired now, but am fascinated by her insight and enthusiasm, so clearly portrayed in her books. Wish I'd had the foresight to get into that field all those years ago. We are the same age, went to the same university at about the same time. (As did the daughter of New Orleans' "tomato farmer" Carlos Marcello.) I have tremendous respect for Jan, her mind, her knowledge and excitement for her craft, and her SHOES! What a Woman!!

djlwcm, austin, tx

I love how you shipped my book out so quickly. It is in excellent condition and I want to say, "THANK YOU for being HONEST. a very rare quality now days! Keep up the great work!

my favorite part was the "personality types" MELANCHOLY, CHOLREIC, PHLEGMATIC AND SANGUINE . this book helps you in understanding your partner, parents, children, co-workers and total strangers. dealing with people is life and this book clarifies the why, when and how people perform, react, choose or respond based on their psychological make up. you are ONE of the four it states, even though you may relate to the other descriptions. it has helped me understand why my mother is the way she is, why "the boss" reacts at work in the way she does, why my ex-partner did the things he did, and the situations go on. this is a book for every family wanting to learn about themselves, their kids, their parents or anyone on earth. for employers this part of the book would be good for hiring certain individuals for the job you se they are naturals at performing. an also related book is called "the givers and the takers" by Cris Evatt and Bruce Feld.

I'll never stand with my thumbs in my pockets again! Jan is great! I heard about this book from a friend and had to investigate. I have read other "body language" books before, but this is much more. Jan has the background, wit and writing ability make it fun and interesting. I especially like the temperments portion and find that I now try to use the info to help in my business and personal relationships. I even tried to give the test to my dog! You've got to read this!

Does an excellent job covering George Benson's seminal 1973 album of the same title, but can't quite handle the same bass riffs. On the other hand, this book is easily as good as her earlier "Let's watch your body juggle," and might even bear a place on the shelf between "Let's take our bodies jogging," and "Would your body care for a ham sandwich."

Here's a refreshingly uplifting career book that I think people will really enjoy. While most books in this genre are lengthy and somewhat boring to read, Magical Quest is short and interesting without omitting any valuable content.

Like the best-selling "Parachute" book, this one has all the basic steps, various career options, exploratory exercises, resume templates, and ways to evaluate correctly. But Magical Quest is far easier to read, shorter, and more interesting (artistic touches).

This is a book you can skim through and skip from chapter to chapter. The author has a special talent with her freehand mindmapping techniques (you'll have to see it for yourself) that make this career defining book truly unique.

For the person looking for a more personal and enlightened approach to career decision-making, Magical Quest is a gem to be discovered. It's the short-version to choosing a fulfilling career (or personal quest) with all the important content and special artistic effects.

what i like most about "Magical Quest" is the emotional support it provides.

sure, the book is of course chock full of resources, and there are sections devoted to telling you what jobs are out there and the like.

but, in any job equation, there are two variables: YOU, and the job you take (or make). and -- probably owing to her experience in counseling -- tarin's book concentrates on YOU.

the book takes the approach that once you "know thyself" (thank you socrates, shakespeare, et al), you will be in a highly superior position -- a position where you can accurately assess any potential career, job, or manager, as to how well THEY fit YOU.

this is a wise approach. i mean, after all, haven't so many of us wasted time at 1 or more jobs struggling to be something we're not? or worse yet, not even *knowing* what we're good at, or want to do? and where has it gotten us? where we are today, right? :)

i spent a year for instance, in car sales, when i was a young man green behind the ears, trying to become "outgoing" and "extroverted", hoping that by going into a profession needing people with these traits, these qualities would rub off.

well, even though i sold a few cars, and picked up a few social skills (mostly how to be wary of crafty fellow salesmen/women!), i didn't become outgoing and extroverted. i stayed pretty much me. but the whole time i was MISERABLE!!!

while car sales is sort of a more dramatic example, most of us can still relate with jobs we've taken and later asked, "other than putting steak on the table, WHAT IN THE HECK AM I DOING HERE???"

this is where tarin excels. she really makes it not only comfortable, but FUN! to assess your strengths, weaknesses, and JOYS so you can find a job that fits YOU.

interspersed with poetry, quotes and parables, reading through "Magical Quest" is like having the wisest Mom who gently and lovingly tells you the facts of what's out there, but also has TONS of great little fun exercises to help you figure yourself out, (and make you smile and sometimes even laugh in between)..

once you've done that, the future is yours!

thanks, tarin, for a great spirit-guide-in-print, when you're looking for a job!

This is a great book if you're stuck in a rut, or have out of the box thinking. The questions are philosophical not psychological and she offers a holistic view we all forget about. Specifically that we have many parts to our lives, "Physical", "Social" "Emotional", "Intellectual",and "Spiritual", and we are not souly our career, but should strive for balanced lives. This book should be required reading by every college grad, or return to mainstream mom!!!!!

Here's a refreshingly uplifting career book that I think people will really enjoy. While most books in this genre are lengthy and somewhat boring to read, Magical Quest is short and interesting without omitting any valuable content.

Like the best-selling "Parachute" book, this one has all the basic steps, various career options, exploratory exercises, resume templates, and ways to evaluate correctly. But Magical Quest is far easier to read, shorter, and more interesting (artistic touches).

This is a book you can skim through and skip from chapter to chapter. The author has a special talent with her freehand mindmapping techniques (you'll have to see it for yourself) that make this career defining book truly unique.

For the person looking for a more personal and enlightened approach to career decision-making, Magical Quest is a gem to be discovered. It's the short-version to choosing a fulfilling career (or personal quest) with all the important content and special artistic effects.

As opposed to most other materials available today, the author makes a concerted effort to not only acknowledge the spiritual component of the "career finding" process, but to then combine that component with the more concrete aspects of that process. Despite reviewing literally hundreds of books concerning this subject, I have never seen anything quite like the InnerQuest section of the material with it's related type categories. It is quite unique and spoke to me more than just about anything I had previously seen. Most material/services available today which stress the spiritual component of finding your vocation do not seem to be of much help in actually creating a vision of that vocation which can be concretely expressed. Most of the materials/services which stress the concrete aspects of discovering a career do not seem to be of much help in relating those aspects to what your soul/spirit is trying to express. The author was aware of the necessity to combine both components in a comprehensive and effective manner.

The colorful pictures and easy to read diagrams make this a captivating book. Godfrey covers it all - from the history of money, government and taxes, credit and it's pitfalls to investing. Because the pictures tell so much of the story even young children will gain insights about money. This book should be a must read for all middle school students; it's a comprehensive lesson in civics that answers the questions "What are taxes?" and "How are your taxes spent?" in a way children can relate to.

A great book about money. A must if you are interested in stocks, bonds, credit, ATMs, mutual funds, the history of money or money in general. For ages 7-107, making it great for school, while humorous cartoons make it fun to read. Ideas for thought, and projects for the family. Crisp, clear writing makes it easy to understand, whle Word Banks is mini glossary. Makes a great gift!

This book a little dumb but still cut. All parents out there who have 6 year olds who can read and like counting should buy this book. I like one page that shows how credit cards become money but that is pretty much it. The illustrater, Randy Verougstraete was decent but I guess it is hard to illistrate a money book

On a nicer note this is a really cute book for younger kids. My little sister loved it. It is really a matter of taste. This book had a lot of cool facts such as how tall is ten thousand dollars worth of nickles. A cute book but this book is better for 5 or 6 year olds not older.

(...)This book is just full of ideas, concepts, drawings, etc. all presented in a simple, colourful manner. This book would make a great gift for a child, to help them understand money concepts. The author has written some other great books on money and children, for adults to read.

This book is a must for every parent to answer all the simple and complicated questions that our kids need to know about money. I saw Neale on TV and she makes understanding money fun and simple.