Front cover of Victory the Bee and the Money Garden by Bee Banjo, showing Zara holding five jars of gold coins with Victory the Bee

The Book

A first money adventure for little gardeners

Join Zara and Victory the Bee in the Money Garden! Through five colorful jars — EARN, SAVE, SPEND, SHARE, and INVEST — little readers discover gentle money lessons they can use every day:

  • EARN — by helping with a happy heart
  • SAVE — small coins for big dreams
  • SPEND — wisely: “Will it make you happy tomorrow, too?”
  • SHARE — because sharing grows friendship
  • INVEST — like planting a sunflower seed: a little + time + patience = a LOT!

With 30 pages of soft watercolor illustrations, lovable characters, and a sing-along Money Garden song, this heartwarming picture book makes financial literacy fun — perfect for bedtime reading, classrooms, and little gardeners everywhere.

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Inside the Story

The 5 Magic Jars

Every coin Zara earns goes into one of five jars, and every jar teaches her something new. Here is what Victory shows her — jar by jar.

Zara dropping a gold coin into a glass jar while Victory the Bee holds another coin, ready to help
EARN

Helping with a happy heart

Coins don't fall from the sky — they come from helping! Zara learns that lending a hand with a cheerful heart is the very first step in the Money Garden.

Victory says“Busy bees who help with a smile earn the sweetest coins of all!”
Zara hugging a big glass jar full of saved gold coins by a sunny window while Victory smiles beside her
SAVE

Small coins for big dreams

One coin at a time, Zara's Save jar grows fuller and fuller. Little coins saved today become the big dreams she can reach tomorrow.

Victory says“A coin saved is a seed kept safe for a sunny day.”
Zara looking thoughtfully at a colorful market stall full of candies, toys, and treats
SPEND

Choose with your thinking cap on

At the market, everything sparkles and tempts. Before Zara spends a coin, Victory teaches her to stop, think, and ask one very wise question.

Victory says“Ask yourself: will it make me happy tomorrow, too?”
Zara sharing a big swirly lollipop with her friend Isaiah on the garden steps while Victory hovers above them
SHARE

Sharing grows friendship

Some coins are for giving. When Zara shares with her friend Isaiah, she discovers that a coin given with love grows something money can't buy — friendship.

Victory says“The sweetest honey is the honey we share.”
Zara planting and watering a tiny seed in the garden soil next to her jar of coins, with Victory watching proudly
INVEST

Plant, water, and wait

Investing is like planting a sunflower seed. You tuck it in, give it water, sunshine, and patience — and one day it towers taller than you ever imagined.

Victory says“A little + time + patience = a LOT!”

Try it, little gardener!

Tap a jar to drop in a coin — just like Zara. Which jar will you fill first?

You have planted 0 coins. Every coin a seed!

New from the Hive

Victory's Coloring Books

Three Informative Affirmation Coloring Books, each with 25 big, simple pages little hands can paint. Every page pairs one fun fact with one affirmation a child can stand behind — “Just like a lion, I am BRAVE.”

Front cover of Victory's Flower Garden: An Affirmation Coloring Book by Bee Banjo, showing Victory the Bee waving among roses, tulips, and sunflowers

Victory's Flower Garden

25 bold blooms — roses, tulips, sunflowers, and more — each with its own fun flower fact and affirmation.

Paperback · $9.99

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Front cover of Victory's Animal Friends: An Affirmation Coloring Book by Bee Banjo, showing Victory the Bee with a lion cub, an elephant, and a giraffe in a flower meadow

Victory's Animal Friends

25 favorite animals — lions, elephants, giraffes, and more — each with its own fun animal fact and affirmation.

Paperback · $9.99

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Front cover of Victory's Feathered Friends: An Affirmation Coloring Book by Bee Banjo, showing Victory the Bee with a robin, a flamingo, a bluebird, an eagle, and a toucan

Victory's Feathered Friends

25 beautiful birds — robins, owls, eagles, and more — each with its own fun bird fact and affirmation.

Paperback · $9.99

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Prefer to print at home? Printable PDF packs of all three books are in Victory's Etsy shop: Flower Garden · Animal Friends · Feathered Friends

Movies

Watch Victory's adventures

Story time comes to life with Victory, Zara, Isaiah, Grandma, and the five magic jars.

From the picture book

Victory the Bee smiling in her tiny round glasses on the cover of the Victory the Bee movie

Victory the Bee and the Five Magic Jars

Victory explains Earn, Save, Spend, Share, and Invest — then leads the Money Garden sing-along.

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Zara sharing a rainbow lollipop with Isaiah while Victory the Bee hovers nearby

Victory the Bee and the Share Jar

A 2.5-minute story about the Share jar — sharing coins, toys, time, and smiles.

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From the coloring books

The three Victory the Bee coloring book covers — Flower Garden, Animal Friends, and Feathered Friends — in picture frames, topped by a rose, a lion, and a bluebird

Victory the Bee's Coloring Books

Victory takes you inside her three Informative Affirmation Coloring Books — every page pairs one fun fact with one affirmation a child can stand behind.

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Front cover of Victory's Feathered Friends: An Affirmation Coloring Book by Bee Banjo, showing Victory the Bee with a robin, a flamingo, a bluebird, an eagle, and a toucan

Victory the Bee's Feathered Friends 🐝 | Fun Facts & Affirmations for Kids

Fly along with Victory through all 22 birds — robins, owls, eagles, and more — each with its own fun fact and an affirmation to say out loud.

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Front cover of Victory's Animal Friends: An Affirmation Coloring Book by Bee Banjo, showing Victory the Bee with a lion cub, an elephant, and a giraffe in a flower meadow

Victory the Bee's Animal Friends 🐝 | Fun Facts & Affirmations for Kids

Meet all 22 animals with Victory — lions, elephants, giraffes, and more — each with its own fun fact and an affirmation to say out loud.

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About the Author

Bee Banjo, the author behind the hive

Bee Banjo writes warm, wonder-filled stories that plant big ideas in little hearts. Victory the Bee and the Money Garden is the first book in the Victory the Bee series — created to give young children a joyful, gentle first step into understanding money: how to earn it, save it, spend it wisely, share it kindly, and help it grow.

With Zara, her friend Isaiah, and a wise little bee in tiny round glasses as their guide, every story is a seed — and every reader, a gardener. Book 2 is already buzzing in the hive, with a brand-new adventure all about earning.

— Bee Banjo

Zara skipping happily down the garden path with her lollipop while Victory the Bee flies beside her at sunset

Contact Us

Questions? Buzz on over!

Questions about the book, Victory's next adventure, or a story-time visit? Say hello at:

business@victorythebee.com

Tap the address and your mail app will pop right open — Victory and Bee Banjo love hearing from little gardeners and their grown-ups.