One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul

One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul

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.

Miranda Paul is an award-winning children's author of several science and nature-themed books including Water is Water, One Plastic Bag, I Am Farmer, and Beyond: Discoveries from the Outer Reaches of Space. Some of her titles have received recognition from the National Science Teachers Association, the Nature Generation's Green Earth Book Awards, the American Library Association, and the Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries. When she's not writing books or reading poetry to crocodiles, you can find her rescuing animals, raising butterflies, and recycling trash into treasure. She lives in Wisconsin. Learn more about her current and forthcoming titles at www.mirandapaul.com and follow her on Instagram at @mirandapaulbooks.

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ISBN 13	9781467716086
ISBN 10	1467716081
Title	One Plastic Bag
Author	Miranda Paul
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Lerner Publishing Group
Year published	2015-02-01
Number of pages	32
Prizes	Commended for Cybils (Nonfiction) 2015
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