Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind



The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by William Kamkwamba
New Book Shelves - Upper Level 621.312 K


Also available in Large print

A teenager in Malawi built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his village. This is a hopeful story of ingenuity and progress! It inspires the reader to find ways to improve their own envirnoment and those around them. The exciting aspect of this book is that a teenager with only scraps for resources managed to change the lives of an entire village. Imagine what we can do with the resources available to us!

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