Seeds of Change : : Planting a Path to Peace
Book - 2010 None on shelf No requests on this item
Sign in to request
AADL has no copies of this item
"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.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
School Library Journal ReviewBooklist Review
Publishers Weekly Review
Summary / Annotation
Fiction Profile
Author Notes
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Seeds of Change. submitted by tbbrown76 on August 14, 2014, 7:59pm SImple yet moving, the story of a Kenyan woman who changed her country. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. Still active.
Recommend submitted by purplelily on June 16, 2019, 9:10pm I definitely recommend this book - a biography about a changemaker that many people don't know about!
ggrsrg submitted by MagicallyMay on August 6, 2019, 3:20pm g
Beautiful submitted by mgabbieb on June 25, 2022, 5:14pm Beautifully illustrated and talks about the realities of activism in an age appropriate way. My students learned about making a difference for the environment, even when others challenge you. They were also able to make connections to gender equality
PUBLISHED
New York : Lee & Low Books, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 820
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781600603679
160060367X
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Sadler, Sonia Lynn.
SUBJECTS
Maathai, Wangari.
Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)
Tree planters (Persons) -- Kenya -- Biography.
Women conservationists -- Kenya -- Biography.
Women politicians -- Kenya -- Biography.
Women's rights -- Kenya.
Nobel Prize winners -- Biography.
Women Nobel Prize winners -- Biography.
Kenya -- Environmental conditions.
Kenya -- Biography.