Seeds of change
Subtitle: Wangari's gift to the world
By: by Jen Cullerton Johnson ; illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler.
Contributors: Sadler, Sonia Lynn, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781600603679
Subjects: Maathai, Wangari -- Juvenile literature; Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya) -- Juvenile literature; 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; Kenya -- Environmental conditions -- Juvenile literature; Kenya -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: "A biography of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a female scientist who made a stand in the face of opposition to women's rights and her own Greenbelt Movement, an effort to restore Kenya's ecosystem by planting millions of trees"--Provided by publisher.