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One Plastic Bag

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.


INTEREST LEVEL Kindergarten - Grade 3
READING LEVEL Grade 2
GENRE Nonfiction, Picture Books
SUBJECT Diversity, Social Studies
COPYRIGHT 2015
PUBLISHER Lerner Publishing Group
IMPRINT Millbrook Press ™
LANGUAGE English
NUMBER OF PAGES 32
PUBLICATION DATE 2015-02-01


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