While teaching economics to young children, I recommend two picturebooks to serve as portals to meaning-making and understanding. I Don’t Have Enough introduces the social issue of poverty with reflection prompts and questions woven into the narrative, encouraging thoughtful conversations. I Like, I Don’t Like serves as a doorway and dip into the topics of child labor and poverty. Its full-bleed, double-page spreads present complex economic realities in an age-appropriate way, inviting emotional engagement and meaningful interpretation of diverse lived experiences.