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Managing Your Money

By: Jane Bingham, Holly Bathie

Illustrated by Nancy Leschnikoff

Series : Usborne Life Skills

Age 11+

RRP £6.99

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This down-to-earth guide is filled with practical advice on everything from how to budget and be a smart shopper to student loans, mortgages and insurance. An essential book for equipping young people with the skills they need to manage their money now and in the future. Includes links to websites with more tips and advice.

Chapters in this book include:
- How do you manage your money?
- So, what is money?
- Thinking about your money
- Setting up a budget
- Earning money
- Smart spending
- Buying and selling online
- Phones, games and apps
- Returns and refunds (playing safe)
- Starting to save
- Banks and you
- Work and pay
- Student finance
- Paying bills
- Renting and mortgages
- Borrowing money
- Gambling
- Investing
- Insurance
- Finding help and advice
- Money words and terms

Details

Extent:: 208 pages
Dimensions:: 198 x 130mm
Paperback ISBN:: 9781474951265
Key Stage:: KS3
Publication Date:: March 2019
Work Reference:: 05003

Contents

Chapters in this book include:
- How do you manage your money?
- So, what is money?
- Thinking about your money
- Setting up a budget
- Earning money
- Smart spending
- Buying and selling online
- Phones, games and apps
- Returns and refunds (playing safe)
- Starting to save
- Banks and you
- Work and pay
- Student finance
- Paying bills
- Renting and mortgages
- Borrowing money
- Gambling
- Investing
- Insurance
- Finding help and advice
- Money words and terms

Author

Jane studied English at Exeter and Art History at York. She has worked on various Usborne dictionaries, encyclopaedias and learning books, and her edition of the Usborne Illustrated Dictionary was awarded a prize for a significant contribution to children's literacy. She has two sons and three stepsons who are now scattered across the globe. She gets a huge thrill from seeing her books on sale when she travels to the USA and Australia.

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Holly Bathie grew up in Devon, where she spent all her time reading. Until the age of seven she wanted to be an acrobat, a lollipop lady, a lawyer or a comedienne. Then she decided on the best job: creating Usborne books. She lives and works in Oxford.

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Series

View series: Usborne Life Skills

Press

An essential book for equipping young people with the skills they need to manage their money now and in the future.

Lancashire Evening Post

Practical advice is the name of the game here with topics including budgeting, earning money, need vs want, giving to charity and student loans. We also like the business angle, talking through two friends setting up a business and making a profit.

City Kids Magazine

Quicklinks

Visit Usborne Quicklinks for links to websites with videos about banks, budgeting and payment cards along with printable resources to help you earn money.

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