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Napoli, Donna Jo

Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya

40 pp. | Simon/Wiseman | January, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-3505-6 $16.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. This picture book celebrates Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize–winner Wangari Maathai who, by encouraging women to plant trees, also gave them a way to improve their lives. Napoli's text is spare but powerful (e.g., "Kenya was strong once more, strong and peaceful"), and Nelson's collage illustrations have the pleasing beauty of a well-made quilt. Back matter supplies information about Maathai's Green Belt Movement. Websites. Glos.
Reviewer: Chelsey Philpot

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