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Mama Miti
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya (with audio recording) | Donna Jo Napoli
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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 Mitis 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 treeand with each page turned, children will realize their own ability to positively impact the future.
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Catsandbooks
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Beautiful book about Mama Miti, a woman who helped other women and families by planting trees and sharing knowledge about trees.
#FoodandLit Kenya

TheBookHippie I loved this. 1y
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KamrynWaites

“Thayu nyumba- peace, my people”

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KamrynWaites
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Wonderful story about a woman who helped people in need from all over by planting trees. This book has beautifully detailed illustrations that are very colorful and include a lot of patterns that make the focus picture pop. Learn about African culture and vocabulary.

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TheBookHippie
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TheBookHippie
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“ℍ𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕟𝕛𝕠𝕪. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥.” “𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕖.“

#FOODANDLIT KENYA

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IndoorDame
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Kicking off Sept w a nonfiction pic book about Wangari Maathai for #foodandlit #kenya. In my opinion, the most interesting info about her is only included in the afterword. The way it is it reads almost more like a folk tale than contemporary nonfiction, so to know how impressive she was requires a conversation with young readers. Thank said, I think it will appeal to young readers the way it‘s written. The cadence & art are both very beautiful.

TheBookHippie I did this for read a loud once already today!!! YAY!! 2y
IndoorDame @TheBookHippie awesome synchronicity!!! 2y
TheBookHippie @IndoorDame The third graders very much enjoyed it! I read it while they ate breakfast in their classroom this morning!! 2y
Catsandbooks Wonderful! 2y
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sarabellini

And when women from her own village came, lamenting that the water in her stream was too dirty to drink, Wangari told her plant mukuyu, the giant sacred fig, the drinker of water, which acts as nature's filter to clean streams.

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sarabellini

This book really captures the spirit of the African culture, specifically the Kenyan notion of harambee (swahili) which means pulling together for the common good. I really enjoyed the oil painting illustrations which brilliantly captured the villager's clothing and the green landscape.

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sarabellini
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This book describes the Green Belt Movement which started in Kenya by Wangari Muta Maathai who was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for working to revitalize a deforested Kenya. This book tells the story as if Wangari is a town elder who gives advice to women who travel from all over the country for her help. She becomes known as Mama Miti which means the mother of trees.

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elijahsmith

“The woman and her children returned home and planted trees with their strong hands”

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elijahsmith

I enjoyed the detailed illustrations of this book.

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elijahsmith
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I enjoyed reading this story about Wangari. She was a lady who changed a country tree by tree. She taught all of her people wisdom of nature and planting of trees.

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CassidyCantrell

I really like the illustrations and how each page has a picture along with the words

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CassidyCantrell
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This is an easy read with short paragraphs. There are tough vocabulary words in this book though. Would be a great read for 2nd-5th grade