Bringing Financial Literacy
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Meet Sassy

This lovable, energetic and outgoing hippo, is your Money Minded Tour Guide. Sassy will pop up, waddle in and peekaboo to tell you more about these money concepts you are learning about in the series.

Be sure to listen to what Sassy has to say. She wears the title of the world’s third largest animal for a reason. She will encourage you to take action on these money concepts in your lives too.

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Be sure to follow us on instagram. Here you will learn more about the author, illustrator, character development and talk money with 3rd-5th grade children in mind.

Find out about the Characters

All the characters live in Zimbabwe.

The Nelson Family​

A Family of Crocodiles. They are the central family who live at Baobab Place.

Characters:

Left to right: Joshua (Josh), Mrs. Nelson, Elle and Mr. Nelson

The Jones Family

A Family of Cheetah who most of the animals by the watering hole aspire to be.

Characters:

Left to right: Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones and Daniel Jones
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Sassy

Tour Guide: She encourages readers to take ACTION on the money concepts they learn.

Tour Guide

A fun loving, energetic character who pops up to encourage children to think more deeply about the money concepts they are reading.

Reviews

Gus

Gus is a giraffe. This book smart, quirky giraffe is a well liked friend who lives by the watering hole.

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The Nzou Family​

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Check out our Free Curriculum

We have a free PreK-12 grade Financial Literacy curriculum that is waiting for parents, educators and students to check out.  

The 3rd-5th grade curriculum works in conjunction with these books. Learn about budgeting, meal planning, values, saving, entrepreneurship and more as you interact with Sassy through the series, but then delve deeper into these concepts by exploring the rich resources our curriculum offers you.

If learning independently is something that interests you and your child, we also have a 14 video self paced series that takes a 3rd-5th grader through important money concepts.

Find out more about the free curriculum or video series membership by clicking the buttons below:

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