Even though Katie's dad works at a bank, she prefers to keep her money in her piggy bank. But what happens when she drops her piggy and it breaks?

When Katie gets lost on a field trip to a farm, her classmates help her find her way.

A parental guide for teaching children the value of a dollar, written by the "Dr. Ruth" of money. In a series of age-appropriate money lessons that progress from age 6 to age 18, Barbanel deals with such issues as allowance, savings, advertising, investing, record keeping, first jobs, and handling credit. 20 Line drawings.

Why are piggy banks shaped like pigs? And more importantly, do they help us save money? Early readers will learn all about piggy banks in this fun book that takes a look at saving money with the help of a tiny pig-shaped friend. From coins like nickels and dimes to larger amounts of money, color photographs and accessible text explore one child’s quest to save for and buy a baseball glove. Readers will learn that sometimes you have to break the bank if you want to buy something new!

Guide to teaching children all about money, and how to handle it. Topics covered include: finding out where money comes from; piggy banks; allowances; allowance contracts; bank accounts; budgeting; budgeting forms; shopping; collections; debts; access cards; credit cards; saving for the future.

Of the many functions of the welfare state, two are particularly prominent: the 'Robin Hood' function - the provision of poverty relief, the redistribution of income and wealth, and the reduction of social exclusion; and the 'piggy bank' function - ensuring mechanisms for insurance and for redistribution over the life cycle. The piggy-bank function, unlike the redistributive purpose of the welfare state, has received relatively little attention, and is not widely understood. This book redresses the balance. Nicholas Barr's central contention is that—-contrary to popular opinion—-the welfare state exists for reasons additional to poverty relief. These reasons - encapsulated by the piggy-bank function - arise out of pervasive problems of imperfect information, risk, and uncertainty. Even if all poverty and social exclusion could be eradicated, people would still need to insure themselves and to redistribute over the life cycle. As a result, Barr argues, the welfare state is here to stay, since twenty-first century developments do nothing to undermine these reasons. He also explores ways in which the welfare state can and will adapt to economic and social change, including specific, and sometimes novel, solutions. The analysis in "The Welfare State as Piggy Bank" is international, applying to advanced industrial countries, as well as addressing post-communist countries, and touching upon middle-income developing countries. Barr's approach is contemporary and forward-thinking. His discussion ranges over a number of topics of central relevance to life in the twenty-first century, including genetic screening and its impact on insurance; the convergence of private and social insurance; how to finance long-term care; pension reform in the light of fluid family structures and a mobile workforce; loans for financing investment in human capital; and new ways of involving private finance in tertiary education.