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Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai Hardcover - 2008

by Claire A. Nivola; Claire A. Nivola (Illustrator)


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Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement, grew up in the highlands of Kenya, where fig trees cloaked the hills, fish filled the streams, and the people tended their bountiful gardens. But over many years, as more and more land was cleared, Kenya was transformed. When Wangari returned home from college in America, she found the village gardens dry, the people malnourished, and the trees gone. How could she alone bring back the trees and restore the gardens and the people? Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature, says: Wangari Maathai's epic story has never been told better--everyone who reads this book will want to plant a tree! With glowing watercolor illustrations and lyrical prose, Claire Nivola tells the remarkable story of one woman's effort to change the fate of her land by teaching many to care for it. An author's note provides further information about Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement. In keeping with the theme of the story, the book is printed on recycled paper.

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  • Title Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
  • Author Claire A. Nivola; Claire A. Nivola (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr), NY:
  • Date April 1, 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780374399184 / 0374399182
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 10.92 x 0.42 in (23.47 x 27.74 x 1.07 cm)
  • Ages 05 to 08 years
  • Grade levels K - 3
  • Reading level 870
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
  • Library of Congress subjects Maathai, Wangari, Tree planters (Persons) - Kenya
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006038249
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • ALA Notable Children's Books, 03/15/2009, Page 23
  • Booklist, 02/15/2008, Page 92
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2009, Page 16
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2008, Page 339
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 10/01/2008, Page 456
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 04/01/2008, Page 367
  • New York Times Book Review, 09/14/2008, Page 19
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/10/2008, Page 81
  • School Library Journal, 04/01/2008, Page 135

About the author

CLAIRE A. NIVOLA has written and/or illustrated several books, including The Mouse of Amherst, written by Elizabeth Spires, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. She lives in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts.

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