When, one after the other, women journey to Maathai to seek counsel about scarce food, disappearing firewood and ailing animals, she tells them, “Plant a tree…. To find out more about the process of submitting work for consideration please read ECHO's Policy on Intellectual Property and Sharing.Napoli adopts a folkloric narrative technique to showcase the life work of Wangari Maathai, whose seminal role in Kenya’s reforestation earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. Community Contributed resources remain the property of their creators, but can benefit millions of people around the world. If you have resources you would like to share, we believe in giving credit where credit is due. Many organizations and individuals have chosen to distribute their work through ECHOcommunity. This resource may not necessarily reflect the views of ECHO Inc. In order to facilitate this, ECHOcommunity makes available resources produced internally, and those shared by network members. We believe that in sharing knowledge, people are empowered to find, test, and improve available solutions.

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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. 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. 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. “A beautiful introduction for children just learning about the Greenbelt Movement.” - School Library JournalĬBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade BookĬCBC Choices (Cooperative Children’s Book Council) “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) “Nelson’s pictures, a jaw-dropping union of African textiles collaged with oil paintings, brilliantly capture the villagers’ clothing and the greening landscape… This is, in a word, stunning.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli