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With the Right to Fight

Planting Peace

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Pub Date 6 Jul 2021 | Archive Date 26 Aug 2022

Children's Nonfiction | Multicultural Interest | OwnVoices

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Wangari Muri Maathai is the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement.

In Kenya, there are trees standing tall, rivers running races, and village gardens growing. Seeing this with eyes eager to explore, little Wangari’s love for the earth grows as deep and as wide as the skies above her. But in a community where women are supposed to stay at home, her love is squeezed into the smaller space of her heart.

What no one knows is that the love that was forced by society to be small is actually a tiny seed that, with the right rain and sunlight, would sprout into millions and millions of trees.

Wangari Muri Maathai is the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement.

In Kenya, there are trees standing tall, rivers running races, and village gardens growing...

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Advance Praise

“A light but lush profile of Wangari Maathai, beloved hero of planet and people. Catellani’s exuberant illustrations feature arresting text art and floral wreath vignetting that, together with Christopher’s lyrical text, capture the inspiring landscape of rural Kenya and of Maathai’s visionary thought.”

- Summer Edward, Ananseseem

“A light but lush profile of Wangari Maathai, beloved hero of planet and people. Catellani’s exuberant illustrations feature arresting text art and floral wreath vignetting that, together with...

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ISBN 9781838332600
PRICE US$22.50 (USD)

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