I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon PDF
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When Tantoh Nforba was a child, he loved the dirt and all that grew in his grandmother’s garden. In school, his fellow students mocked him by calling him Farmer. His older brother told him to study hard so he could one day get a job in an office. But Tantoh knew that wasn’t the right path for him. Today Tantoh is proud to call himself Farmer. Farmer Tantoh is an environmental leader, bringing clean water and bountiful organic gardens to the central African nation of Cameroon. He is also the founder of the international charity Save Your Future Association. Authors Baptiste Paul and Miranda Paul traveled through northwest Cameroon with Farmer Tantoh to see firsthand how his grassroots work is growing a movement. Elizabeth Zunon’s intricate collage illustrations authentically bring to life this powerful story of community. Ages 7–11 Reinforced binding THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Farmer Tantoh stands beneath banana trees Sarah Ntala, Farmer Tantoh’s that grew from one he planted thirty years grandmother, who taught him about earlier in Taku, Cameroon. The original tree gardening at a very young age. was a gift for his grandmother. All photos taken in January 2017 froAn stTi goanfn ttwhoehit ’hCs hhtiuopams- Cfeothoru wkaen eB poofitn aNgnk wiacmaatlb eGre a,c rCledaaemnn ses rtionaon Fnda.sr mine r A road that leads to Akweto, Cameroon, provides a view of the landscape during the dry season. For small-scale farmers and grassroots environmentalists everywhere —B.P. For eco-minded people, especially Carol Hinz —M.P. For people working to better our world, one person at a time —E.Z. The authors would like to acknowledge Farmer Tantoh Nforba Dieudonne, Mbunkur Quinta Musah, and their respective families for their help and hospitality while researching this book. They would also like to recognize Nfor Kenneth Yinkfu, Fombe Nfor Celestine, Justice Mrs. Grace Kinyang Mabu, Dr. Peter Mabu Tata and family, and Save Your Future Association for supporting us and Tantoh. Your contributions, great and small, will encourage young readers around the world to become stewards for the earth and leaders in their own communities. Text copyright © 2019 by Baptiste Paul and Miranda Paul Illustrations copyright © 2019 by Elizabeth Zunon All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means— electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Millbrook Press A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information, look up this title at www.lernerbooks.com. All photographs on endpapers courtesy of Baptiste Paul and Miranda Paul. Map © Laura Westlund/Independent Picture Service. Designed by Emily Harris. Main body text set in Stone Informal ITC Std 16/23. Typeface provided by International Typeface Corporation. The illustrations in this book were created with cut paper collage, watercolor, pen drawing, and pasted colored pencil. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Cataloging-in-Publication Data for I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon is on file at the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-5124-4914-3 (lib. bdg.) ISBN 978-1-5415-4380-5 (eb pdf) Manufactured in the United States of America 1-42846-26510-7/31/2018 BAPTISTE PAUL MIRANDA PAUL AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY ELIZABETH ZUNON J MILLBROOK PRESS • MINNEAPOLIS This is northwestern Cameroon. Green. Wet. Alive. The rainy season has begun. A young boy arrives at his grandmother’s farm. His feet squish between rows of cabbage and beans. His small hands plunge into the dirt. “Nshee!” “Oh, Tantoh!” His father laughs. His grandmother laughs, too. They do not stop him. They understand his joy.
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