Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace Young Adult Fiction Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Social Themes - Poverty & Homelessness Social Themes - Sexual Abuse Spend Saturday morning at the

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Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace Young Adult Fiction Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Social Themes - Poverty & Homelessness Social Themes - Sexual Abuse Spend Saturday morning at theJohn Steptoe Award for New Talent in Illustrations American Library Association (ALA) A picture book biography of scientist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman and first environmentalist to win a Nobel Peace Prize (in 2004) for her work planting trees in her native Kenya. As a young girl in Kenya, Wangari was taught to respect nature. She grew up loving the land, plants, and animals that surrounded her from the giant mugumo trees her people, the