Environmental Activist Wangari Maathai

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai started the Green Belt Movement, which educated women in villages in Kenya and paid them for every tree they planted. The program helped plant millions of trees and brought money to the villages.

About the author

Jennifer Swanson is the author of 45+ nonfiction books for kids. Her passion for science and technology resonates in all her books and her work has won multiple awards including a Green Earth Book Honor Award, three Florida Book Awards, California Reading Association awards, a Parent's Choice Gold award, and a 2021 Kirkus Best Books Award. Jennifer is an accomplished speaker at events and schools around the country, the Highlights Foundation, the National NSTA conferences, the World Science Festival in NYC, and the Library of Congress' National Book Festival. She lives in Jacksonville with her husband and two dogs.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Swanson
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 10
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9781512499827
• ISBN: 978-1-5124-9982-7
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 231 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Stem Trailblazer Bios
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology