TITLE: |
Seeds of change : planting a path to peace / by Jen Cullerton Johnson ; illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler. |
AUTHOR: |
Johnson, Jen Cullerton. |
PUBLISHED: |
New York : Lee & Low Books, 2016, c2010. |
DESCRIPTION: |
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm. |
EDITION: |
1st ed. |
NOTES: |
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, 2011. |
NOTES: |
Reading grade level: Grades 2-4 (SLJ) |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
NOTES: |
"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. |
SUBJECT: |
Maathai, Wangari. |
SUBJECT: |
Tree planters (Persons)--Kenya--Biography. |
SUBJECT: |
Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya). |
SUBJECT: |
Women conservationists--Kenya--Biography. |
SUBJECT: |
Women politicians--Kenya--Biography. |
SUBJECT: |
Women's rights--Kenya. |
SUBJECT: |
Nobel Prize winners--Biography. |
SUBJECT: |
Women Nobel Prize winners--Biography. |
SUBJECT: |
Kenya--Environmental conditions. |
SUBJECT: |
Kenya--Biography. |
SUBJECT: |
Picture books for children. |
SUBJECT: |
Tree planters (Persons) |
SUBJECT: |
Conservationists. |
SUBJECT: |
Politicians. |
ADDED ENTRY: |
Sadler, Sonia Lynn, ill. |