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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
Contributor(s): Paul, Miranda (Author), Zunon, Elizabeth (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 1467716081 ISBN-13: 9781467716086
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2015

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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Business & Economics
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women

Dewey: 363.728

LCCN: 2014009382

Age Level: 5-9

Grade Level: Kindergarten-4

Lexile Measure: 570 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Physical Information: 0.4" H x 10.8" W x 9" L (0.90 lbs) 32 pages

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product

Awards: Cybils, Finalist, Nonfiction, 2015

Review Citations: 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

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 170587
Reading Level: 2.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

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Publisher Description:

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.

Contributor Bio(s): Paul, Miranda: -

Miranda Paul is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for children, including One Plastic Bag and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honoree Nine Months Before a Baby Is Born. Miranda is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books and serves as its mentorship chair. Learn more at mirandapaul.com.

Zunon, Elizabeth: -

Elizabeth Zunon grew up in the Ivory Coast, West Africa, and memories of her childhood can be seen in her artwork. She currently lives in Albany, New York. Find her online at www.lizzunon.com.

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