In this 10-book series, Nobel prizewinner Esther Duflo tackles topics tied to poverty, presenting them simply to children.

Afia could be from Africa, Asia, or South America, but she lives in an imaginary village created by illustrator Cheyenne Olivier. In this picture book, readers share in her struggles to find a cure for her disease: malaria. This will provide occasions to share other stories and images of poverty free of the prejudice, myth, and caricature with which the poor are too often depicted.