{"product_id":"princess-persephone-loses-the-castle-9780807566473","title":"Princess Persephone Loses the Castle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inexperienced royal learns a valuable lesson about reading the fine print.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrincess 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBair, Sheila:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSheila 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 \u003cem\u003eForbes Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003cem\u003e New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eBull by the Horns\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLópez, Manuela:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Manuela 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 \u0026amp; Schuster and Crocodile Creek.","brand":"Albert Whitman \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50380659392786,"sku":"9780807566473","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_373b0783-60aa-4cb0-804a-9ffe50f7f82e.jpg?v=1728685723","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/princess-persephone-loses-the-castle-9780807566473","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}