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Planting the trees of Kenya : the story of Wangari Maathai
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"This is the story of Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari came home from college to find the streams dry, the people malnourished, ...
"This is the story of Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari came home from college to find the streams dry, the people malnourished, and the trees gone. How could she alone bring back the trees and restore the gardens and the people?"--Jacket.
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- Creator
- Claire A. Nivola
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008 + (China : South China Printing Co. Ltd.)
- Physical Details
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- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780374399184, 0374399182
- OCLC
- ocm76416622
- "Frances Foster books."
- Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
- Maathai, Wangari -- Juvenile literature.
- Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya) -- Juvenile literature.
- Maathai, Wangari.
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- Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)
Children's Subject Heading
- Tree planters (Persons) -- Kenya -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women conservationists -- Kenya -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women politicians -- Kenya -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Tree planters (Persons) -- Kenya -- Biography.
Children's Subject Heading
- Women conservationists -- Kenya -- Biography.
Children's Subject Heading
- Women politicians -- Kenya -- Biography.
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