A giant tortoise learns that if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.\nWhitey and Cahoots, two sharks, convince giant tortoise Arlene to invest in their sure-fire, money-making scheme. Arlene takes the bait. So do all her friends, and they discover the hard way what a Ponzi scheme is.

Shark Scam (Money Tales)

Children's Books

Bair, Sheila

Animals

Albert Whitman & Company

Billy the Borrowing Blue-Footed Booby (Money Tales)

Billy the Blue-Footed Booby, who lived on the Galapagos, wanted to buy an umbrella, so he went to Selling Seal. But Billy didn't listen to Seal's explanation of what that umbrella would end up costing him. And then Billy wanted a fan like Arlene the tortoise's, a purple-striped wig like Ig the iguana's, neon-green shoes like Niels the lizard's, and Seal's anchovy grill. All his friends and his twin sister Bess tried to help, but Billy lost everything.

<div> "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 A serial spender discovers that there's a difference between wanting something and needing it. Billy the Blue-Footed Booby, who lived on the Galapagos, wanted to buy an umbrella, so he went to Selling Seal. But Billy didn't listen to Seal's explanation of what that umbrella would end up costing him. And then Billy wanted a fan like Arlene the tortoise's, a purple-striped wig like Ig the iguana's, neon-green shoes like Niels the lizard's, and Seal's anchovy grill. All his friends and his twin sister Bess tried to help, but Billy lost everything. </div>

The doll Isabel wants costs more than the money she has. She decides to start a car wash business to make money. But at the hardware store she learns that her supplies will cost five dollars! She thinks long and hard and comes up with a plan.

Isabel's Car Wash

Education & Reference

The Nelly Longhair doll is on sale at Murphy's Toys for ten dollars. But Isabel has only fifty cents. Isabel decides to start a car wash business; she's sure she can make money. But at the hardware store she learns that her supplies will cost five dollars! If five of her friends will invest one dollar each, she'll have enough. Will Isabel be able to pay them back and have enough left over for the Nelly doll?

Isabel's Car Wash (Money Tales)

Animals hoping to make an easy profit on a price bubble find out what happens when supply catches up to demand. After Arlene the giant tortoise walks down the aisle wearing a crown of daisies, everyone wants some of the beautiful blooms for themselves. Florists sell out quickly, but Sly Seal has a daisy stash that allows him to drive up the price. Soon his customers start buying flowers from each other at even higher markups, hoping to sell them later for a profit. By the time word spreads that more daisies are on the way, this bubble is ready to burst.

Daisy Bubble: A Price Crash on Galapagos (Money Tales)

Princess Persephone means well when she orders the Money Wizards to conjure more cash for the people of Ganymede, but the result is the opposite of what she wants or expects. 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?

Princess Persephone and the Money Wizards: Inflation Comes to Ganymede (Money Tales)

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

About the Author\nSheila Bair has had a long and distinguished career in finance, academia, and government. She is perhaps best known as the Chair of the FDIC during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, when she was twice named by Forbes Magazine as the second most powerful woman in the world. A lifelong advocate for strong financial regulation and consumer protections, she is the author of the New York Times bestseller Bull by the Horns, her memoir of the financial crisis, and is a frequent op-ed contributor and TV commentator, as well as author of several children's books on financial matters.\nManuela López is a freelance illustrator living and working in Terrassa, a small city in the northeast of Spain. Since she earned a Certificate of Higher Education in Illustration she has been working on children's books with many local publishers. Among her international clients are Simon & Schuster and Crocodile Creek.\nA princess and her pet discover that while making money can be difficult, keeping it can be even harder.\nPrincess Persephone wants to travel somewhere warm and sunny in a shiny new spaceship. But her father won't give her the money she needs for her dream vacation. Persephone comes up with a great idea to earn cash: dragon rides! Learn the ups and downs of entrepreneurship in this amusing story about working hard and spending wisely.

Princess Persephone's Dragon Ride Stand (Money Tales)

Princess Persephone Loses the Castle (Money Tales)

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 to 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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Shark Scam (Money Tales)

Billy the Borrowing Blue-Footed Booby (Money Tales)

Billy the Borrowing Blue-Footed Booby (Money Tales)

Isabel's Car Wash

Isabel's Car Wash (Money Tales)

Daisy Bubble: A Price Crash on Galapagos (Money Tales)

Princess Persephone and the Money Wizards: Inflation Comes to Ganymede (Money Tales)

Princess Persephone's Dragon Ride Stand (Money Tales)

Princess Persephone Loses the Castle (Money Tales)

Princess Persephone Loses the Castle (Money Tales)