Jay's Money
Adventures

Three little books with one big idea: a kid who learns how money works early can do anything. Follow Jay as he earns his first dollars, fills his three jars, and discovers that sharing might be the best part of all.

Ages 6–9Early readers3-book collection
Meet the Books Play the Three Jars Game
Jay, a smiling young boy, carrying a big glass jar full of gold coins down his sunny neighborhood street
Earn it. Save it.
Grow it. Share it.
The Whole Adventure

Four money rules, learned one Saturday at a time

Every book ends with a rule Jay says out loud — made for kids to say right along with him.

Earn It

Money comes from work — from helping people. Raking leaves, walking dogs, doing the job right.

Save It

Three jars — SAVE, SPEND, SHARE. Every dollar gets split up before it gets spent.

Grow It

A lemonade stand, a savings account, a little interest — money can make more money.

Share It

Giving some away doesn't feel like losing it. It feels like planting it.

The Collection

Three books. One big idea.

Learning how money works early changes everything. And every kid in these stories looks like the kids reading them — because every child deserves to see themselves in a money story.

Jay raking bright fall leaves in Ms. Rosa's yard while she smiles from her porch
Book 1 · Earning

Jay Earns It

Jay is seven, and he wants a skateboard more than anything. But skateboards cost money — so Jay knocks on doors, rakes leaves, walks a very determined little dog named Biscuit, and earns his first five dollars all by himself.

  • The Skateboard Dream
  • Jobs Around the Block
  • Payday
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Jay's First Money RuleMoney comes from work. You earn it by helping.
Jay outside the corner store holding a bag of candy, looking up at a skateboard poster in the window
Book 2 · Saving

Jay Saves Up

Twelve dollars in the drawer — then one trip past the corner store and three of them are gone. Mom's fix? Three jars labeled SAVE, SPEND, and SHARE. Now every dollar Jay earns has a job to do, and that forty-dollar skateboard is getting closer every Saturday.

  • The Candy Trap
  • Three Jars
  • The Big Day
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Jay's Second Money RuleSave first, spend a little, and always share.
Jay and his friend Maya selling ice-cold lemonade at their stand to a line of neighbors
Book 3 · Growing & Sharing

Jay Grows It

Summer brings a lemonade stand, Jay's first taste of profit, and a trip to the bank — where his money grows while he sleeps. Then the SHARE jar fills up, a book drive comes to the community center, and Jay learns what money is really for.

  • The Lemonade Stand
  • The Bank's Thank-You
  • Share Day
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Jay's Final Money RuleWork to earn it. Save it smart. Let it grow. And share it — because that's what makes it matter.
Try It At Home

The Three Jars Game

This is Jay's system from Jay Saves Up — and it works with real allowance money too. Every time Jay gets paid, his dollars get split three ways. Tap the buttons and watch the jars fill. Can you save up for the $40 skateboard?

Jay counting his five earned dollars on the kitchen table while his mom watches proudly
SAVE
$0
SPEND
$0
SHARE
$0

Skateboard goal: $0 of $40 saved — every payday, $3 of Jay's $5 goes in the SAVE jar.

Ready? Jay just got his rake out. Hit Saturday Payday to earn his first $5 and split it into the jars — $3 to SAVE, $1 to SPEND, $1 to SHARE.
For Grown-Ups

Talk about it after story time

The stories plant the seed — a two-minute chat waters it. After each book, try these three questions, casual as can be. There are no wrong answers.

After Jay Earns It

  1. Where does Jay learn money comes from?
  2. What jobs did Jay do to earn his five dollars?
  3. What was your favorite part of Jay's story?

After Jay Saves Up

  1. What are the three jars, and what does Jay put in each one?
  2. Why did Jay feel sad after he spent three dollars on candy?
  3. If you had three jars like Jay, what would you save up for?

After Jay Grows It

  1. How did Jay and Maya end up with more money than they spent on lemons?
  2. What does the bank do with Jay's money while he sleeps?
  3. How did Jay feel when he gave the books away — and what would you put in your share jar?
Jay walking Biscuit, Mr. Carter's little brown dog, down a sunny street lined with colorful houses

Keep playing with Jay

The adventure doesn't stop at the last page. In the Jay's Money Adventures game, kids run Jay's Saturday jobs themselves — raking, dog-walking, and running the lemonade stand — earning, saving, and sharing their way around the block.

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About the Author

Maurice Washington

Maurice Washington — Mo Bucks to everybody who knows him — is a Philadelphia dad who wrote the money books he wanted his own girls to grow up reading. Jay's Money Adventures is the first A Mo Bucks Book: real lessons about earning, saving, growing, and sharing, told through kids who look like the kids holding the book.