Reviews

Robin Yang’s book paints vivid pictures with words that are accessible and engaging to young readers. Having practiced psychology for the past thirty years, I see tremendous value in children reading the Enchanted Collar™ series and learning crucial money lessons. This book should benefit their financial future and emotional well-being greatly.

Robin Yang has written a book for children that is both highly entertaining and very educational. It informs the young reader of the need to budget and keep track of costs, as well as the honor in being honest and loyal. The hero, Eli, is a delightful character full of energy and spunk.

The Enchanted Collar was shared with my fifth grade students, and they loved it! It was suitable for both genders and all reading levels. I was most impressed with the book's teaching of values and economics for this generation of adolescents. My students and I look forward to reading Robin Yang's next book!

The author does a clever job of integrating English Language Arts and Mathematics. In this series of adventure stories, different scenarios encourage critical thinking as the reader reflects on various problems that are presented. The stories are fun and a powerful tool for learning.

I have been using the Enchanted Collar book series in my fifth-grade language art class. Along with my students, I have been reading these books, and I found them to be very, very enjoyable because there is a storyline that is adventuresome, and because there are parts of the story that are attractive to both both boys and girls. Additionally, my students are learning many good values, such as being trustworthy, honest, and hard-working. They are not only inspired to learn math skills and good life skills, but also improving their English writing skills. After they read each Enchanted Collar book, they write a very focused essay with the accompanying worksheets I’ve downloaded from the EnchantedCollar.com web site.

Robin Yang's book is a wonderful way to lead young children toward a successful financial future. Full of interesting and innovative ideas about budgeting, saving, banking, and investing, the Enchanted Collar™ series is a helpful and fun tool for teachers as well as students. Robin Yang should be congratulated for creating such an interesting method to teach kids about money.

This book is an absolute gem. It entertains with a brisk tempo and reminds readers of the importance of financial literacy. Eli's journey is a page turner.

I like the way Robin Yang's book weaves important financial precepts into an imaginative story that my children enjoyed reading. This establishes a basis for them to eventually learn the "mechanics" of money management.

Financial literacy, like literacy in general, should be acquired young. As a father as well as an economist, I look forward to my young son being able to read Robin Yang’s imaginative and educational Enchanted Collar™ books.

Financial illiteracy is not a well-acknowledged problem in the US. The two perceived barriers to teaching children finance are (and here I channel my 12 year-old daughter) finance is too difficult and finance is way boring. Robin Yang's book series therefore, fills wonderfully, the abject hole in children's financial education. The stories are engaging and a fun read for children – the "finance is way boring" barrier is breached! The stories are designed so the technicalities of finance are easy to understand – the "finance is too difficult" hurdle is overcome! As a former financial professional and a current financial ethicist I applaud Ms. Yang's work. She ensures ethics and compassion are not neglected in her most enjoyable stories that use adventure to teach finance. After all, as we have witnessed, without ethics, finance becomes quite a misadventure.

What a great help this book is to all parents! The author does a fantastic job of telling stories to children and teaching them money management skills at the same time. The Enchanted Collar™ series is so fascinating that my children are eager to read more. The books teach them many good lessons about self-discipline, responsible spending, honesty, and hard work. These are the good values we would like our children to have, and the Enchanted Collar™ series does a marvelous job helping our kids learn these values. My children now have a better idea about banking and credit card use.

I loved how well-paced the stories were and how subtly the author was able to present a lesson on spending and saving. My daughters were completely enthralled with the first two books and can’t wait for the rest of the series. My older daughter is more financially mindful and was surprised and frustrated that Eli and Earl didn’t ask how much the meal would cost and budget more carefully. My younger daughter is our spendthrift so we are hoping the lessons will sink in!