Miranda Paul
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia -- Miranda Paul, Hardcover
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.
Author: Miranda Paul
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
Published: 02/01/2015
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 10.80w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781467716086
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 170587 / One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2014
School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 149
Publishers Weekly 12/22/2014
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2015 pg. 101
Booklist 02/15/2015 pg. 77
Shelf Awareness 02/20/2015
Foreword 02/26/2015
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