Mama Miti : Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya

By:

Donna Jo Napoli

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Simon & Schuster 2010Description: 40 pages Hardback ISBN:

9781416935056

Subject(s):

Environment - peace - Nature - Culture - peace

Genre/Form:

Circle Time

DDC classification:

333.72NAP

Summary: Through artful prose and beautiful illustrations, Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson tell the true story of Wangari Muta Maathai, known as "Mama Miti," who in 1977 founded the Green Belt Movement, an African grassroots organization that has empowered many people to mobilize and combat deforestation, soil erosion, and environmental degradation. Today more than 30 million trees have been planted throughout Mama Miti's native Kenya, and in 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Wangari Muta Maathai has changed Kenya tree by tree--and with each page turned, children will realize their own ability to positively impact the future.

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Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Junior Library General Books_Circle Time	Non-fiction	333.72 NAP	1	Available	Circle Time - Climates / Conservation / Sustainability		1501022926

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Through artful prose and beautiful illustrations, Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson tell the true story of Wangari Muta Maathai, known as "Mama Miti," who in 1977 founded the Green Belt Movement, an African grassroots organization that has empowered many people to mobilize and combat deforestation, soil erosion, and environmental degradation. Today more than 30 million trees have been planted throughout Mama Miti's native Kenya, and in 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Wangari Muta Maathai has changed Kenya tree by tree--and with each page turned, children will realize their own ability to positively impact the future. Circle Time - Environment - peace - Nature - Culture - peace

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