A Smart Way To Start is a series of children’s books that offer financial literacy for children. In a very simple yet compelling way, the stories explain important notions of equal pay, financial confidence, sustainability, and impact. The author hopes that the next generation of children will no longer associate money with power, competition, and greed – but rather with positive notions of equality, ethics, and environmental impact.Often women feel less financially confident than men in money management. Little girls tend to receive less pocket money than little boys, so there is a gender pay gap at a very early age. Little girls need to know that there is no reason to earn less than a boy for the same job done equally well. So the author decides to find a playful way to convey important money messages about equality, earning, saving, spending, and sustainability to young children, and girls in particular. And so these four stories of financial confidence for children are born.