Birthday Bling (Dollars to Doughnuts Book 1): Spending

Ages 6 to 9, Grades 1 to 4

From budgeting to spending, from credit cards to gift cards, this new early chapter book series tackles and explains big financial topics for kids, Dollars to Doughnuts!

When Lucy’s aunt gives her a card—the plastic kind—for her birthday, Lucy knows just the blinged-out sweatshirt to spend it on. She plunks the card down at the store, but, cringe, it comes up short! Wait, what’s the difference between a gift card and a credit card? 

In this early chapter book designed to help kids decipher finance facts and fallacies, Lucy and her best friend, Julian, find out about the pros and cons of gift cards versus credit cards.

Series Overview: Best friends Julian and Lucy are the same in some ways and different in others. Both love horror movies—and doughnuts! While Lucy likes sports, Julian likes to draw. And while Julian likes to save, Lucy likes to spend. But they both get a heaping helping of financial literacy in this early chapter book series that simply demystifies money matters.

About the Author

Catherine Daly has written many books for young readers, including The Magical Reality of Nadia and The Magical Reality of Nadia: Middle School Mischief, both with Bassem Youssef, What Was the Age of Exploration?, the Petal Pushers middle-grade series, and a few books in the Makers Make It Work series. She lives in New York City with her family and their feisty Boston terrier, Jack.

Author Residence: New York, NY

Genevieve Kote is a French Canadian illustrator who loves drawing kids and animals and bringing their adventures to life. She has illustrated the Agents of H.E.A.R.T., I Heart Band, and Animal Rescue Friends series, as well as American Girl’s According to Aggie.

Illustrator Residence:Montreal, Canada