Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest

Written by Rebel Girls and Corinne Purtill

Part of the A Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Chapter Book series

A woman returns to a changed homeland and fights to restore its lost forests.

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128 pages· 760L

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In rural Kenya, young Wangari cherishes her vibrant homeland. But as she grows, deforestation ravages the land, leaving it barren and hungry. Armed with education and determination, Dr. Wangari Maathai devises a bold plan: reforest the land to heal her community. Can one woman's voice and vision restore nature's balance and inspire a movement? Discover the journey of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning environmentalist who dared to make a difference.

From the publisher

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a historical novel based on the life of Dr. Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist and environmentalist from Kenya.

Wangari lives in the lush, green, land of rural Kenya where the soil is perfect for planting, the trees tower into the sky, and the streams are full of mysterious creatures. All day, she plays beneath her favorite fig tree, and at night she gathers around the fire with her family to listen to her mother’s stories.

Then Wangari grows up and goes away to school, and things start changing at home. Farmers chop down the trees. Landslides bury the stream. The soil becomes overworked and dry, and nothing will grow. People go hungry. After all her studies, Dr. Wangari Maathai realizes there is a simple solution to these problems: plant a forest full of trees.

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