Explaining finance to the youngest readers
Making money funny
Financial literacy has been an overlooked niche in the picture book world, said Victoria A. Selvaggio, owner of the Storm Literary Agency and Wilson’s agent. What books there are for the kindergarteners, first and second graders tend to be heavy on instruction and light on inspiration, which is why she thinks Wilson’s deft touch will buoy additional titles. “We’re brainstorming more ideas,” she said of her collaboration with Wilson. One promising vein: the plight of paper checks that don’t get written any more in a digital economy.