Grandma, Are We Rich?
Illustrated storybook · on Amazon
The illustrated story that begins Bella and Grandma's conversation.
Buy on AmazonSometimes one small question
starts a much bigger conversation.
Grandma,
Are We Rich?
Every time Bella visits, Grandma is already waiting. One winter evening they set out together, down snowy New Jersey streets, past homes glowing softly in the dark, when Bella stops and looks up. "Grandma, are we rich?"
Bella means money. Grandma has a bigger answer. On their walk home, Grandma tells Bella about family, giving, coming to America at fifteen with two suitcases and not a word of English — and the things that made her feel rich long before she had much at all. By the time they reach home, Bella sees her question differently.
The first book in the Grandma, Are We Rich? series. Coming next: Grandma, Is Grandpa Rich?
Watch
A little look at Bella and Grandma's walk
One story. A conversation that keeps going.
Read
Begin with Bella's question.
"Grandma, are we rich?"
Talk
Wonder about it together.
What makes a family truly rich?
Do
Put the ideas in a child's hands.
Color, save, spend, give, solve, create, and remember.
Storybook → Conversation → Activity Workbook
Look Inside
Take a walk through the book
A few pages from Bella and Grandma's evening walk.
For grandparents and grandchildren, for parents, for educators looking for something a child can carry with them, and for anyone who believes the richest moments come when we slow down and walk together.
The Companion Workbook
The story continues with the pencil in your child's hand
The Activity & Coloring Workbook picks up where the story leaves off. There are pages to color, choices to make about saving, spending, and giving, and room to wonder what "rich" really means.
Color scenes from Bella and Grandma's walk. Make save, spend and give choices. Sort needs from wants. Set a savings goal. Work through puzzles and simple math. Turn to pages about kindness, gratitude, and the memories a family makes together.
Some pages ask children to think. Some ask them to count or make a choice. Others simply give them room to color and create. Together, they give the story somewhere else to go.
It comes two ways: a paperback on Amazon, and a printable you download and print at home from Etsy.
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Start with the story. Keep going from there.
Activity & Coloring Workbook
Paperback on Amazon · printable on Etsy
Coloring, money choices, puzzles and family activities that grow out of the story. Enjoy it with the book or on its own.
Buy on Amazon Get the printable on Etsy
Camping with Bella
Printables · coming to Etsy
Packing lists, planning pages, and outdoor activities to get a family ready for a trip.
Coming to Etsy
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Free resources
Free to download, print, and use — at the kitchen table or in the classroom.
12-page guide
The Educator & Family Guide
Turns the story into real conversations and activities — money choices, needs vs. wants, saving, gratitude, discussion questions, and a certificate. Made for classrooms, homeschools, and family tables.
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1-page printable
“What Makes Us Rich?” Conversation Page
A single beautiful page to print and fill in together. Four questions from Bella and Grandma's walk, with room to write, draw, and talk. Perfect for a family night or a Pinterest share.
Download the free page (PDF)Free to print and share. No email needed.
Free printable
What would your child do with $20?
A family money conversation for ages 6–12.
Give your child an imaginary $20 and let them divide it — Spend, Save, Give. Then compare their choices with a parent or grandparent, and try it again with $100. Seven pages of real choices, reflection, and family conversation, drawn straight from Bella and Grandma’s walk.
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About Regina
Regina Mazal
I'm Regina. I spent my working life around numbers and people — as a financial analyst, in operations and management, as an educator, a product leader, and a consultant. I know money and spreadsheets. I also know they aren't what makes a life rich.
I wrote this book for my grandchildren, and for every child I may never meet, so they would have something lasting to keep: a story simple enough for a child, and true enough to stay with them.
What does it mean to have enough? What should we save for? What is worth giving? What do we inherit from our families besides money? What makes us feel rich?
These are the questions I have carried as a mother and a grandmother. Grandma, Are We Rich? grew out of them. I wanted to create the kind of story a child can understand today, carry with them, and find new meaning in as they grow.
Regina MazalAuthor of the Grandma, Are We Rich? series · Life Lessons Press
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Good to Know
Where can I find the books?
Grandma, Are We Rich? and the Activity & Coloring Workbook are both paperbacks on Amazon. A printable version of the workbook is also on Etsy. The links are on this page.
What is the Activity & Coloring Workbook?
A companion to Grandma, Are We Rich? that lets children keep exploring the story through coloring, money choices, puzzles, math, gratitude and family activities. It is available as a paperback on Amazon, with a printable version on Etsy. It can be enjoyed with the book or on its own.
How does the printable workbook work?
It is a PDF you buy on Etsy and print at home. A simple printing guide is included with your download.
Grandma, Are We Rich? gives families a place to begin.
Read it together, and see where the conversation goes.
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Close to my heart
My mom, Maya
My mother, Maya, told me my first stories. In her last years, dementia carried most of them away, and I would give anything to have them back. She was my mother, my friend, my confidant. Life was busy, and I never wrote her stories down. I wish, more than I can say, that I had.
Sitting beside her taught me that a person is so much more than an illness. In her memory, I create gentle activities and printables for the families and caregivers who sit where I sat — helping them hold onto the person behind the diagnosis, make room for connection, and preserve the stories that matter.
For Maya ♡
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