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Texas Society of CPAs Presents Childrens Book Club

TSCPA Aims to Raise Awareness and Promote Financial Responsibility

DALLAS – Children are well aware of money. They see their parents pay
bills, balance the household budget, and they may even receive an allowance.
The current economy may have prompted this awareness, especially if kids have
had to forgo “extras” like ballet class, sports camp and brand-name
clothing, due to tightened fiscal conditions.

As a way to help educate children about the importance of learning proper
personal finance techniques at an early age, the Texas Society of CPAs introduces
the Children’s Book Club and Financial Literacy program.

TSCPA is reaching out to school administrators and state and local libraries
offering CPAs to go into classrooms to discuss the importance of financial literacy,
providing a recommended reading list of money-minded books for preschoolers
through 12-year-olds, posters and bookmarks that can posted and distributed,
additional resources that include a pet ownership worksheet, suggested family
financial literacy activities (available in English and Spanish), and a free
DVD that promotes smart spending, saving and sharing for children in Kindergarten
through 3rd grades.

All materials are made possible through TSCPA’s statewide public service
initiative to help Texans of all ages become financially fit. There are no copyright
restrictions, all items may be printed and used as needed.

To learn more about TSCPA’s Book Club, visit http://www.valueyourmoney.org/childhood/bookclub91808.asp

ABOUT TSCPA
TSCPA (http://www.tscpa.org)
is a nonprofit, voluntary, professional organization representing Texas CPAs.
The society has 20 local chapters statewide and more than 29,000 members, one
of the largest in-state memberships of any state CPA society in the United States.
TSCPA is committed to serving the public interest with programs that advance
the highest standards of ethics and practice within the CPA profession.