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The story of environmentalist Wangari Maathai
- Title
- The story of environmentalist Wangari Maathai / by Jen Cullerton Johnson ; with illustrations by Sonia Lynn Sadler.
- Author
- Johnson, Jen Cullerton
- Publication
- New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2020]
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 64 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- "A biography of Wangari Maathai, the first African woman, and environmentalist, to win the Nobel Peace Prize"--
- Series Statement
- The story of
- Uniform Title
- Seeds of change
- Story of (Lee & Low Books, Inc.)
- Alternative Title
- Seeds of change
- Subject
- Maathai, Wangari > Juvenile literature
- Maathai, Wangari
- Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya) > Juvenile literature
- Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)
- Tree planters (Persons) > Kenya > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Women conservationists > Kenya > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Women politicians > Kenya > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Women's rights > Kenya > Juvenile literature
- Nobel Prize winners > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Women Nobel Prize winners > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Ecology
- Nobel Prize winners
- Tree planters (Persons)
- Women conservationists
- Women Nobel Prize winners
- Women politicians
- Women's rights
- Kenya > Environmental conditions > Juvenile literature
- Kenya > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Kenya
- Genre/Form
- Illustrated works.
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Audience (note)
- Ages 8-12
- Grades 4-6
- Contents
- A promise to protect -- Trees and the forest ecosystem -- Bright student -- Going to school in Kenya -- Budding brilliance -- The seeds of an idea -- Deforestation -- The changing roles of women in Kenya -- Mother of trees -- How to plant a tree -- Timeline.
- Call Number
- Sc D 21-779
- ISBN
- 9781643790121
- 1643790129
- LCCN
- 2019058485
- OCLC
- 1139029966
- Author
- Johnson, Jen Cullerton, author.
- Title
- The story of environmentalist Wangari Maathai / by Jen Cullerton Johnson ; with illustrations by Sonia Lynn Sadler.
- Publisher
- New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2020]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The story ofStory of (Lee & Low Books, Inc.)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Audience
- Ages 8-12 Lee & Low Books.Grades 4-6 Lee & Low Books.
- Added Author
- Sadler, Sonia Lynn, illustrator.Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 21-779