One Plastic Bag
Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
by Miranda Paul
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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.
Isatou Ceesay found a way to recycle the plastic bags and transform her community. This inspirational true story shows how one person's actions really can make a difference in the world.
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Plastic bags, Juvenile literature, Pollution, Recycling (Waste), Plastic bag craft, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Wolof (African people), Recycling (waste, etc.), juvenile literature, Pollution, juvenile literature, Africa, juvenile literature, Recycling (waste, etc.), Africa, west, Africa, west, juvenile literaturePeople
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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
2017, Scholastic, Inc.
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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
2015, Lerner Publishing Group
in English
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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
2015, Lerner Publishing Group, Millbrook Press
in English
1467716081 9781467716086
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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
2015, Lerner Publishing Group
in English
1467777137 9781467777131
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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
2015, Lerner Publishing Group
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Includes bibliographical references.
Horn Book, January 2015
Kirkus Review, November 2014
Publisher's Weekly, December 2014
School Library Journal starred, December 2014
2345 Childrens Plus, Inc.
Accelerated Reader AR 2.9 0.5 170587.
Accelerated Reader LG 2.9 0.5 0.5 170587
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