Flipflopi: How a Boat Made from Flip-Flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean by Linda Ravin Lodding, Dipesh Pabari and illustrator, Michael Machira Mwangi, Juma is excited to go fishing with his grandfather, Babu Ali. When they get to the beach, they find the sand covered in plastic pollution-flip flops, plastic straws, bottles, toothbrushes, and shopping bags. When one of the flip flops is floating on the water, it gives Juma and Babu Ali an idea to create a Kenyan dhow boat from the plastic pollution. Based on a true story. Hardcover, 40 pages. Recommended for ages 4 to 8 years old.
