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Singh, Rina, 1955-

111 trees : how one village celebrates the birth of every girl / One hundred eleven trees [text] Rina Singh ; [illustrator] Marianne Ferrer. - Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2020] - 36 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm - CitizenKid .

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

"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."--

ISBN: 9781525301209 1525301209

Nat. Bib. No.: 20190215852 can GBC0H2813 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020000134 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Paliwal, Sundar--Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ecofeminism--Juvenile fiction.
Equality--Juvenile fiction.
Sex discrimination against women--Juvenile fiction.
Sex discrimination against women--Prevention --Juvenile fiction.
Feminism--Juvenile fiction.
Women's rights--Juvenile fiction.
Environmental protection--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India.
India--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Children's stories.
Creative nonfiction.
Informational works.

LC Class. No.: HQ1237.5.I4 / S56 2020

Dewey Class. No.: j305.420954