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sue_from_stack_those_books's review against another edition
5.0
Inspiring!
Synopsis:
This is an inspiring book that tells the story of a you boy who wishes to become a farmer. He loves to play in the dirt. One day he implements a better system for his community to have fresh clean water so they will stop getting sick.
Review:
This story is an inspiration. It teaches a love for the land, people, community, plants, and the fruits of your labor. I think this would be a perfect spring read when everyone is thinking about planting gardens, an Earth Day read because it is about bettering our world, and a community/ mission/ volunteer study. Children and adult alike can be inspired by this story.
Synopsis:
This is an inspiring book that tells the story of a you boy who wishes to become a farmer. He loves to play in the dirt. One day he implements a better system for his community to have fresh clean water so they will stop getting sick.
Review:
This story is an inspiration. It teaches a love for the land, people, community, plants, and the fruits of your labor. I think this would be a perfect spring read when everyone is thinking about planting gardens, an Earth Day read because it is about bettering our world, and a community/ mission/ volunteer study. Children and adult alike can be inspired by this story.
dgrachel's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.75
I was pleasantly surprised by this picture book. It’s the story of a man who falls in love with gardening and the land in his village in #Cameroon, and grows up to do incredible work providing clean water and farming know-how to other villages in the region. It’s inspiring and I’d love to know more about Farmer Tantoh and his work
tashrow's review
4.0
When Tantoh was young, he visited his grandmother’s farm and tried to plant onions on his own. They shriveled and never grew, but it inspired him to learn more about all sorts of things. As a teen, his father got him his how shovel and gardening supplies even though his father was ill. Tantoh is called Farmer by his classmates and takes pride in it, even writing it on his school uniform. His brother encourages him not to be a farmer, wanting him to get a good job in an office with high scores on his exam. But Tantoh is drawn to be a farmer and deliberately fails his exams. He starts working on the land and someone pays for him to go to college and study agriculture. At college, Tantoh contracts typhoid and it takes seven years for him to fully recover. This shows him the value of clean water. He goes to the United States to study, returning to Cameroon to build gardens that will hold water in the soil and a catchment to capture spring water for a village. One project leads to another and now Farmer Tantoh has many young farmers wanting to learn from him.
This nonfiction picture book offers a close and personal look at an environmental hero who changed the face of Cameroon and brought water conservation and clean drinking water to his country. Farmer was clearly pressured as a young man not to follow his dreams of being a farmer, so this book looks at following one’s dreams and having the ability to live the life you wish to lead. The book also looks at barriers to his success such as his battle with typhoid, which also serves to speak to his strength, courage and resilience.
The illustrations in the book are done in mixed media with paper collage, paint, pen and pencil. The images range from the hills of Cameroon to images of Tantoh as a child, student and adult. The pictures are filled with bright colors, strong shapes and vibrant design.
A look at a man who changed his country by following his dream. Appropriate for ages 4-7.
This nonfiction picture book offers a close and personal look at an environmental hero who changed the face of Cameroon and brought water conservation and clean drinking water to his country. Farmer was clearly pressured as a young man not to follow his dreams of being a farmer, so this book looks at following one’s dreams and having the ability to live the life you wish to lead. The book also looks at barriers to his success such as his battle with typhoid, which also serves to speak to his strength, courage and resilience.
The illustrations in the book are done in mixed media with paper collage, paint, pen and pencil. The images range from the hills of Cameroon to images of Tantoh as a child, student and adult. The pictures are filled with bright colors, strong shapes and vibrant design.
A look at a man who changed his country by following his dream. Appropriate for ages 4-7.
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