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Howard, Ginger

A Basket of Bangles: How a Business Begins

32 pp. | Lerner/Millbrook | March, 2002 | Library ISBN 0-7613-1902-6 $$21.90
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Cheryl Kirk Noll. Based on the model of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, this story explains how Sufiya and four other women get a collective loan and start five micro-businesses, earning money to better their lives and pay back the loan. The accurate, detailed watercolors display the village setting, the work, and the problems the women must overcome. An author's note goes into greater detail.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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