Laura Salas's Reviews > One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

I just read an advance copy (in the form of an F&G) of this book, and it is amazing. This is a beautiful, inspiring, true story. The text is spare and effective--my favorite sentence is, "She knows too much to ignore it now." Most of the writing is concrete and lovely: "It moves like a flag, flapping in the wind, and settles under a tamarind tree." Miranda Paul brings Gambia to life through all the senses, and illustrator Elizabeth Zunon combines engaging, colorful art and photos of the purses made of recycled plastic bags. Let kids learn how one young person can change the world for the better!

(Review copy provided by the publisher.)