Publisher's Synopsis
Part of the revolutionary Fantastically Great Women series, with over a million copies sold worldwide!Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards'It's hard to imagine any group of primary-aged children who wouldn't be inspired' BOOKSELLER'An absolute must-have for every young person's bookshelf' HUFFINGTON POST'Significantly more engaging and inspiring than the rival Rebel Girls' GUARDIANNow an award-winning hit musical from the creators of SIX!Including chimpanzee expert and zoologist Jane Goodall, 'shark lady' Eugenie Clark and the Chipko women who helped save the trees! This inspiring illustrated collection features 13 incredible true stories of women who fought to look after and protect planet Earth - keeping its animals, plants and stories safe for generations to come.Created by Kate Pankhurst, relative of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, the Fantastically Great Women series has inspired a generation of readers to dream big, stand proud and speak out. How will you change the world?List of women featured: Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, Ingeborg Beling, Eileen Kampakuta Brown, Isatou Ceesay, The Chipko Movement, Eugenie Clark, Edith Farkas, Jane Goodall, Wangari Maathai, Ursula Marvin, Anita Roddick, Daphne Sheldrick, Maria Telkes and Eileen Wani Wingfield.Other books in the series:Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the WorldFantastically Great Women Who Made HistoryFantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders.
