Stories about valuing our natural world
WE ARE STARLINGS
co-authored with Robert Furrow
illustrated by Marc Martin
2022 Random House
ISBN 9780593381632
COMING SOON!
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a Junior Library Guild selection
AS NIGHT FALLS:
CREATURES THAT GO WILD AFTER DARK
illustrated by Felicita Sala
2022 Random House
ISBN 9780593374290
COMING SOON!
THE CROSSING
illustrated by Jim Madsen
2011 Simon & Schuster
ISBN 978-1-4169-9474-9
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starred review PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: ...poetic descriptions of the landscape and journey... a refreshing new angle ...
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL: ...the sights, sounds, and smells of his incredible journey...a beautiful, atmospheric narrative that explores the possibilities of that momentous expedition [Lewis and Clark].
NEW YORK TIMES:
..poetic text and lush artwork tell an evocative story...
MAMA MITI: WANGARI MAATHAI
AND THE TREES OF KENYA
illustrated by Kadir Nelson
2010 Simon & Schuster
ISBN 978-1-41693-505-6
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winner of the Anne Izard's Storytellers' Choice Award
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winner of the Frances and Wesley Bock Book Award
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Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, Maryland Association of School Librarians
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Elementary California Readers list for 2013
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starred reviews KIRKUS & PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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nominated for the NAACP Image Award
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Best Books of the Year list ESSENCE magazine
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Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
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Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended List
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used as the focal point for the Maryland Artist/Teacher Institute, summer 2013
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part of the Pearson MyView 2017 K-5 Reading Program
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25 Children’s Books to Nourish Curiosity by Food Tank
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in Chinese (Chang-Tang Int. Publishing Co., Taichung, Taiwan ISBN 978-986-6347-25-2)
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in Japanese (Suzuki, Tokyo ISBN 978-4-7902-5223-8)
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to be in Spanish (Pearson)
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY:
breathtaking … a vivid portrait of the community from which Maathai's tree-planting mission grows.
From KIRKUS: …. This is, in a word, stunning
To hear the author reading the book, click here.
Above is a photo of children in Cura Orphanage (outside Nairobi) in Kenya, reading MAMA MITI. The orphanage (in 2011) cares for 50 children who have lost their parents to AIDS, providing safety, health, and a new family, full of hope.
