I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon
by Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul, Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
Millbrook Press (Feb 05, 2019)
Nonfiction, Library Binding, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Description of I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon by Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul
"Even as a young child Tantoh Nforba loves the rich soils of his native northwestern Cameroon, earning the nickname ’Farmer’ from his mocking classmates; family members discourage him from following his passion in favor of aiming for an office job. Owning the nickname proudly—he even writes it on his school uniform—he rejects their judgment and grows up to become not just a farmer but an effective advocate for clean water and safe agricultural practices. He founds a successful nonprofit organization and contributes to the health and well-being of countless communities across Cameroon (’In the twenty years since he first put on the Farmer shirt, Tantoh has installed or consulted on the building of more than sixty wells or spring catchments and inspired the planting of more than eight hundred home, school, or community gardens’). This heartening story—accompanied in front and back matter by the authors’ photographs, maps, and additional commentary about their time with Nforba and his family—conveys the importance of sound agricultural practices across farms, schoolyards, communities, and nations. In Zunon’s colorful mixed-media illustrations, the vibrancy of people, water, and especially the contrasting soils of the wet and dry seasons showcase the movement that Farmer Tantoh has built. The back matter also includes a brief glossary/pronunciation guide of Limbum (one of the languages of Cameroon) words."—The Horn Book Magazine

Additional Book Information:
- ISBN: 9781512449143
- Imprint: Millbrook Press
- Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
- Parent Company: Lerner Publishing Group
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