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Loved this book! It was a great way to introduce Reid to Malawi. It was fun to tie the book back to my dad (his grandpa) who live there and did his PHD research there. For me all the Chichewa words brought back memories of my dad using them with me.
The first half of this book is HARD but a great way to introduce a kid to famine which is such a real life experience for so many people. Then the second half of the book is all about invention. There are long explanations of how things work which might turn some people off but Reid could NOT get enough! I would look back in the car and he would be GRINNING so big as they talked about how batteries store energy
The first half of this book is HARD but a great way to introduce a kid to famine which is such a real life experience for so many people. Then the second half of the book is all about invention. There are long explanations of how things work which might turn some people off but Reid could NOT get enough! I would look back in the car and he would be GRINNING so big as they talked about how batteries store energy
Nothing like a book to make you extremely thankful and humble yourself at the same time.
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We read the Young readers adaptation and really enjoyed it!
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Beautiful biography with real insight into life in Malawi and inspiring for brilliant young engineers. It really got me thinking about how to give young children access to materials for building.
William Kamkwamba grew up in a small village in Malawi, that had no running water or electricity. He finished primary school, but because of a famine that ravaged Malawi when he was to enter secondary school, his family could not afford to send him to school. He spent his time in the tiny local library, and he found a book on physics that helped him to learn how to make a windmill.
I really liked this book, and very inspired by it. William always wanted to know how things worked and why. He loved school, but yet his family's circumstances kept him out of school, because of the famine. Even though he was living on one meal a day (only a few mouthfuls for that meal), he desperately wanted to keep his mind working on something. He found a tiny public library that had very few books, but one that changed his life forever.
I really liked this book, and very inspired by it. William always wanted to know how things worked and why. He loved school, but yet his family's circumstances kept him out of school, because of the famine. Even though he was living on one meal a day (only a few mouthfuls for that meal), he desperately wanted to keep his mind working on something. He found a tiny public library that had very few books, but one that changed his life forever.
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The heartbreaking true story of a boy using his creativity to help his family and help improve life for himself and his community.