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Seeds of change : planting a path to peace /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Jen Cullerton
Other Authors: Sadler, Sonia Lynn (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Lee & Low Books, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Maathai, Wangari > Juvenile literature.
Tree planters (Persons) > Kenya > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya) > 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.
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Summary:"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.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
ISBN:9781600603679 (hardcover : alk. paper)
160060367X (hardcover : alk. paper)