{"product_id":"mama-miti-wangari-maathai-and-the-trees-of-kenya-9781416935056","title":"Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAACP Image Award Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In a word, stunning.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonna Jo Napoli is the acclaimed and award-winning author of many novels, both fantasies and contemporary stories. She won the Golden Kite Award for \u003ci\u003eStones in Water\u003c\/i\u003e in 1997. Her novel \u003ci\u003eZel\u003c\/i\u003e was named an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, a \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon, and a \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book, and a number of her novels have been selected as ALA Best Books. She is a professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband. Visit her at DonnaJoNapoli.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKadir Nelson is an award-winning American artist whose works have been exhibited in major national and international publications, institutions, art galleries, and museums. Nelson's work has won the Coretta Scott King Award, the Robert F. Sibert Award, two Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Awards, and the 2005 Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. His beloved, award-winning, and bestselling picture books include \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThunder Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Jerdine Nolen; \u003ci\u003eEllington Was Not a Street\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Ntozake Shange; \u003ci\u003eSalt in His Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan; and many more. Kadir lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster\/Paula Wiseman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670663500050,"sku":"9781416935056","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cb7ef116-dee1-48a3-b845-08c6f799eb38.jpg?v=1733786281","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mama-miti-wangari-maathai-and-the-trees-of-kenya-9781416935056","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}