What I Think of "The Treasure Seekers"

I have just completed a book called “The Treasure Seekers,” by Edith Nesbit, and the story was about 6 children whose mother has died and whose father is having financial difficulties. I will not summarize the story, but will tell you the basic idea and why the book is called “The Treasure Seekers.” Due to their lack of money, the children decide that they need to find ways to acquire wealth so that the fallen fortunes of the Bastable house will be restored. One thing that the “The Treasure Seekers” teaches is that supporting the family is not just a job for the father, it can be for any individual in the family, in modern times this is not done much at all, but 40 years ago children always had responsibilities in their daily lives, when the children noticed that their father was having difficulties, instead of allowing him to sort them out by himself, they decided to subtly help, and while sometimes they did so in a nonsensical manner, over all I think they were the reason that things started to improve. The story also teaches about economics and wisely investing, as several times the children tried to go into business and with less than pleasing results. This shows us that when investing in a product or company, you have to be wise and look very closely so that you are sure that what your investment in is going to bring a worth while result, otherwise, as the children learned, the fruit the may be very disappointing. Another lesson from “The Treasure Seekers” is to know when to abandon a sinking ship, however you do not want to be too quick to lose patience in something, there is a time to wait on things and a time to be hasty. While the children did their best to earn as much money as possible, going about it honestly, never stealing, cheating, or scamming to gain what they desired, at least not on purpose. “The Treasure Seekers” teaches high moral standards and is an enjoyable book to read, but is not exactly my kind of story, as there is not enough serious action, and in some parts of the story things are so quiet that it almost puts the reader to sleep. Another issue I had with the story was that the 6 children were always striving to get more money and were frequently reminiscing over what life was like when the family had wealth. The story might have been better if instead of thinking of how they did not have what they wanted, they could use those desires to motivate themselves to work harder so that they might once again have those things to enjoy. All in all, the story of “The Treasure Seekers” is commendable and can be appreciated by a large audience, with examples of good economic strategies and high moral standards.