BLOG TOUR & GIVEAWAY: Twenty-two Cents by Paula Yoo
TWENTY-TWO CENTS: Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank by Paula Yoo, illustrated by Jamel Akib Lee & Low Books, Inc., 2014 ISBN: 978-1-60060-658-8 Picture Book Nonfiction Source: publisher for review (THANKS!) Grades 2 and up All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK From a young age, Muhammad Yunus was drawn to helping those in need. As a Boy Scout, he raised money for the poor. As a young man, he studied economics so he could teach people to manage their money. As a university professor in Bangladesh, he moved his classes outside to learn how poor villagers managed to survive. It was there that Yunus met a young craftswoman who needed just twenty-two cents to buy materials and feed her family. Ignored by local banks and in debt to moneylenders, she existed in a cycle of poverty. With a dream of a world in which no one goes hungry, Yunus launched Grameen Bank in 1977. The bank was based on the idea of microcre...