It is a read-aloud of the picture book biography One Plastic Bag by Isatou Ceesay. Information on how to help this organization is also listed on this video. This is a video for students in grades 1-6. Learn more about how the women of Gambia create the bags from the founder, Isatou Ceesay. View the book trailer (1.34 min.) and be drawn into the story of change, of hope, of making a difference. As in Ada’s Violin, the creativity of one person sparked hope and an answer. Isatou noticed the growing problems the piles of plastic bag garbage was causing. Miranda Paul is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for children, including One Plastic Bag and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honoree Nine Months Before a Baby Is Born. Arrives by Fri, Apr 7 Buy One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Pre-Owned Hardcover 9781467716086) by Miranda Paul at. But living in a condition with no garbage system poses a problem.

Plastic bags have many uses, and I am thankful. An edition of One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (2015) One Plastic Bag Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul 5. Miranda Paul shares the story of change, illustrated beautifully by Elizabeth Zunon. The foul aroma clogged my plugged nostrils and I could hardly breathe.Ī swelling of thanks rose within me as I read One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia. Daily, I would notice garbage lying around. Buy the book now available at: and many other booksellers in the U.S. When the heavy rains came in the Dominican Republic, trash flooded the streets. One Plastic Bag, the book that celebrates a creative solution to a real-world problem, is now available in several countries One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia was released on February 1, 2015. Trash pick-up is one of those conveniences I am thankful for. Having lived in a third-world country for two years, I learned to be thankful for the everyday conveniences we have on a daily, hourly, minute basis. I am sure you could add more to the list. Thanksgiving provides a time for reflection.

One plastic bag by miranda paul