Princess Persephone Loses the Castle

Princess Persephone was cold in her castle on freezing Ganymede. So, when Aluminum Jim came calling to sell her tin sheets to nail onto the exterior walls to keep out the cold, Persephone was only too happy to agree to a loan and sign the contract without reading it. What could she do when the tin sheets didn’t work, she couldn’t repay the loan, and Jim claimed the castle?

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  • 32 Pages
  • 8" x 10"
  • 9780807566473
  • September 2021

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Reviews

  • Author Bair has serious finance credentials. She is a former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and current chair of Fannie Mae—and, now, an author of whimsical personal finance books for young children.

    - Booklist

  • 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

  • Sheila Bair uses illustrations and fun stories to demystify finance for children and the adults who read to them.

    - AARP The Magazine

Illustrator

Manuela López