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Small hands, big ideas.
We believe the earliest years are when the biggest questions get asked. Books for Little Hands turns them into early financial literacy — quietly, warmly, and with room to wonder.
AI-crafted picture books · Est. 2026
Books forlittle hands.
A quiet, curious series of children's picture books building early financial literacy and AI literacy — story on one side, hands-on activities on the other. Meet Maya across two series: Finance for Little Hands and AI for Little Hands.
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Curiosity✦Coins✦Kindness✦Compound joy✦Little decisions✦Big questions✦Saving✦Sharing✦Wonder✦
Curiosity✦Coins✦Kindness✦Compound joy✦Little decisions✦Big questions✦Saving✦Sharing✦Wonder✦
Chapter Zero · Manifesto
Books that teach the biggest ideas in the smallest voices.
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Money, made gentle.
Finance is not a scary word. In our stories, coins are curious, budgets are buckets, and needs and wants take turns at the table.
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One brave girl. Many little readers.
Maya is the child every child recognises: unsure, honest, hopeful. She learns out loud so your child can learn along.
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Story meets activity.
Every book pairs Maya's story with simple, playful activities — sorting, spotting, tallying, deciding — so children don't just read about money, they practise it.
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AI-crafted, human-shaped.
Every page is thoughtfully created with the help of AI — illustration, storyboarding, and pacing — then carefully edited by the authors so the warmth, values, and voice stay unmistakably human.
The Bookshelf · Choose a series
Series № 01
Three books. One little economist.
Book № 01202601 / 05 · AVAILABLE
The Money Mystery
Maya's Guide to Discovering Money
Follow Maya as she uncovers what money really is — from clinking coins to crumpled bills — and why grown-ups treat it like treasure.
- What money is
- History of coins
- Value & worth
Ages 5–9·24 pages·Paperback
AI-crafted picture book
Book № 02202602 / 05 · AVAILABLE
The Two Money Buckets
Maya's Guide to Debit and Credit
Two buckets. One fills, one empties. Maya learns the gentle rhythm of earning, saving, and spending money.
- Debit vs credit
- Earning
- Balance
Ages 5–9·24 pages·Paperback
AI-crafted picture book
Book № 03202603 / 05 · AVAILABLE
Do I Really Need It?
Maya's Guide to Spending Wisely
An apple, a rocket, and one shiny coin. Maya learns the small, brave pause between want and need.
- Needs vs wants
- Delayed gratification
- Choices
Ages 5–9·24 pages·Paperback
AI-crafted picture book
Volume II · Coming soon
Two more chapters, warmly in the works.
№ 04Coming 2026
The Growing Coin
Maya's Guide to Investments & Interest
How money quietly grows while you sleep — investments, interest, and the slow magic of compounding, told through Maya's very first tiny investment.
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№ 05Coming 2026
What I Own, What I Owe
Maya's Guide to Assets, Liabilities & Loans
Some things add to your bucket. Some things take from it. Maya learns what a house, a car, a loan and a mortgage really mean — one careful page at a time.
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Cast · Character № 01
Meet Maya.
Maya is seven. She asks a lot of questions and doesn't always wait for the answer. She keeps a piggy bank, a magnifying glass, and a small notebook with the words she's still figuring out. She's the friend your child already knows.
- Age
- 07
- Habit
- Wondering
- Signature
- Red headband
- Favourite
- Coins
Reader Letters · Marginalia
What parents, teachers & little readers are saying.
Letter № 01
A wonderful, interactive way to teach kids about money — story and colourful illustration on one page, real practice on the next. It breaks down saving and spending into small lessons our little one loved trying out on trips to the grocery store. A fantastic addition to any child's bookshelf.
Arpita
Architect · Parent
Letter № 02
I use these in my Grade 2 classroom every Friday. The activities are the perfect bridge between story-time and a real conversation about needs and wants.
James Whitfield
Primary School Teacher · Manchester
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Finally a book series that talks to children like they can understand — because they can. Warm illustrations, honest words, and no talking down.
Dr. Priya Menon
Child Development Researcher
Letter № 04
We read one chapter, then did the activity together. It felt less like a lesson and more like something we discovered as a family.
Marcus Alvarez
Parent · Toronto
Colophon · The Creators
Two voices, one steady handrail for little readers.
Sanket Apte
Creator“I wanted a book I could read to my child that treated their mind the way we treat their small hands — carefully, kindly, and with room to grow.”
A parent who spent too many evenings explaining what a bank was. This series began as a single scribbled question on the back of a receipt: "How do I teach them, gently?" Every book is the answer to a real question a real child asked — paired with playful activities that turn each idea into practice.
Shruti Kulkarni
Co-creator“Children don't need us to simplify the world — they need us to show it to them, slowly, and let them figure it out themselves.”
Shruti brings the second voice to Maya's stories — the careful editor's ear, the structure behind every gentle sentence, and the activities that turn each lesson into practice. She shapes each book so young readers walk away with real financial literacy, one small idea at a time.