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- EASTWOOD: Children's Collection
Wangari Maathai
Publication Information
New York : Philomel, 2022.
Physical Description
59 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Series
Summary
"When Wangari Maathai learned about how many trees had been cut down in Kenya, where she was from, she was horrified. So she founded the Green Belt Movement and got friends, family, and even strangers to help her plant trees and respect the environment--and she received a Nobel Peace Prize for her work"--
Notes
"Inspired by She persisted by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger"--Title page.
"Based on the bestselling picture book series by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger"--Cover.
Contents
- Born to the land
- Glorified slaves
- Growing minds like trees
- Trees to the rescue
- Tree battles
- Growing trees to victory
- You can persist.
Subjects
- Environmentalists > Kenya > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Tree planters (Persons) > Kenya > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Women conservationists > Kenya > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Women politicians > Kenya > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Women Nobel Prize winners > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Environmentalists.
- Women > Biography.
- Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya) > Juvenile literature.
- Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)
- Maathai, Wangari > Juvenile literature.
- Maathai, Wangari.