Nancy Phillips' The Zela Wela Kids^TM is an attractive series of children's books that teach financial literacy, entrepreneurism, giving, investing, saving and spending as acts of generosity, self-control, and achieving one's dreams.

Phillips has a remarkable gift for simplifying adult, complex business and financial concepts and presenting them in simple, easy-to-understand and practical ways to children through the enjoyable adventures of a brother and sister who learn, through hands-on experiences and some great parenting, lessons that will last a lifetime. I loved the intentionality of the multi-cultural friendships. Phillips' repeated emphasis on giving is strong without being preachy. She presents generosity as a natural, good and compassionate way to live. 

Teaching my boys financial literacy and the ability to fulfill their dreams through hard work, wise and generous financial practices, and self-control are important values to me. That's why Phillips' clear and compelling stories are a perfect addition to my growing library of character shaping books for children. These books make it easy for parents to teach their children the very things we want them to know about how money really works in the world, and how to manage it with a sensible mind and a kind heart.

Keith Zafren
Fathering Expert, Professional Speaker, Writer and Coach
The Great Dads Project www.thegreatdadsproject.org

"I have found them (the books) to be very well written and I am sure they will be a big hit with parents trying to teach financial literacy to their children. This is a very important topic for Canadians and we at Sun Life applaud your work to help educate young Canadians on financial literacy."

Kevin Strain

Senior Vice President, Individual Insurance & Investments Sun Life Financial 

Hi Nancy,

Since finding your Zela Wela Kids blog and buying all of your books I feel like I've found a treasure trove of great information that, not only supports what I've been saying, but also teaches me more on topics that I, as a parent, am very interested in and thankful for learning about.  I especially love the book on teaching the difference between needs and wants.  I love your wish list and use it for both of my kids.  I also love the idea of kids building their own "GISS" bank.  That was an awesome activity that my kids and I really enjoyed.

Thank you so much for the wealth of great information that you supply me with and I really look forward to your new blog posts as well as your tweets.  I plan on giving your books to my family members and neighborhood kids as Christmas gifts and spreading your good word.

Kind regards

David Vogelsang, Financial Confidence blogger http://tinyurl.com/3u73vwd

“In Build A Bank, the first published book in the Zela Wela Kids series, the main characters, twins Emma and Jack learn the importance of allocating their money for specific purposes. With the help of their mother and teacher they create banks for giving, investing, saving and spending the money they receive.

There are many things to enjoy about the book. The main message of allocating money is nicely explained with the added bonus of the children making their own money boxes. Each element of giving, investing, saving and spending are explained in child friendly terms.

As the author is Canadian, there are a few references to dollars and cents, but readers in the UK and elsewhere can still enjoy sharing these messages with their children. There are also some nice multi cultural references.

The book is beautifully illustrated and 10% of all author proceeds are donated towards providing books to children in need.”

Daniel Britton, author The Financial Fairy Tales