Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest a Kirkus Reviews Best Picture

a Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2017

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Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest a Kirkus Reviews Best PictureFrom 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