ISBN-13
9781467716086
Publisher
Millbrook Press (Tm)
Publication Date
01 February 2015
Age Range
05 - 09 years
Dimensions
22.86 x 27.43 x 1.02 CM
Shipping Weight
0.41 Kg
Pages
32
Language
English
Grade Level
K - 04
The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community.
Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred.
The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. Some bags were burned, leaving behind a terrible smell. Some were buried, but they strangled gardens. They killed livestock that tried to eat them. Something had to change.
Isatou Ceesay was that change. She found a way to recycle the bags and transform her community. This inspirational true story shows how one person's actions really can make a difference in our world.
