Search Results: Returned 14 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 14
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c2012., Penguin Group (USA) Call No: 621.4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind.
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[2012], Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: B KAM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Simple text and pictures tell the true story of how fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba of Malawi taught himself English so that he could read science books and learn how to build a windmill, giving electricity and a means for transporting water to his people.
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c2012., Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: 621.4 53096897 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The story of William Kamkwamba, who in 2001, at the age of fourteen, taught himself to build a windmill and bring electricity , and a future, to his Malawi village during a period of drought and famine.
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c2012., Primary, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Easy KAMKWAMBA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his Malawian village when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.
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[2012], Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: 621.4 53 096897 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Simple text and pictures tell the true story of how fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba of Malawi taught himself English so that he could read science books and learn how to build a windmill, giving electricity and a means for transporting water to his people.
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[2012]., Primary, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: PICTURE NF KAM Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his Malawian village when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.
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2019., Juvenile, Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: E Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As a little girl and her father work together to make her birthday cake, he tells the story of her Grandpa Cacao, a farmer from the Ivory Coast. Includes author's note and a cake recipe.
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p2013, c2013., Childs World Call No: Folklore 398.24 YORK Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Leopard offers a special prize to the one who can count all of his beautiful spots, and is disappointed to find that many animals cannot count.
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[2019], Primary, Millbrook Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Source: Britannica Summary Note: As a child in Cameroon, Tantoh was teased for his interest in farming. Now, Farmer Tantoh is beloved across the country, where he has led clean water and agriculture projects for villages in need.
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[2019], Juvenile, Millbrook Press Call No: 338.1096711 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Documents the inspiring story of environmental champion Tantoh Nforba, describing how he was teased in childhood for his interest in gardening before he organized programs to bring clean water and bountiful gardens to the central African nation of Cameroon.
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[2021]., Preschool, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When a young child takes a bath, an adventure ensues, where the child dives deep to search for treasure, must avoid the terrors of a yellow duck, and giggles as waves splash a distant shore.
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2021., Sourcebooks, Incorporated Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Night has fallen and Mom and Dad need to get their little one in the tub. To make it more fun, Mom brings a magical adventure out at sea to life, where the faucet is a waterfall, a rubber ducky is a sea creature, and the splashing water is a raging sea! In their ocean journey, Mom and Dad manage to get their little one clean just in time to dock for bedtime.
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[2015], Primary, Millbrook Press Call No: 363.72 PAU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Njau, Gambia: When plastic bags began to pile up around her village, Isatou Ceesay discovered a creative way to repurpose the bags and improve her community.
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[2015]., Primary, Millbrook Press Call No: 363.72 82 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Njau, Gambia: When plastic bags began to pile up around her village, Isatou Ceesay discovered a creative way to repurpose the bags and improve her community.