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Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions



by
Richard Turee ,Shelly Pollock
illustrated by
Sonia Possentini

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Imprint
Tilbury House
ISBN
9780884488859
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A story of ingenuity and perseverance.

Richard Turere’s own story: Richard grew up in Kenya as a Maasai boy, herding his family’s cattle, which represented their wealth and livelihood. Richard’s challenge was to protect their cattle from the lions who prowled the night just outside the barrier of acacia branches that surrounded the farm’s boma, or stockade. Though not well-educated, 12-year-old Richard loved tinkering with electronics. Using salvaged components, spending $10, he surrounded the boma with blinking lights, and the system works; it keeps lions away. His invention, Lion Lights, is now used in Africa, Asia, and South America to protect farm animals from predators.

About the Maasai. Maasai words. Suggestions for further reading. Online resources. Full-color illustrations. 

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Format

Print

Page Count

32

Trim Size

10 1/2" x 9 1/2"

Dewey

B

AR

0: points 0

Genre

Nonfic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Dec 2022

Book Genres

Picture Book

Topics

Cattle. Cows. Herders. Lions. Maasai (African people). Kenya, Africa. Richard Turere (2000– ). Predators and prey. Wildlife conservation. Inventions. 

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