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Wangari’s Trees of Peace by: Jeanette Winter
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Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter is a children’s picture book biography about Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. The book tells the simplified, true story of how Maathai, seeing her homeland’s forests disappear, started a movement by planting nine seedlings, which grew into a massive reforestation effort with the help of other women, ultimately bringing peace and environmental restoration to Kenya. Winter’s illustrations use vibrant colors and a comic-book-like style to depict the power of this movement, which planted over 30 million trees.
Key aspects of the book:
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Subject:The life and work of Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement.
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Theme:How one person’s vision and determination can create significant change, emphasizing environmentalism and peace.
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Story:Follows Maathai from her childhood in a tree-filled Kenya, through her education abroad, to her return and dismay at deforestation, and finally to her inspiring success in leading women to plant millions of trees.
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Style:A simplified, accessible narrative for children, with colorful, cultural illustrations that highlight the beauty of the restored landscape.
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Impact:Shows how the movement provided firewood, improved the land for farming, and empowered women, earning Maathai the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
ISBN: 9781328869210
Publisher 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.
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