By Elizabeth Floyd MairSpecial to the Times Union Born in Albany and raised in the Ivory Coast in West Africa, painter and collagist Elizabeth Zunon has lived in the Capital Region since she was 12 and brings a multicultural sensibility to her work today as a...
Children's Books: Scientists explore the gentle side of polar bears, and more POSTED: 01/22/2012 01:00:00 AM MST By Claire MartinThe Denver Post The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon...
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books February 2012 Kamkwamba, William The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind; by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer; illus. by Elizabeth Zunon. Dial,...
Wow! 1292 children read 10,009 books in two weeks on Pearson Foundation's We Give Books website, resulting in over 10,000 children's books to William Kamkwamba's Wimbe village library and additional schools/libraries in the area via William's NGO...
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: A Story of Passion and Possibility by Maria Popova What bamboo poles and bicycle chains have to do with sparking the spirit of entrepreneurship. When he was only 14 years old, William Kamkwamba dreamt up a windmill that would produce...
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