111 Trees - How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl

Informationen zum Autor Rina Singh was born in India and immigrated to Canada, where she received her MFA in creative writing from Concordia University and a teaching degree from McGill University. She is an internationally published author and has written many critically acclaimed books for children. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her husband. Klappentext A boy grows up to make positive change in his community.After suffering much heartache, Sundar decides change must come to his small Indian village. He believes girls should be valued as much as boys and that land should not be needlessly destroyed. Sundar's plan? To celebrate the birth of every girl with the planting of 111 trees. Though many villagers resist at first, Sundar slowly gains their support, and today, over a quarter of a million trees grow in his village. A once barren, deforested landscape has become a fertile, prosperous one where girls can thrive.Sure to plant seeds of hope in children. Improving the world is within everyone's reach.

Product details

• Authors: Rina Singh, Rina/ Ferrer Singh
• Assisted by: Marianne Ferrer (Illustration)
• Publisher: Kids can press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781525301209
• ISBN: 978-1-5253-0120-9
• Series: CitizenKid
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; Asien, Kinder/Jugendliche: Natur- und Tiergeschichten, JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural World / Environment, Children's Books / Ages 4-8 Fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia