Author & Youth Motivational Speaker
Ty Allan Jackson appeared on The Tavis Smiley Podcast to talk about the importance of representation in literacy for Black children. It’s easy for Black children growing up in America to name their favorite athlete, pop star and actor but what about their favorite author? All children grow up aspiring to be like the person …
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Financial literacy month is here, and Ty Allan Jackson, along with Danny Dollar, the King of Cha-Ching, can help you get your kids and students excited about money and entrepreneurship! Here are four different ways to celebrate financial literacy month with us: #1: Buy our books! Danny Dollar Millionaire Extraordinaire: The Lemonade EscapadeOur flagship book introduces young …
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Catch the totally fantastical superhero Youth Theatre production of the Supadupa Kid with Barrington Stage in the Berkshires! Javon Williams was just a normal kid until a freak accident gave him amazing superpowers. The only problem? The neighborhood bully, Hoody, acquired his own superpowers and is using them to terrorize the city! Javon attempts to …
‘I’m going to turn your kids into millionaires and no one can stop me!’ Bold words spoken by Ty Allan Jackson and he’s backing them up. Monday morning, he was in studio with Chris and Marysol answering kids’ questions about money in their ongoing series on youth financial literacy. The kids were cute but the …
Students in the 4th Family after school program in Albany, NY have spent the past few weeks participating in Danny Dollar Academy, a financial literacy, economics and entrepreneurship program run by Northern Kentucky University. You can find an article about the implementation of Danny Dollar Academy at 4th Family here: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/education/2022/02/22/albany-students-financial-literacy-lessons.
Ty was recently featured on NY local news station PIX11 for the second time in the last year to discuss financial literacy and his newest book Make Your Own Money: How Kids Can Earn It, Save It, Spend It, and Dream Big. Ty and Marysol discuss how parents can help their children start saving money, …
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There isn’t a parent or teacher alive who doesn’t want their children or students to love reading. Many adults know the power of reading and are aware of how childhood literacy leads to better outcomes later in life. But there is something missing in our attempts to inspire kids to read, and it’s pretty fundamental: We are not …
We have huge news… This year, Ty Allan Jackson is serving as Commencement speaker for the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Class of 2021, and has received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters!! 🤯🥳
Does your child or a child you know love Ty’s books? Well we have good news: Ty will send a short inspirational video message to them, for free! 🤗🎉 Can you imagine how cool it would be to get a personal message from your favorite author? What better way to encourage reading than to help kids create a connection …
There is nothing more important to us than getting kids excited about reading 🤗📖. And we feel like one of the best ways to do that is to help them develop a personal connection with their favorite authors. Ty visits classrooms around the country (virtually, of course) to do read alouds for students, which is always SO …
