![]() ![]() We did some of the writing before traveling there, but a lot of revising and adding to the work happened while we were there with Farmer Tantoh. The following year we arranged to make a research trip and visit his hometown, gardens, and water projects in Northwest Cameroon. When he returned to Cameroon, we kept an eye on the remarkable ways he was growing a movement there, and the awards his work was winning.įast forward a few years, and we began conducting phone and online interviews with Tantoh. ![]() We’d learned about his environmental work and kept in touch while he went to school in our city. We’d met Farmer Tantoh about eight years prior to the book’s release at a Toddlers for Diversity playgroup, where he was the presenter. ![]() ![]() I Am Farmer highlights the work of an environmentalist and farmer in Cameroon. book tour with Tantoh Nforba Dieudonne, the subject of their newest picture book, I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon (Lerner, 2019). While separately they’ve published picture books, their first co-creations were recently published. Today’s spotlight is on a new picture book author duo, Miranda and Baptiste Paul. ![]()
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