The Story of Banker of the People Muhammad Yunus

This new entry in the innovative Story line of chapter-book biographies focuses on Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus, who revolutionized global antipoverty efforts by developing the innovative economic concept of micro-lending. Full color.

About the author

Paula Yoo is an author and screenwriter whose children's books for Lee & Low include Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds, Shining Star, and several titles in the Confetti Kids series. Her titles have been recognized by the International Reading Association, the Texas Bluebonnet Award Masterlist, and Lee & Low's New Voices Award. She and her husband live in Los Angeles, California, where she works in television. You can visit her online at paulayoo.com.
Jamel Akib is an award-winning illustrator whose work has appeared in several picture books as well as in numerous museum and gallery shows in England, including several Best of British Illustration exhibitions. A full-time illustrator of English and Malaysian ancestry, Akib now lives with his family in Salisbury, England.

Product details

• Authors: Paula Yoo
• Assisted by: Jameel Akib (Illustration), Jamel Akib (Illustration), Jamil Akib (Illustration)
• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781643790060
• ISBN: 978-1-64379-006-0
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 206 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 204 g
• Series: Story of; Story of
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics