All sorts of other wonderful things happen as a result of Isatou’s decision to deal with the polluting plastic bags that I’m not going to give away.īut what I do want to talk about is how skillfully and poetically One Plastic Bag is written. She enlists her friends help and one-by-one other women join her until it becomes a movement and other women from other villages come to learn and make the bags as well. When goats start dying from eating the appealing bags, and other environmental disasters occur, Isatou comes up with an ingenious solution for recycling the bags into glamorous and practical purses despite the ridicule of others.
Author's agent: Karen Grencik, Red Fox Literary.In this inspiring biography of an ordinary Gambian woman who becomes extraordinary through necessity and the courage of her convictions, we learn a little about the long-term consequences of plastic bags on the animals, environment, and people of Isatou’s village.
A closing section shares additional information about the water cycle, rounding out a story as enchanting as it is informative. As usual, Chin (Gravity) blends naturalistic detail with a glint of whimsy (in one spread, patchy clouds form the shape of a dragon in a wagon), evoking the seasons through shifts of light and changing foliage. In winter, the children and their friends skate on the frozen pond, and spring's return brings the story full circle. Swirl./ Watch it curl by./ Steam is steam unless./ it cools high." From there, Paul (One Plastic Bag) moves through the seasons as clouds become fog, which transitions to rain that gathers in puddles. Sip./ Pour me a cup./ Water is water unless./ it heats up./ Whirl. First seen exploring a pond behind their idyllic home, the boy and girl are driven indoors by a rainstorm and warm up with steaming mugs of cocoa on their front porch: "Drip. Two siblings from a mixed-race family engage in water-related activities throughout the year in a poetic exploration of the forms that water takes.
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