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Planting the Trees of Kenya, The Story of Wangari Maathai

Planting the Trees of Kenya, The Story of Wangari Maathai

by Claire A. Nivola

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 32 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Watercolor illustrations and lyrical prose combine to tell the remarkable true story of Wangari Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, who changed the fate of her village in the highlands of Kenya by teaching her people how to care for it.  (EAF189, $16.99)


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