One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

This book teaches children important personal finance principles through the engaging story of Sylvester, who loves to eat sasquatch berries but sometimes struggles to find them. He learns valuable financial lessons from Stephen the Sasquatch about saving, investing, delayed gratification, compound interest, and reinvesting earnings. Additionally, the book shares the true story of Isatou Ceesay, an African woman who started a recycling movement to combat pollution from plastic bags in her community. The accumulation of plastic bags in Njau, Gambia led to environmental and health issues. Isatou Ceesay took initiative to recycle the bags, transforming her community and demonstrating how individual actions can significantly impact the world.