Lena and Ruby Paigans Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai provides words of encouragement to the readers about all people having the responsibility for the environment on a daily basis

She weaves in details about the origin of the powwow

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Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work

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Lena and Ruby Paigans Nobel Peace Prize winner WangariWritten by Kevin Qamaniq Mason who grew up in Iglulik and Mary Qamaniq Mason, and illustrated by Marcus Cutler, Lena and Ruby is a story about best friends. They love to have sleepovers, bake cookies, and make up dance routines. They are also both adopted. Learn about how the two girls met as they talk about their own unique adoption experiences, including Inuit custom adoption and transracial adoption.