Enhanced Edition · Hardcover
Gratitude Is a Gift
How every age can earn a first twenty dollars, moving from simple to complex through stocks, brokerage accounts, cryptocurrency, IRAs, bonds, futures, and the quiet power of perspective.
By Deluca Scott · Edited by The Scott's · Barnes & Noble Press
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Releasing December 10, 2026 · Exclusively at Barnes & Noble · ISBN-13 9798179079170
Overview
Start with twenty dollars. Finish with perspective.
Gratitude Is a Gift is an accessible introduction to financial literacy, investing, and the mindset behind responsible participation in the market. Its premise is disarmingly simple: start with twenty dollars.
From that first twenty dollars, Deluca Scott moves deliberately from the simple to the complex, exploring stocks, brokerage accounts, gains and losses, risk, transparency, and the emotional side of financial decisions before widening the lens to cryptocurrency, IRAs, bonds, and futures.
Rather than promising quick wealth, the book encourages readers of every age to approach investing as a process of learning, observation, patience, and personal growth. With an emphasis on gratitude and perspective, it presents financial experience as an opportunity to develop greater clarity, discipline, and confidence, while honestly acknowledging that markets involve uncertainty and risk.
What the book explores
Simple
The first twenty dollars
Where every journey begins: earning, keeping, and respecting a first twenty dollars.
Stocks
What it means to own a share of a company, and why prices rise and fall.
Brokerage accounts
How an account opens the door to the market, and what to understand before you begin.
Gains, losses & risk
Reading results with honesty and transparency in markets that carry real uncertainty.
Cryptocurrency
Digital assets, volatility, and the caution they call for.
IRAs
Individual retirement accounts and the patience of the long view.
Bonds
Lending, interest, and the steadier side of a portfolio.
Futures
Contracts, leverage, and why complexity demands care.
Complex
And beneath it all, the quiet power of perspective.
Beneath every account and every decision: gratitude, patience, and perspective, the mindset that turns financial experience into clarity, discipline, and confidence.
Who it's for
Written for every age.
First-time earners
Young readers taking their first real steps with money, starting with twenty dollars.
Students & new investors
A plain-language path from simple ideas to complex instruments.
Parents & families
A shared vocabulary for talking about money, patience, and gratitude at home.
Lifelong learners
Anyone ready to meet the market with curiosity, discipline, and perspective.
Edition details
- Title
- Gratitude Is a Gift
- Full title (as listed)
- Gratitude Is a Gift: How Every Age Can Earn a First Twenty Dollars Through Simple, and Complex broken into Stocks, Brokerage Accounts, Cryptocurrency, IRA's, Bonds, Futures, and the Quiet Power of Perspective
- Author
- Deluca A. Scott
- Editors
- The Scott's
- Edition
- Enhanced Edition
- Format
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Press
- ISBN-13
- 9798179079170
- Release date
- December 10, 2026
- List price
- $49.99 at Barnes & Noble
- Language
- English
- Availability
- Exclusively at Barnes & Noble
Questions
Frequently asked questions
When does Gratitude Is a Gift (Enhanced Edition) release?
The Enhanced Edition releases on December 10, 2026. Pre-orders are open now at Barnes & Noble.
Where can I buy the Enhanced Edition?
The Enhanced Edition is available exclusively at Barnes & Noble, in hardcover. Every pre-order button on this site goes directly to the official Barnes & Noble listing (ISBN-13 9798179079170).
What does the book cover?
Starting from the simple idea of earning a first twenty dollars, the book moves from simple to complex: stocks, brokerage accounts, gains and losses, risk and transparency, cryptocurrency, IRAs, bonds, and futures, anchored throughout by gratitude and the quiet power of perspective.
Who is the book for?
Readers of every age. It is written as an accessible introduction for first-time earners, students, families learning together, and anyone who wants a calmer, clearer relationship with money and markets.
Who edited the Enhanced Edition?
The Enhanced Edition of Gratitude Is a Gift was edited by The Scott's.
How much does the hardcover cost?
The Barnes & Noble list price for the hardcover Enhanced Edition is $49.99. Pricing is set by the retailer and may change.
Is this financial advice?
No. Gratitude Is a Gift is an educational book. It does not provide individualized financial, investment, tax, or legal advice, and it openly acknowledges that markets involve uncertainty and risk, including the possible loss of money invested. Consider speaking with a qualified professional before making financial decisions.
Will the cover look like the image shown?
The cover shown is the current pre-order artwork and is subject to change before release.
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