Pub Date: January 5, 2010
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2008023604
Lexile Code: 0610
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.41" H x 12.36" L x 9.44" W ( 1.10 lbs) 40 pages
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Description: Through artful prose and beautiful illustrations, Napoli and Nelson tell the story of Wangari Maathai, who in 1977 founded the Green Belt Movement, an African grassroots organization, and in 2004 was the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Full color.
Brief description: Kadir Nelson has been honored with the Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, acknowledging his significant and lasting contribution to children's literature. He 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 We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball; Thunder Rose, written by Jerdine Nolen; Ellington Was Not a Street, written by Ntozake Shange; Salt in His Shoes, written by Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan; and many more. Kadir lives in Los Angeles.
Review Quotes: * "Nelson's (We Are the Ship) breathtaking portraits of Maathai often have a beatific quality; bright African textiles represent fields, mountains, and Maathai's beloved trees... Napoli (The Earth Shook) creates a vivid portrait of the community from which Maathai's tree-planting mission grows."
--Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW