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Wilson-Max, Ken

Eco Girl

32 pp. | Candlewick | March, 2023 | Trade ISBN 9781536228090 $17.99
(3) K-3 A young Black girl named Eve lives in a veritable Eden at the edge of a forest somewhere in Africa. Like her biblical namesake, she feels dutybound to care for the living world, a role her dad says trees--the girl’s hobby horse--also play. Eve’s favorite green friend is the baobab tree, so she is delighted when Grandma gifts her a baobab seedling with which to continue an intergenerational tradition of planting a tree for each family member. Like her seedling, Eve will need patience and tender loving care in order to grow big and strong. Wilson-Max’s warm, painterly acrylic illustrations glow with rich subtropical colors. This gentle celebration of our bonds with family and nature is appended with facts about trees and African re-greening projects.
Reviewer: Summer Edward

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