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Who is Greta Thunberg? / by Jill Leonard ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Who is-- ? | Who HQ NOWPublisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]Description: 50 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593225677
  • 0593225678
  • 9780593225684
  • 0593225686
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Who is Greta Thunberg? -- How it all began -- An answer -- Changing times -- What is the world doing? -- On strike -- A movement is born -- Timeline.
Summary: The inspiring story of a young Swedish schoolgirl who sparked a worldwide revolution. When she was just fifteen years old, Greta Thunberg knew she wanted to change the world. With a hand-painted sign that read "School strike for the climate" in Swedish, Greta sat alone on the steps of the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on climate change. Her one-person strike would soon spark a worldwide movement. This exciting story details the defining moments in Greta's childhood that led up to her now-famous strike and all the monumental ones that have fueled her revolution since, including being named Time's Most Influential Person of the Year in 2019.
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The inspiring story of a young Swedish schoolgirl who sparked a worldwide revolution, told in a new Who HQ Now format for trending topics.

When she was just fifteen years old, Greta Thunberg knew she wanted to change the world. With a hand-painted sign that read "School strike for the climate" in Swedish, Greta sat alone on the steps of the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on climate change. Her one-person strike would soon spark a worldwide movement. This exciting story details the defining moments in Greta's childhood that led up to her now-famous strike and all the monumental ones that have fueled her revolution since, including being named Time 's Most Influential Person of the Year in 2019.

Who is Greta Thunberg? -- How it all began -- An answer -- Changing times -- What is the world doing? -- On strike -- A movement is born -- Timeline.

The inspiring story of a young Swedish schoolgirl who sparked a worldwide revolution. When she was just fifteen years old, Greta Thunberg knew she wanted to change the world. With a hand-painted sign that read "School strike for the climate" in Swedish, Greta sat alone on the steps of the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on climate change. Her one-person strike would soon spark a worldwide movement. This exciting story details the defining moments in Greta's childhood that led up to her now-famous strike and all the monumental ones that have fueled her revolution since, including being named Time's Most Influential Person of the Year in 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (page 50).

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