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Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees

Wangari Maathai grew up at the foot of Mount Kenya where, as the oldest child in her family, her responsibility was to stay home and help her mother. When the chance to go to school presented itself, she seized it with both hands. In the 1960s, she was awarded the opportunity to travel to the US to study, where she saw that even in the land of the free, black people were not welcome.

Returning home, Wangari was determined to help her people and her country. She recognized that deforestation and urbanization was at the root of her country’s troubles. Her courage and confidence carried her through adversity to found the Green Belt Movement: a movement for peace, reconciliation, and healing. This elegantly illustrated book celebrates how Maathai changed the way the world thinks about nature, ecology, freedom, and democracy, inspiring radical efforts that continue to this day.

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"Prevot offers a gorgeous addition to the several books already available on Kenyan environmentalist and political activist Wangari Maathai, with as much biographical information as the pages can support. The writing is artful, clear, and concise, with references to Maathai's native Swahili language and the cultural connections to the environment....Of the other picture book biographies on Maathai, most focus on the tree planting rather than her life; this one offers appropriate information about the political upheavals that influenced Maathai." — Dorcas Hand, School Library Journal

Product Details

Recommended Age 7 - 10
Author Franck Prevot
Illustrator Aurelia Fronty
ISBN 158089626X
Publication Date Jan 6, 2015
Publisher Charlesbridge
Language English