SuitabookFriendship and shared goals
Skye and Rey play football with friends and work towards obtaining a new football while discovering something about themselves.
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Doug Godard - Author
Nadia Ronquillo - Author
A gentle story combines friendship and football with practical ideas about earning, saving, budgeting and planning. Its central appeal is seeing Skye and Rey work towards a shared purchase while learning something about themselves.
Give your child the power! Things are easier when your plans to save are right. It’s good having the money to buy as you might. When you step to the counter with money to pay, It’s like having a power that won’t go away. Teaching your child the value of saving is one of the most powerful lifetime gifts you can give. A Surprise for a Friend presents the concepts of saving, budgeting, planning, and making good choices through storytelling. A Surprise for a Friend is the second book in a series that reinforces personal financial literacy concepts. Like Best Day at the Zoo, this book builds on a financial knowledge foundation that will serve your child through adulthood. Skye and Rey enjoy playing soccer with their friends. Their ball is worn, and they dream of buying a new soccer ball. While learning new skills to earn money and to save, they discover something about themselves. A Surprise for a Friend is about friendship and making good choices. Like the “Zoo Book,” your child will love A Surprise for a Friend. You and your child will enjoy the subtle financial messaging told through a favorite bedtime read.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA gentle story combines friendship and football with practical ideas about earning, saving, budgeting and planning. Its central appeal is seeing Skye and Rey work towards a shared purchase while learning something about themselves.
Skye and Rey play football with friends and work towards obtaining a new football while discovering something about themselves.
The characters want a new football and learn skills for earning and saving money, alongside broader ideas about budgeting and making choices.
The money message may invite discussion about whether saving is always the best choice, how plans change, and what makes a financial decision feel fair or worthwhile.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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