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Wangari Maathai by Franck Prévot; Aurélia Fronty (Illustrator)
Call Number: PIC 921 MAA
ISBN: 158089626X
Publication Date: 2015-01-06
Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her efforts to lead women in a nonviolent struggle to bring peace and democracy to Africa through its reforestation.
The Watcher by Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)
Call Number: PIC 921 GOO
ISBN: 0375967745
Publication Date: 2011-04-05
Jane Goodall, the great observer of chimpanzees. Follow Jane from her childhood in London watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the African forests of Gombe, Tanzania, invited by brilliant scientist Louis Leakey to observe chimps, to her worldwide crusade to save these primates who are now in danger of extinction, and their habitat.

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Love Will See You Through by Angela Farris Watkins; Sally Wern Comport (Illustrator)
Call Number: PIC 323 WAT
ISBN: 1416986936
Publication Date: 2014-12-30
The niece of Martin Luther King, Jr. reveals six timeless and universal principles that encompass the civil rights leader's greatest legacy: Love will see you through.
Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales; Tim O'Meara (Photographer)
Call Number: PIC 921 KAH
ISBN: 9781596436039
Publication Date: 2014-09-02
Frida Kahlo, one of the world's most famous and unusual artists is revered around the world. Her life was filled with laughter, love, and tragedy, all of which influenced what she painted on her canvases.