Amina Banana and the Formula for Making Money

Name: Amina Banana and the Formula for Making Money
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Shifa Saltagi Safadi
ISBN: 9798217279982

Author: Shifa Saltagi Safadi

Series: Amina Banana #3

Narrator: Shereen Lani Younes

Unabridged: 1 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 01/13/2026

Categories: Children's Fiction, Beginner Readers, Religious Stories

Synopsis

Third-grader Amina Banana is back in book three of this chapter book series, navigating new responsibilities at home and growing financial stresses, from National Book Award winner Shifa Safadi.

When Amina's family hits hard times, and her dad has been gone working more, she is determined to help her family out. Using her math skills, she develops a new formula.

Find a way to make groceries cheaper? + make money (how) + what else? = us being happy

From clipping coupons to selling zaatar sandwiches and more—will her formula to make money work?

About The Author

SHIFA SALTAGI SAFADI is the National Book Award winning author of Kareem Between, the Amina Banana series, and several picture books, including The Gift of Eid. She has a bachelor’s degree in English literature, is a former English teacher, and is passionate about spreading her love of reading and writing through school visits and story-times. Shifa was born in Syria and immigrated to the US with her parents as a young girl. She lives near Chicago with her husband and four children. Visit Shifa online at ShifaSafadi.com and on Instagram @ShifaSaltagiSafadiAALIYA JALEEL is a Sri-Lankan American illustrator based in Dallas, Texas, who loves illustrating bright, bold color palettes, Islamic and South-Asian inspired patterns, and floral motifs. Some of her past works include the books Under My Hijab and Muslim Girls Rise. In addition to being an illustrator, Aaliya also works as a designer for animation. Visit Aaliya online at www.aaliyamj.com.Find Aaliya on Instagram! @aaliyamj

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zainab on February 10, 2026

apter books aren't really my favorite ones to review, but the Amina Banana series is consistently wonderful! "Amina Banana and the Formula for Making Money" is book 3 in the series, and hands down my favourite so far. Amina's STEM-loving brain has her trying to figure out formulas to hack her way th......more

Goodreads review by Kirin on October 17, 2025

Initially I started reviewing for me: to remind myself what books contained, what I liked, what teachable concepts I could draw upon in classroom and library setting, what flags existed, etc., then I started a blog to share my thoughts with close friends or those that asked my opinions, and eventual......more

Goodreads review by Maleeha on January 12, 2026

My daughter kept reading the parts of the book she loved and found funny out loud to me, which was most of the book. She finished it in one sitting. This is her favorite installment of Amina Banana so far!......more