The Three Jars - A Young Wizard’s Guide to Money

What if learning about money felt like a fantasy quest?

Meet Leo — an eleven-year-old boy with mud on his boots, a hole in his pocket, and a very opinionated cat named Pixel. When his father's bakery is lost to debt, Leo sets out to master the one thing nobody ever taught him: how money actually works.

The Three Jars: A Young Wizard's Guide to Money takes children on an adventure through the magical Realm of Oakhaven — where every chapter unlocks a real financial skill that works in the real world.

Three Levels. Ten Chapters. Real Knowledge.

Level 1 — The Apprentice: What is money? Why can't a kingdom just print more of it? Why do some skills earn more than others?

Level 2 — The Journey: The three-jar budgeting system, how advertising tricks your brain, the difference between good debt and bad debt, and how taxes work.

Level 3 — The Master: Emergency funds, inflation, compound interest, investing, and cryptocurrency — explained through story, not lectures.

What makes this book different:

• A real story, not a textbook — Leo's quest unfolds with genuine characters, decisions, and consequences
• The Three Jars system (Spend 70% · Save 20% · Give 10%) — the simplest money habit a child can start today
• Wizard's Journal prompts in every chapter — children apply each lesson to their own life
• A fill-in Master's Quest Log — proves mastery of every concept learned
• A 32-term Wizard's Lexicon — every financial word defined in plain language
• 13 full-colour illustrations

Most adults wish someone had taught them these things at age ten.

Perfect for ages 9–13, homeschool families, parent-child reading, and financial literacy programmes.