Almost Gone, Only 1 Left!
Book Overview
Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement, grew up in the highlands of Kenya, where fig trees cloaked the hills, fish filled the streams, and the people tended their bountiful gardens. But over many years, as more and more land was cleared, Kenya was transformed. When Wangari returned home from college in America, she found the village gardens dry, the people malnourished, and the trees gone. How...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374399182
ISBN13:9780374399184
Release Date:April 2008
Publisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Length:32 Pages
Weight:2.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 11.3" x 9.3"
Age Range:5 to 8 years
Grade Range:Kindergarten to Grade 3
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