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Stand As Tall As the Trees: How an Amazonian Community Protected the Rain Forest
Patricia Gualinga and Laura Resau
Illustrator: Vanessa Jaramillo
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 978-1-62354236-8
Keywords: indigenous people, rainforests, oil company, activism, sacred lamd, preservation,
With members of her Ecuadorean Kichwa community, Gualinga fought in the Court of Human Rights against the commercial exploitation that was devastating the rainforest. Lyrical text. Poignant watercolor illustrations. Back matter.