Princess Persephone and the Money Wizards

Inflation Comes to Ganymede

Princess Persephone wants her friends to come along on the summer vacation of her dreams, but they can’t afford tickets. No problem! She can just tell Ganymede’s Money Wizards to print more bills. Though a wizard explains that doing so could lead to price hikes, Persephone insists. Then her royal subjects go on a spending spree, creating a shortage of the tickets her friends need for their trip. What’s a princess to do?

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  • 32 Pages
  • 8" x 10"
  • 9780807552483
  • October 2023

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  • 32 Pages
  • 8" x 10"
  • 9780807552520
  • March 2025

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  • October 2023

Reviews

  • Bair is marching against financial illiteracy…Since 2006, she’s been explaining dollars and cents to Americans who are still getting coins from the Tooth Fairy.

    - The Washington Post

  • Princess Persephone and the Money Wizards: Inflation Comes to Ganymede features a princess who wants her friends to go on summer vacation adventures with her, but they can’t afford it. She orders wizards to make more money—which causes spending to increase, prices to soar, and supplies to become scarce. It helps readers understand concepts related to inflation, including supply and demand and consequences of rapid increases in spending.

    - AARP The Magazine

Illustrator

Manuela López

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