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Author Lodding, Linda Ravin, author.

Title Flipflopi : how a boat made from flip-flops is helping to save the ocean / by Linda Ravin Lodding and Dipesh Pabari ; illustrated by Michael Machira Mwangi.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : Beaming Books, 2023
©2023

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J363.738 LOD    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  NATURE JJ LODDING    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  P LODDING    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J363.738 LO    Check Shelf
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Summary "Juma is excited to go fishing with his grandfather, Babu Ali. But when they get to the beach, they find the sand covered in plastic pollution--flip-flops, plastic straws, toothbrushes, bottles, and shopping bags. One of the flip-flops floating in on a wave looks like a boat. That gives Juma and Babu Ali an idea. Based on the true story of the Kenyan dhow boat Flipflopi, this inspirational tale demonstrates how innovation, art, and determination can transform plastic pollution into something useful. In 2017, 30,000 flip-flops and other plastic waste items, all collected from the Kenyan coast, were melted, shaped, and carved into the dhow named Flipflopi. Weighing in at 7 tons, this boat is a testament to what can happen when awareness is turned into action."--Amazon.
Subject Plastic marine debris -- Environmental aspects -- Kenya -- Juvenile literature.
Thongs (Sandals) -- Juvenile literature.
Recycled products -- Kenya -- Lamu.
Lamu (Kenya)
Pollution -- Juvenile literature.
Thongs (Sandals).
Pollution.
Boats and boating. (OCoLC)fst00835176
Pollution. (OCoLC)fst01070069
Thongs (Sandals) (OCoLC)fst01150194
Genre/Form Picture books.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01726789
Added Author Pabari, Dipesh, author.
Mwangi, Michael Machira, illustrator.
Added Title How a boat made from flip-flops is helping to save the ocean
ISBN 9781506486406 (hardcover)
1506486401 (hardcover)
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