She is also the author of several picture books including Flamingo Dream, The Wishing Club: A Story About Fractions, Corkscrew Counts: A Story About Multiplication, The Crossing, A Single Pearl, and Hands and Hearts. Her other novels include the Zel, Beast, The Wager, Lights on the Nile, Skin, Storm, Hidden, and Dark Shimmer. Her first middle grade novel, Soccer Shock, was published in 1991. She is also a published poet and co-editor of four volumes of poetry. In the area of linguistics, she has authored five books, co-authored six books, edited one book, and co-edited five books. She has taught on the university level since 1970, is widely published in scholarly journals, and has received numerous grants and fellowships in the area of linguistics. in general and romance linguistics from Harvard University. Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011ĭonna Jo Napoli was born on February 28, 1948. The story of Wangari Maathai, who in 1977 founded the Green Belt Movement, an African grassroots organization, and in 2004 was the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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