Bibliograph

Dr. Wangari Maathai plants a forest, text, Corinne Purtill ; cover and illustrations, Eugenia Mello

Type

Label

Dr. Wangari Maathai plants a forest, text, Corinne Purtill ; cover and illustrations, Eugenia Mello

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Dr. Wangari Maathai plants a forest

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1143846572

Responsibility statement

text, Corinne Purtill ; cover and illustrations, Eugenia Mello

Series statement

Good night stories for rebel girls chapter book

Summary

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a historical novel based on the life of Dr. Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist and environmentalist from Kenya.Wangari lives in the lush, green, land of rural Kenya where the soil is perfect for planting, the trees tower into the sky, and the streams are full of mysterious creatures. All day, she plays beneath her favorite fig tree, and at night she gathers around the fire with her family to listen to her mother's stories. Then Wangari grows up and goes away to school, and things start changing at home. Farmers chop down the trees. Landslides bury the stream. The soil becomes overworked and dry, and nothing will grow. People go hungry. After all her studies, Dr. Wangari Maathai realizes there is a simple solution to these problems: plant a forest full of trees

Target audience

juvenile

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Doctor Wangari Maathai plants a forestPlants a forest

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