One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
by Katie Smith Milway (illus. Eugenie Fernandes)
Ages 7–11
In Ghana, Kojo uses a tiny loan to buy one hen, sells the eggs and slowly builds a farm that helps his whole village.
- Author
- Katie Smith Milway (illus. Eugenie Fernandes)
- Age
- Ages 7–11
- Type
- Picture Book, Economics
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press (CitizenKid)
- In India
- Available
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