Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Harcourt Children's Books (2008), Edition: First, 32 pages
Description
This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.
Local notes
School Library Journal Starred, 10/31/2008
K-Gr 4-This delightful picture-book biography of the environmentalist has engaging illustrations and accessible, succinct prose. When Wangari Maathai was growing up in Kenya, the land was covered with trees. But on returning to her homeland from America, where she was educated on scholarship, she discovered a hot, dry, barren land, stripped of the trees she loved as a child. Starting in her own backyard, Maathai planted trees and encouraged other women to do the same. More than 30 million trees have since been planted by the members of her Green Belt Movement. Maathai was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2004 in recognition of her work. The acrylic illustrations have a warm folk-art influence. The pictures are both literal and symbolic, and framed in complementary lines of color. An author's note and a quote from Maathai are included.
K-Gr 4-This delightful picture-book biography of the environmentalist has engaging illustrations and accessible, succinct prose. When Wangari Maathai was growing up in Kenya, the land was covered with trees. But on returning to her homeland from America, where she was educated on scholarship, she discovered a hot, dry, barren land, stripped of the trees she loved as a child. Starting in her own backyard, Maathai planted trees and encouraged other women to do the same. More than 30 million trees have since been planted by the members of her Green Belt Movement. Maathai was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2004 in recognition of her work. The acrylic illustrations have a warm folk-art influence. The pictures are both literal and symbolic, and framed in complementary lines of color. An author's note and a quote from Maathai are included.
Awards
Red Clover Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
Chickadee Award (Nominee — 2010)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Nonfiction — 2011)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Primary — 2011)
Treasure State Award (Nominee — 2011)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Picture Book Award — 2011)
Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
CCBC Choices (2009)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2009)
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