Twenty-Two Cents - Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank

A biography of 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who revolutionized global antipoverty efforts by developing the innovative economic concept of micro-lending.

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: Jamel Akib (Illustration)
• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2018
• EAN: 9781620148099
• ISBN: 978-1-62014-809-9
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 218 mm x 271 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 179 g
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics