Wangari Maathai : the woman who planted millions of trees / Franck Prévot ; illustrated by Aurélia Fronty ; translated by Dominique Clément.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prévot, Franck, 1968- author.

Contributor:

Fronty, Aurélia, illustrator.

Clément, Dominique (Translator), translator.

Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Wangari Maathai. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Maathai, Wangari.

Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya).

Environmentalists--Kenya--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Environmentalists.

Maathai, Wangari--Juvenile literature.

Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)--Juvenile literature.

Kenya.

Genre:

Picture books.

Biographies.

Juvenile works.

Physical Description:

45 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm

regular print

Edition:

First US edition.

Place of Publication:

Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2015]

Language Note:

Translated from the French by Dominique Clément.

Summary:

Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her efforts to lead women in a nonviolent struggle to bring peace and democracy to Africa through its reforestation. Her organization planted over thirty million trees in thirty years. This beautiful picture book tells the story of an amazing woman and an inspiring idea.-- (Source of description not identified).

Notes:

Translation of: Wangari Maathai, la femme qui plantait des millions d'arbres (Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France : Éditions Rue du monde, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references (page 45).

ISBN:

9781580896269

158089626X

OCLC:

866253072

Publisher Number:

99987197292