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Winner of the SKBI Prize for Sustainable Finance Literacy as part of the Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards (MAIA).
Nominated for the De Rives en Pages Environmental Literature Award.
A sustainable investment expert helps young readers understand how money works—and how spending, saving, donating and investing can change the world.
Financial literacy is an important skill in life. At around the age of seven, children develop attitudes and beliefs about money that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. Through a story in comic book form about finding a treasure, Your Money and the World enables young readers everywhere to tackle complex concepts, such as what a company is, how banks work, why some backpacks cost more than others, and how money has evolved throughout history. The book explores everything from whether we need to be rich to be happy, to what the price of tulips in the seventeenth century can teach us about our world.
Your Money and the World proves that everyone plays a part—by working, investing, donating, saving or spending—in achieving a fairer, more sustainable world. Saving our world requires empowering young readers to understand the importance of their economic choices—for their benefit and for the planet.
"This book celebrates responsible investment, and highlights the author's unwavering commitment to the development of a better, more sustainable world." – Vincent Kaufmann, CEO of the Ethos Foundation
"The book offers valuable lessons, particularly when it comes to the costs and ethics of producing goods, as well as attitudes about money." – Kirkus
"A clear, child-friendly explanation of how money works and the different ways it can create a better world." – School Library Journal"For kids interested in understanding this, and adults who want to have conversations about this, it might be a good book to look through" - Oregon Coast Youth Books Review
A graduate of London School of Economics, Cecile Biccari is a specialist in sustainable finance. For over twenty years, she has been helping companies and financial institutions with their sustainable development initiatives. She has worked for HSBC, RobecoSAM, and WBCSD, and is a member of the Principles for Responsible Investment Advisory Committee. As a trainer, advisor, entrepreneur and investor, she enjoys sharing her knowledge and working to find solutions to tomorrow's problems. A French-Swiss dual national, Cecile is based in Zurich and has two children. Your Money and the World is her first book.
As a child, Naïade Lacolomb loved to immerse herself in the details of the illustrations in her favourite books. And today, as an illustrator and screenwriter, she still has a penchant for vivid scenarios. A passionate autodidact, she likes to try out new techniques and formats—from documentary film to fantasy. Naïade lives in Brittany, France, with her partner and two small dogs.
Nora's discovery
MONEY IN OUR LIVES
Why do we need money?
How is money earned? — When a passion becomes a career — Say 'no' to child labor!
What's a business?
Cost of production — Price and profit — Why are some people paid more than others?
Money and us
Our belief systems — Can money buy happiness? — How do you know if you're rich?
Spending
Saving
Donating
Investing
MONEY IN OUR WORLD
Imagining a world without money
The limitations of bartering
How did we end up with money?
Why do we need money? — Commodity money — Metallic money — Paper money and the first banks
Who makes money these days?
The end of the gold standard — Digital money — Financial crises
What's next for money?