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Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace

by Jen Cullerton Johnson · 2010

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A picture book biography of scientist Wangari Maathai, the first African womanand first environmentalistto win a Nobel Peace Prize (in 2004), for her work planting trees in her native Kenya.

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Subject
biographyhistorysciencesocial scienceeducation
Genre
historical fiction
Themes
diversityenvironmentnaturefeminismsocial justice
Setting
kenyaafrica
Audience
picture bookschildrens

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