Summary: A homeless orphan in Kenya becomes a lucrative businessman, only to give it all up and open an orphanage that today serves over 2,000 Kenyan children.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Brainstorm Media 2017

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Obama, George Hussein.

Summary: This is a memoir of George Obama, President Obama's Kenyan half brother, who found the inspiration to strive for his goal--to better the lives of his own people--in his elder brother's example.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010

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Kainen, Dan.

Summary: A magical journey where readers encounter eight animals that come alive. Using an innovative lenticular-based technology, precision sliding lenses, and original four-color video imagery, each image is like a 3-D movie on the page, delivering a rich and fluid visual experience.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2012

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McQuerry, Maureen

Summary: "Wangari Maathai worked to heal and revive damaged land by planting new trees. Discover her big ideas about restoring nature and ways you can help too!"--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022

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Suthar, Nihar

Summary: "The Hope Raisers is a deeply emotional narrative that follows Daniel, Mutura, and Lucy as they fight to transform their slum through art and skating. It inspires and educates readers on African culture, female empowerment, and creating sustainable change in developing countries"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022

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Winter, Jeanette

Summary: This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Company 2018

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Leng'ete, Nice

Summary: "Nice's journey from "heartbroken child and community outcast, to leader of the Maasai" is an inspiration and a reminder that one person can change the world--and every girl is worth saving"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021

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Goffard, Christopher.

Contents: The house at the edge of the dark -- The lawyer -- The collar and the gun -- Oaths -- The dictator -- The clashes -- The terrible place -- The raid -- Lolgorien -- The tribunal -- The girls -- We will all be sorted out -- The bureau -- Manic depression -- The verdict -- The end of the time of Moi -- The inquest -- The labyrinth with no center.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Co. 2012

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Nivola, Claire A.

Summary: "This is the story of Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement"--Dust jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2008

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Dinesen, Isak

Summary: In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1992

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Maathai, Wangari.

Summary: Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three, recounts her life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya. Born in a rural village in 1940, she was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most girls were uneducated. We see her become the first woman both in East and Central Africa to earn a PhD and to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2006

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Dinesen, Isak

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1985

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Kasbe, Jon

Summary: Examines the practice of ivory poaching as it exists in Kenya from the perspective of small-time poachers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2020

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Napoli, Donna Jo

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2010

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Finn, Adharanand.

Summary: Whether running is a recreation, a passion, or just a spectator sport, Finn's incredible journey to the elite training camps of Kenya will captivate. Part travelogue, part memoir, this quest uncovers the secrets of the world's greatest runners--and puts them to the test.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2012

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Hatkoff, Isabella.

Summary: Continues the story of the unusual friendship between Owen, a young orphaned hippo, and Mzee, a 130-year old Aldabra tortoise.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2007

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McCormick, Ty

Summary: "From Ty McCormick, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, an epic and timeless story of a family in search of safety, security, and a place to call home. When Asad Hussein was growing up in the world's largest refugee camp, nearly every aspectof life revolved around getting to America-a distant land where anything was possible. Thousands of displaced families like his were whisked...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021

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Ridgeway, Rick.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1999

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Sheldrick, Daphne Jenkins

Summary: A conservationist who has dedicated her life to saving orphan elephants in Africa describes her relationships with her late husband, Tsavo Park warden David Sheldrick, and a host of animals, including the majestic elephant, Eleanor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012

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Summary: In arid regions across southern Kenya, the waterhole, created by elephants and termites, is central to everyone's life. It is where animals visit to drink, and where some creatures are born and die. Every visit is charged with tension, for a waterhole is the perfect place for predators to wait in ambush.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Hatkoff, Isabella.

Summary: Details through text and photographs the special bond shared by Owen, an orphaned hippo, and Mzee, a 130-year-old giant tortoise.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2006

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Diaz-Ortiz, Claire

Summary: Recounts the experiences of an American woman whose encounter with a boy in a Kenyan orphanage led her to stay in the country for a year, and profoundly alter the boy's future.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Pub Group 2014

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Ellis, Gerry.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Welcome Books 2002

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