Little Daymond Learns to Earn

by Daymond John, Nicole Miles (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

When FUBU founder, entrepreneur and quintessential "Shark" Daymond John speaks about money and hard work, we listen. Little Daymond Learns to Earn is the fresh spin on financial literacy that we could all benefit from.

Entrepreneur, FUBU founder, and Shark Tank fan fave Daymond John introduces kids to basic ideas about money and starting their own business in this accessible picture book!

Meet Little Daymond and his enterprising friends! When Daymond hatches an idea for a small business to make money to buy a music poster he wants, the whole crew comes together and figures out their unique strengths so they can each get exactly what they want—and even have some change to spare.

Bestselling author and Shark Tank star Daymond John uses this fun story to ignite kids' early interest in how money works—including the concepts of saving, spending, budgeting, and borrowing—to develop a basic foundation of financial literacy that sets children up for success in the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593567272
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	03/21/2023
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	116
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD490L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Daymond John was born with a passion for entrepreneurship. Daymond is the CEO and founder of FUBU, the global lifestyle brand created to represent overlooked communities. He is also a star on ABC’s Emmy Award-winning TV show Shark Tank, helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses. Daymond served under President Barack Obama as Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship and works with several philanthropic organizations to educate and empower future generations, including My Brother's Keeper, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, and the NAACP. Daymond is a New York Times bestselling author, and this is his first book for children. Of all his accomplishments, Daymond is most proud of his role as dad to his daughters. Visit him at daymondjohn.com.

Illustrator Nicole Miles is from the Bahamas and currently lives in the UK with her partner and pet snake. After five and a half years designing cards for Hallmark, she now does projects for clients all over the world. Her comic Barbara was nominated for an Eisner Award. She is also the illustrator of The New Kid Welcome / Welcome the New Kid and Groundhog Gets It Wrong, among other picture books. Visit Nicole at nicolemillo.com.

Editorial Reviews

2022-12-14
How to raise money for a coveted poster: put your friends to work!

John, founder of the FUBU fashion line and a Shark Tank venture capitalist, offers a self-referential blueprint for financial success. Having only half of the $10 he needs for a Minka J poster, Daymond forks over $1 to buy a plain T-shirt, paints a picture of the pop star on it, sells it for $5, and uses all of his cash to buy nine more shirts. Then he recruits three friends to decorate them with his design and help sell them for an unspecified amount (from a conveniently free and empty street-fair booth) until they’re gone. The enterprising entrepreneur reimburses himself for the shirts and splits the remaining proceeds, which leaves him with enough for that poster as well as a “brand-new business book,” while his friends express other fiscal strategies: saving their share, spending it all on new art supplies, or donating part and buying a (math) book with the rest. (In a closing summation, the author also suggests investing in stocks, bonds, or cryptocurrency.) Though Miles cranks up the visual energy in her sparsely detailed illustrations by incorporating bright colors and lots of greenbacks, the actual advice feels a bit vague. Daymond is Black; most of the cast are people of color. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

It’s hard to argue with success, but guides that actually do the math will be more useful to budding capitalists. (Picture book. 7-9)

Kirkus Reviews