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Your kid’s summer entrepreneurship reading list
Ivy Xu
May 28, 2024
If you’re looking to sneak a bit of business reading into your kid’s summer activities, I’ve compiled a list of books you may want to consider checking out!
Entrepreneurship fiction for kids
📚 Brainstorm Islands: Invent to Survive by Rob Yonover Ph.D, Ellie Crow, and Bill Schorr
This inventive story (written by a real-world inventor and volcanologist) challenges kids to become creative and independent thinkers.
📚 The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
Sibling rivalry meets business savvy in this entertaining book. Two kids, two lemonade stands, tons of entrepreneurship tips hidden in the story.
📚 The Startup Club by JJ Ramberg and Melanie Staggs
Forget The Babysitter’s Club — this book for young readers follows a group of kids as they dive into the biz world. The story is fun — and the lessons are real.
Entrepreneurship non-fiction for kids
📚 Better Than a Lemonade Stand!: Small Business Ideas for Kids by Daryl Bernstein
Originally written when the author himself was only 15, the book was redrafted now that he is a parent with 55 killer business ideas your kid can get started on this summer.
📚 The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Business by Steve Mariotti
This is the all-in-one playbook for young hustlers. From brainstorming to raking in the dough, this guide shows your kid how to turn their hobbies and interests into money-making ventures.
📚 Kid Start-Up: How YOU Can Become an Entrepreneur by Mark Cuban, Shaan Patel, and Ian McCue
Tips straight from the shark who said “The best way to predict the future is to invent it". This book is packed with real-world advice for young entrepreneurs.
📚 Be a Young Entrepreneur: Be Inspired to Be a Business Whiz by Adam Sutherland
This book bubbles over with tips and real-life stories of young entrepreneurs. Get inspired, get started.
📚 Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide to Turning Your Passions into Pay by Kenrya Rankin
Does your kid have a passion? Turn it into profit with this ultimate guide for teen entrepreneurs.
Finance for kids
📚 The Everything Kids' Money Book: Earn it, save it, and watch it grow! by Brette Sember
Money 101 for the young and ambitious. Your kid will learn to earn, save, and grow their green like a pro.
📚 The Complete Guide to Personal Finance: For Teenagers and College Students by Tamsen Butler
For older kids, this book will help them master their money, and boss their business. It’s a fully inclusive guide for handling cash and starting up.
And a couple for mom and dad…
📚 Raising an Entrepreneur: 10 Rules for Nurturing Risk Takers, Problem Solvers, and Change Makers by Margot Machol Bisnow
Authored by a mom of two entrepreneurs, this book presents nearly 80 stories from moms of successful entrepreneurs. Learn how to nurture your kid's inner entrepreneur from day one.
📚Young Bucks: How to Raise a Future Millionaire by Troy Dunn
Self-made millionaire and father to seven, the author of this book debunks popular parenting finance myths and helps you help your kid start their first business to earn their own money.