Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest

Author(s): Rebel Rebel Girls; Eugenia Mello (Illustrator)

Reference

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.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781733329217
  • : Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
  • : Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
  • : 0.283495
  • : January 2020
  • : .6 Inches X 5 Inches X 7.5 Inches
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Rebel Rebel Girls; Eugenia Mello (Illustrator)
  • : Hardback
  • : 2003
  • : English
  • : 128