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New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2014]
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"A biography of Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who from a young age was determined to make difference in the world and eventually revolutionized global antipoverty efforts by developing the innovative economic concept of micro-lending. Includes an afterword and author's sources"--
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An engaging, informative introduction to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist who developed the microcredit economic movement that gives small loans to the impoverished with the goal of breaking the cycle of rural poverty around the world. An inspiring story, told well and appealingly illustrated.
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Awards
South Asia Book Award (Winner — 2015)
Skipping Stones Honor Award (2015)
Social Justice Literature Award (Winner — Nonfiction — 2015)
CCBC Choices (2015)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve — 2015)
El día de los niños / El día de los libros (3-5 — 2015)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Older Readers — 2014)
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25 cm
ISBN
9781600606588