David asks his father a simple question, "Daddy, where did my dollar go?" David's father Brother Amir takes him on a journey throughout the community to see how the dollar he just spent makes its way to other businesses. We often preach about our children learning the importance of money, group economics, and developing healthy spending. How awesome would it be to have a fully illustrated picture book that explores how a dollar travels from hand-to-hand?!David's Dollar is a book 4 years in the making. I wasn't quite sure how to bring the concept I had buried in my head to life until this past year. It would seem like being a poet would make it easier. It didn't (laughs). Nevertheless I was finally able to write a compelling children's book about spending local and in our community. Bringing group economics into an easy story will help children in the critical thinking areas of:1. Drawing Conclusions2. Making Inferences3. Making Predictions
Why David's Dollar?
Listen to the experts:Beth Kobliner, author of the New York Times bestseller Get a Financial Life, and a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability who spearheaded the creation of Money as You Grow, which offers age-appropriate money lessons for children. Kobliner says children as young as three years old can grasp financial concepts like saving and spending. And a report by researchers at the University of Cambridge commissioned by the United Kingdom’s Money Advice Service revealed that kids’ money habits are formed by age 7.Telling Our Stories has been My DreamAs a Black Muslim father it's always been important to have things to read to my children that featured people who represented them. Being a writer has given me the ability to put a book in the world that adds to the diversity in children's literature many parents look for. Eric Velasquez, award winning author and/or illustrator agrees, "Once children see themselves represented in books, their existence is validated, and they feel that they are part of the world.”
About the Author
Tariq Touré is an award winning Poet from West, Baltimore, Maryland. Among publications that have featured his work is Muslim Matters, Salon, Washington Post, Al Jazeera and Sapelo Square, The Nation magazine, and LA Times. Black Seeds, Toure's debut collection of poetry is a winner of Best Poetry Book of Baltimore in by City Paper Magazine. Touré has been a featured lecturer/performer at Howard Universit, Princeton University, Georgetown University, among many others. He has been regarded by legendary hip hop artist Black Thought as the Amiri Baraka of our era. Imam Omar Suleiman has identified Tariq as a vessel of the Muslim community. Touré is an winner of HBCU top 30 under 30 as well as Huffington Post Noor 25. In 2017, Toure's writing was contributed to Gordon Parks' Fellow and Times Magazine featured Photojournalist Devin Allen's book and exhibit, A Beautiful Ghetto, which was nominated for an NAACP image award. Touré is the author of 2 Parts Oxygen, his sophomore collection exploring faith, family, and fatherhood.Most of all, Tariq is proud father and husband to a family of 5.
