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111 trees : how one village celebrates the birth of every girl / [text] Rina Singh ; [illustrator] Marianne Ferrer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: CitizenKidPublisher: Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 36 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 1525301209
  • 9781525301209
Other title:
  • One hundred eleven trees
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HQ1237.5.I4 S56 2020
Summary: This colorful picture book chronicles the hard and important work of changing unjust customs and healing land by way of the life story of Sundar Paliwal. (Miller Library Staff)Summary: "A boy grows up to bring positive change to his village in India. This story is true, and it started with a boy named Sundar. After the deaths of his mother, and later his daughter, Sundar Paliwal knows what he has to do. He is determined to live in a place where girls and boys are treated equally and where the surrounding countryside is not ravaged by irresponsible mining. And so he comes up with a plan. In rural India, where many people cling to age-old customs and gender inequality and discrimination are encouraged, Sundar manages to convince the people of his village to welcome every girl born with the planting of 111 trees. His efforts have turned a desert village into a green oasis that is safe and prosperous for girls. And his heroic actions confirm that the ability to impact our communities in a positive way is not beyond anyone's reach."--
List(s) this item appears in: Garden of Cultural Diversity for Youth
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Youth Collection SB63.P25 S56 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800190308
Total holds: 0

"Edited by Jennifer Stokes"--Title page verso.

This colorful picture book chronicles the hard and important work of changing unjust customs and healing land by way of the life story of Sundar Paliwal. (Miller Library Staff)

"A boy grows up to bring positive change to his village in India. This story is true, and it started with a boy named Sundar. After the deaths of his mother, and later his daughter, Sundar Paliwal knows what he has to do. He is determined to live in a place where girls and boys are treated equally and where the surrounding countryside is not ravaged by irresponsible mining. And so he comes up with a plan. In rural India, where many people cling to age-old customs and gender inequality and discrimination are encouraged, Sundar manages to convince the people of his village to welcome every girl born with the planting of 111 trees. His efforts have turned a desert village into a green oasis that is safe and prosperous for girls. And his heroic actions confirm that the ability to impact our communities in a positive way is not beyond anyone's reach."--

Recommended for preschool (age 0-5) and primary school (age 6-12).

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