Planting the trees of Kenya: the story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A Nivola (Book) 28 editions published between 20in 9 languages and held by . Like Claire A. Nivola’s Planting the Trees of Kenya (), this powerful picture-book biography introduces Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. As in Nivola’s title, Winter follows her charismatic subject from . · “The Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari Maathai changed the world one seed at a time. Claire A. Nivola's lovely Planting the Trees of Kenya offers Maathai's story to a younger, wider audience. No child, and surely no library, ought to be without Planting the .
Claire Nivola's Planting the Trees of Kenya tells the story of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai and her quest to bring back the trees of Kenya. This beautifully illustrated picture book follows Maathai's story from her childhood in Kenya, to her education in the United States, and the founding of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya in Nivola writes about how, Wangari Maathai, a young girl from Kenya turns her city back into a beautiful fertile place with green fig trees that flourish throughout all of the hills of central Kenya. When Maathai was young she used to go to this one giant fig tree to collect wood for the fire. Watercolor illustrations and lyrical prose combine to tell the remarkable true story of Wangari Maathai, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who changed the fate of her village in the highlands of Kenya by teaching her people how to care for it. 15, first printing.
There are no trees in Kenya! This book is called "Planting the Trees of Kenya." It is a nonfiction book about faith. In this story, there is a girl named Wangari who lives in a small village. She had a favorite tree out of all the others. When she grew older she needed to go to American for college so she could study. Book description. This is a book that is a biography about Wangari Maathai. The story is told through her life accomplishments. Wangari grew up in Kenya, where trees cloaked the hills, fish filled the streams, and the people tended their gardens. She noticed that she came back from college, everything was different. Planting the trees of Kenya: the story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A Nivola (Book) 28 editions published between 20in 9 languages and held by 1, WorldCat member libraries worldwide.
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