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Johnson, Jen Cullerton.

Seeds of change : planting a path to peace / by Jen Cullerton Johnson ; illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler. - 1st ed. - New York : Lee & Low Books, c2010. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"A biography of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a female scientist who made a stand in the face of opposition to women's rights and her own Greenbelt Movement, an effort to restore Kenya's ecosystem by planting millions of trees"--Provided by publisher.

Grades 2-4 (SLJ)

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, 2011.

ISBN: 9781600603679 (hardcover : alk. paper) 160060367X (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009043239

Subjects--Personal Names:
Maathai, Wangari--Juvenile literature.
Maathai, Wangari.

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

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Tree planters (Persons)
Women conservationists
Women politicians
Women's rights
Nobel Prize winners
Women Nobel Prize winners
Tree planters (Persons)--Kenya--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women conservationists--Kenya--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women politicians--Kenya--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women's rights--Kenya--Juvenile literature.
Nobel Prize winners--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women Nobel Prize winners--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Tree planters (Persons)--Kenya--Biography.
Women conservationists--Kenya--Biography.
Women politicians--Kenya--Biography.
Women's rights--Kenya.
Nobel Prize winners--Biography.
Women Nobel Prize winners--Biography.
Tree planters (Persons)
Conservationists.
Politicians.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kenya
Kenya--Environmental conditions--Juvenile literature.
Kenya--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Kenya--Environmental conditions.
Kenya--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Picture books for children.

LC Class. No.: SB63.M22 / J646 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 333.72092 B 925.5745