Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) Module
International Book Club Discussions
Further Reading Resources for One Book Project Titles.
Interested in reading more and delving further into this year’s One Book or accompanying titles? Check out these resources, including books, DVDs, and online links.
Primary Title The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba
- “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” Review: Saving a Village, Using Books and Brains by Jeannette Catsoulis
- Malawian Boy Uses Wind to Power Hope, Electrify Village by Faith Karimi
- “William and the Windmill” wins the Grand Jury Award at SXSW – TED Blog
- William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind – TED Talk
- Meet the man whose inspirational life story is about to open Sundance in Salt Lake by Cristy Meiners
- “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” Fact vs. Fiction: How Real is the Movie to the William Kamkwamba’s True Story? By Hannah Preston
- Discussion questions from LitLovers
Young Reader’s Edition The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Movie Tie-In Edition) by Penguin Random House Canada
- Book Review: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Teen Services Underground
- Reading (and Engineering with) “The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind” by Alicia Blower
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Characters & Quotes
Picture Book Edition The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: A Story of Passion and Possibility by Maria Popova
- The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind Is An Inspiring Environmental Tale For Kids, Too by Kathy Ceceri
- Support Materials & Games
Non-Fiction What Color is My World? by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- What Color Is My World? The Lost History of African American Inventors by Ben Boos and A.G. Ford. Candlewick
- How many of these inventors do you know? By Elysse James
- What Color Is My World? by C-SPAN
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on His Love of History, Youth Sports and Which Books Everyone Should Read by Thomas Stackpole
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Travels from Court to Classroom to Highlight History of African-American Inventors by Sam Spengler
Poetry Soft Magic by Upile Chisala
- 3 Poems From Upile Chisala’s “Soft Magic” That Will Fall You In Love by Meagan Bess
- Catch the Pre-Lemonade Lemonade with Soft Magic by Gloria Adeyeye
- Upile Chisala’s Oxford University Dream by Kay Montano
- Poetry Review: Soft Magic by BeckieWrites
Picture Book One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul
- Sense of an Ending: Picture Books as an Entry to Activism by Colleen Massaquoi
- “A Book is More than a Book”: A Chat with Author Miranda Paul By Sharon Verbeten
- The Picture Book Buzz: Interview with Miranda & Baptiste Paul by Maria Marshall
- Making of Difference in the World; Discussion prompts by ETownsend
- One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Kidworldcitizen
- One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Katie Cunningham
- Review of One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Monica Edinger
- One Plastic Bag: Book Trailer by Matter of Trust . org
