Free Book Friday: One Plastic Bag
Congratulations to Jeff Wilson! You’ve won Super Sports Infographics! Please send us a DM on Twitter or an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and your mailing address so we can get your books in the mail.
This week, enter to win One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia.
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.
For more information on One Plastic Bag, Isatou Ceesay, and the Gambia, visit oneplasticbag.com. You can also purchase bags made of recycled plastic bags, find free teaching resources, and share your own story!
If you’d like to win One Plastic Bag, please leave a comment on this post (including your first and last name), or tweet this line: “Free Book Friday! RT to win #oneplasticbag by @Miranda_Paul and @ElizabethZunon from @LernerBooks. bit.ly/1OrSN“
We’ll announce the winner on Friday, February 13, so check the blog then to see if you’ve won!
Good luck!
Comments
This book would be great for recycling lessons!
What a great story this is! Thanks for the teaching resources, too!
Putting this wonderful book on my local library wish list and also notifying my school librarians! Marvelous story of determination and community inspiration!
I am very much looking forward to this book! I'm entering not for myself, but so I can donate it to my kids' school librarian. Congratulations to Miranda!
~Tracey Baptiste
I'm very much looking forward to this book! Congratulations again, Miranda!
~Tracey Baptiste
I already have mine, and I love, love, love it. However, if I won, I would gladly share with a writing friend, teacher, librarian, etc.
It's on my holds list at my library. Cannot wait to read it!
Amazing story, and a great inspiration for those who wish they could make a difference!
Hi Alyssa – just wanted to point out that there are some teacher lesson guides and resources at oneplasticbag.com – hope you enjoy the book! ~Miranda
What an inspirational story! Resourceful, #WNDB, and community betterment.
~ congratulations ~
Tracey M. Cox
Very excited to get this book and share it with my classes to remind students that everything we do can make a big difference!
This book has so many good features on several levels. I can't wait to use it in my writing classes.
Maybe a copy for school and a copy for me!? Copies for everyone!
I can't wait to read this important and inspiring book. People are so creative and when they're motivated to do good things, the results are world-changing! Thanks, Miranda, for sharing this beautiful story.
Very inspiring story! As is yours Miranda. Would so love to win your book.
Rita Antoinette Borg
Great non fiction subject. Wish I could win
Congratulations, Miranda, on a fantastic book. I can't wait to read it.
I can't wait to read this!!
Kimberly Cowger
I've heard so many great things about this book. Eager to see it and share it!
I've been anxiously waiting for this wonderful book — so glad it's finally here!
A wonderful book.
I love this story! Great job Miranda and Elizabeth! I hope I win!
Great concept! I can't wait to see the beautiful illustrations.
I am excited to see this book. Thank you for shining the spotlight on marvelous, entrepreneurial women, Miranda.
What an inspiring story. I'd love to win a copy.