Published March 31, 2011  Submitted by: Kelly

Whether you're saving pennies in your first piggy bank or planning for retirement, these books can inspire you to achieve your financial goals.  In honor of Money Smart Week @ your Library, here are some highlights from our personal finance collection.

Basic Personal Finance

• The Total Money Makeover : A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey.
• The Money Class : Learn to Create Your New American Dream by Suze Orman.
• The Millionaire Next Door : The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko.
• The Automatic Millionaire : A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich by David Bach.
• All Your Worth : The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Tyagi.
• Your Money or Your Life : 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez ; revised and updated with Monique Tilford and Vicki Robin.

Kids

• Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells.
• What Color is Your Piggy Bank? : Entrepreneurial Ideas for Self-Starting Kids by Adelia Cellini Linecker.
  
• Earn It, Learn It : Teach Your Child the Value of Money, Work, and Time Well Spent by Alisa T. Weinstein.
• Money Sense for Kids! by Hollis Page Harman. 
• The Everything Kids' Money Book : Earn It, Save It, and Watch It Grow! by Brette McWhorter Sember.
• A Smart Girl's Guide to Money : How to Make It, Save It, and Spend It  by Nancy Holyoke ; illustrated by Ali Douglass.

Teens

• Not Your Parents' Money Book : Making, Saving, and Spending Your Own Money by Jean Chatzky ; illustrated by Erwin Haya.
• The Young Investor : Projects and Activities for Making Your Money Grow by Katherine R. Bateman.
• The Teen's Guide to World Domination : Advice on Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Awesomeness by Josh Shipp.
• The Complete Guide to Personal Finance : For Teenagers and College Students by Tamsen Butler ; with foreword by Darlene Gudrie Butts.