Reviews for Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa

The average rating for Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-03-23 00:00:00 Michael E. Cooke I read this following Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai and while perhaps "Wangari's Trees" might be appealing to a younger picture book audience than "Planting the Trees" I much prefer the latter. In this ("Wangari's Trees"), we do still have the same inspiring story and the author's note at the back is excellent. But, I was not as captivated by the storytelling (and the use of present-tense kind of annoyed me, for some reason) and the illustrations were not my cup of tea. Still, this is probably all personal taste as this seems like a fine introduction to the inspiring Wangari and her remarkable Green Belt Movement to return the trees to Kenya (and a sense of empowerment to the women).

Review # 2 was written on 2008-11-03 00:00:00 Andrea Anscombe I am going to be fair to this book and not simply compare it to Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai, a book I read very recently for the Picture-Books Club at the Children's Books group. Both books are about the same extraordinary woman and the Greenbelt movement she started in Kenya over three decades ago. I thought the other book (story & illustrations) was better, but this one is very good too, and it has a few pieces of information that weren't included in the other book. I'm glad that Wangari Maathai has inspired more than one picture book for children. She's an inspiring woman who has used her education, intelligence, and creativity to make Kenya, and the world, a better place.