Rich Dad's Escape From The Rat Race
Are you learning about money in school? Probably not! With this graphic
novel you can learn the basics of making money and creating assets. You're
never too young to start!
You can count on Rich Dad to find new ways to make learning fun! Rich Dad's
Escape from the Rat Race is a first for Rich Dad: a graphic novel - featuring
Tim, Red and Tina - that makes important concepts and messages about money,
finance and investing understandable and interesting. Now your child can
become a Rich Kid by following Rich Dad's Advice.
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 3 Up–The authors of the bestselling Rich Dad,
Poor Dad attempt to teach financial intelligence to children through
colorful cartoon images and cute animal characters. However, the lessons
are more suitable for high school students. The authors tell readers to
minimize their liabilities such as credit-card debt while building assets,
such as starting their own businesses. Examples of the latter include charging
classmates to read their comic books or for borrowing their bicycles. The
lessons encourage "financial intelligence," but seem to discourage readers
from getting a traditional job and fail to mention the hard work and long
hours involved in running one's own business. Keltie Thomas's The Kids
Guide to Money Cent$ (Kids Can, 2004) and Jamie Kyle McGillian's
The Kids' Money Book (Sterling, 2003) offer far better advice.–Karen
T. Bilton, Somerset County Library, Bridgewater, NJ
Book Description
How do you get kids interested in learning about finance?
Give them a comic book! Rich Dad series author Robert Kiyosaki, whose books
have sold over 5 million copies, recognized the increasing need for people
to begin their journey to financial literacy—and lifelong wealth—as early
as their preteen years. In Escape from the Rat Race, basic lessons about
“working to learn, not to earn”, buying assets, and understanding a financial
statement are revealed in a graphic format through the tale of Timid T.
Turtle. When Tim runs out of cash at an amusement park, his savvy friend
Red E. Rat shows him how to “make money work for him”—and tells Robert Kiyosaki’s
own riveting account of learning the basic principles of lifelong financial
success. Illustrated with full-color sequential art in the style of Rich
Dad’s popular CASHFLOW games and Web site, here is a book that gives kids
(and reluctant readers of all ages) the chance to take their first steps
toward financial freedom.
