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As a young girl in Kenya, Wangari was taught to respect nature. She grew up loving the land, plants, and animals that surrounded her -from the giant mugumo trees her people, the Kikuyu, revered to the tiny tadpoles that swam in the river. Although most Kenyan girls were not educated, Wangari, curious and hardworking, was allowed to go to school. There, her mind sprouted like a seed. She excelled at science and went on to study in the United States. After returning home, Wangari blazed a trail across Kenya, using her knowledge and compassion to promote the rights of her countrywomen and to help save the land, one tree at a time. Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace brings to life the empowering story of Wangari Maathai, the first African woman, and environmentalist, to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Engaging narrative and vibrant images paint a robust portrait of this inspiring champion of the land and of women's rights.
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Educator. Writer. Urban Environmentalist. Jen Cullerton Johnson writes for children and adults. Her work has won many awards and fellowships. She hold a MFA from the University of New Orleans in Creative Writing and a MEd in Curriculum and Development from Loyola University of Chicago. Jen is the co-founder of Green Literacy (greenliteracy.org) an organization that is leading social change aligning educational institutions with lifelong ecological stewardship.
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*starred review* This debut picture biography, idealized and inspiring, draws on Wangari Maathai's autobiographical writing to present an overview of the activist s life from childhood to the present. Johnson sows her narrative with botanical metaphors: 'Her mind was like a seed rooted in rich soil, ready to grow.' The mugumo tree symbolizes Kenya's transition from agrarian bounty to environmental precipice: It yields figs for humans and animals yet bows to destruction as multinational corporations raze forests to profit from coffee plantations. Richer than other treatments of Maathai for children and more grounded in her work's implicit feminism, this details her education in Nairobi and the United States, her imprisonment for activism and her scientific and environmental work, resulting in the planting of 30,000,000 trees and economic empowerment for Kenyan women. Sadler's beautiful scratchboard illustrations incise white contoured line into saturated landscapes of lush green leaf patterns, brilliant-hued textiles and undulating, stylized hills. Maathai always wears a colorful headscarf or fabric bow, and the community spirit she resuscitates is joyfully celebrated on every spread. Vibrant and accomplished. --Kirkus Reviews
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- PublisherLee & Low Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 160060367X
- ISBN 13 9781600603679
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- Number of pages40
- IllustratorSonia Lynn Sadler
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