America is facing a parenting crisis. Far too many parents, from all income brackets, are investing far more time and attention into their careers than into their children and family. The Million-Dollar Parent answers the critical question, How can I have a successful career while keeping my family a top priority?

For the first time, financial guru and TODAY Show regular Jean Chatzky brings her expertise to a young audience. Chatzky provides her unique, savvy perspective on money with advice and insight on managing finances, even on a small scale. This book will reach kids before bad spending habits can get out of control. With answers and ideas from real kids, this grounded approach to spending and saving will be a welcome change for kids who are inundated by a consumer driven culture. This book talks about money through the ages, how money is actually made and spent, and the best ways for tweens to earn and save money.

Perfect for fans of Lizzy Legend and the Baseball Genius series, this quick-paced, heartfelt, and zany novel follows a speedy kid from an unconventional family who will do whatever it takes to win an international track contest. Grant Falloon isn’t just good at track; he’s close to breaking the world record 100-meter time for his age group. So when the mega-rich Babblemoney sneaker company announces an international competition to find the fastest kid in the world, he’s desperate to sign up. But not so fast. Nothing’s ever that easy with the eccentric Falloon family. Turns out, his non-conformist parents never got him a legal birth certificate. He can’t race for the United States, so now if he wants to compete, he may just have to invent his own country. And even if that crazy plan works, winning gold will mean knocking his best friend—and biggest competitor—Jay, out of the competition. As unexpected hurdles arise, Grant will have to ask not only if winning is possible, but what he’s willing to sacrifice for it.

At twenty-two, Alan Corey left his mom’s basement in Atlanta and moved to New York City with one goal in mind: to become a millionaire by the time he was thirty. His parents and friends laughed, but six years later they were all celebrating his prosperous accomplishment–at a bar Corey owned in one of Brooklyn’s hippest neighborhoods. No, Corey didn’t climb the corporate ladder to build his fortune. In fact, he worked the same entry-level 9-to-5 job for six years straight. But by pinching his pennies and making sound investments, he watched a pittance blossom into a seven-digit bank account. In A Million Bucks by 30, Corey recounts his rags-to-riches journey and shares his secrets to success. WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS BOOK UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO BECOME FILTHY RICH. “What a steal . . . For any entrepreneur the advice in these pages is worth more than a million bucks.” –Barbara Corcoran, founder, The Corcoran Group “This is the best personal finance book I’ve ever read. Part self-help, part brass-tacks money guide; Corey’s confessional tales of making it to the million dollar mark are as hilarious as they are helpful.” –John Reynolds, writer, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of HEAT and TRAVEL TEAM. Everyone calls Nate Brodie "Brady" because he's a New England quarterback, just like his idol, Tom Brady. And now he's got a chance to win a million dollars by throwing one pass through a target at halftime in the Patriots; Thanksgiving night game. More than anything, Nate's family needs the money—his dad's been downsized, his mom's working two jobs, and they're on the verge of losing their house. The worry is more weight than a 13-year-old can bear, and it's affecting his playing for his own football team. Suddenly the boy with the golden arm is having trouble completing a pass . . . but can he make the one that really counts?

Have you ever failed? Hit a roadblock that felt impossible at the time? As a man and a father trying to build a business or two, have you ever felt overwhelmed, lost, working so hard to provide for your family while seemingly abandoning them as you feel increasingly distant, disappointed, almost too frustrated to go forward but with too much at stake to quit?Learn how these author-entrepreneur-Dads hit a wall, pivoted, built even stronger businesses, and now each has a Million Dollar Story making a difference and changing their families' lives. Every author represented has one or several businesses close to or above $1Million in revenue. Importantly, these highly successful entrepreneurs share their best advice and secrets for mastering work-life balance; businesses based on increasing sales, monetizing podcasts, employing smart tax strategies, excelling at affiliate marketing, mastering the mindset game, and more! In an era of rapid change, hear directly from highly influential businessmen who encourage action-taking and an entrepreneurial mindset, skillset, and business in order for the next generation to write their own Million Dollar Story despite external forces. You'll hear from Preston Anderson whose infant son required multiple surgeries, spending the early part of his life in the hospital at a time when Preston had just left a job and chosen to open his own firm. And how years later, his son and two other children are thriving, his business is thriving, and they've added a second highly successful entrepreneur to the household, as his wife went into business, too! And you'll hear from Chris Baden, dad to three, formerly an American Ninja Warrior competitor, who grew three businesses to the million-dollar mark based on his system of Purpose Driven Prospecting - which his three-year-old son has now mastered! Akbar Sheikh went from living in a closet with his brother to receiving four Two Comma Club awards while helping thousands of entrepreneurial students make more to give more. But ? no more spoilers! Read Million Dollar Dads so you, too, can master work-life balance, prioritize being present with your family, and achieve noteworthy influence and success.

Dear Parents, Heres the Book of the Century just waiting for you. Your children will love it and you will, too. It helps your children set goals And its sweet just like honey. Their future will become brighter Because theyre thinking big money. This book is inspiring, motivational, delightful, stimulating, and it suggests creativity. It is designed to impart genius thoughts into our youths minds. The idea of owning large amounts of money improves so many situations and circumstances that are real in our childrens lives today. There is hope for each child to have a successful life once they are determined to set realistic goals and exert energy toward improving their future. This book is designed to bring all childrens awareness to the level that their potential and possibilities are limitless, yet, within their reach. Each child is capable of making a million dollars through thoughtfulness, production, hard work and encouragement. Their minds need to stay as positive as possible to eliminate the negativity of criminal street tactics.

A leading social critic goes inside the billion-dollar baby business to expose the marketing and the myths, helping parents determine what’s worth their money—and what’s a waste Parenting coaches, ergonomic strollers, music classes, sleep consultants, luxury diaper creams, a never-ending rotation of DVDs that will make a baby smarter, socially adept, and bilingual before age three. Time-strapped, anxious parents hoping to provide the best for their baby are the perfect mark for the “parenting” industry. In Parenting, Inc., Pamela Paul investigates the whirligig of marketing hype, peer pressure, and easy consumerism that spins parents into purchasing overpriced products and raising overprotected, overstimulated, and over-provided-for children. Paul shows how the parenting industry has persuaded parents that they cannot trust their children’s health, happiness, and success to themselves. She offers a behind-the-scenes look at the baby business so that any parent can decode the claims—and discover shockingly unuseful products and surprisingly effective services. And she interviews educators, psychologists, and parents to reveal why the best thing for a baby is to break the cycle of self-recrimination and indulgence that feeds into overspending. Paul’s book leads the way for every parent who wants to escape the spiral of fear, guilt, competition, and consumption that characterizes modern American parenthood.

A charming, classic middle grade debut perfect for fans of Three Times Lucky and Because of Winn-Dixie with the most lovable pig since Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web. June Sparrow and her best friend—a miniature pig named Indigo Bunting—have always been just fine on their own. June is a wealthy orphan who’s lived in New York City her whole life. But on June’s twelfth birthday, she suddenly loses her fortune and is forced to move in with an aunt she’s never even met, in the tiny town of Red Bank, South Dakota, a place so small that it doesn’t even have a traffic light. Now June has to live on a farm with grouchy Aunt Bridget, who sees her best friend as potential bacon! Then one day, June finds a mysterious Penny Book that her mother used to keep. She is instantly intrigued by what her mother called the Big One, the rarest and most valuable of all pennies. Finding it could be June’s ticket back to New York and her old life. But the only guide June and Indigo have is a cryptic list her mom left behind. To decode the list and find the Big One, June and Indigo enlist the help of some new friends in Red Bank and turn the town upside down in their search. But the most surprising mystery of all may be what brought June to Red Bank in the first place—and what is most valuable to her in the end.

Eleven-year-old Eddie gets a chance to win a million dollars by sinking a foul shot at the National Basketball Association finals.