Notable Children's Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Jane Addams Peace Association
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction, Honor Book, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Notable Children's Book, Smithsonian
Best Children's Books of the Year, Outstanding Title, Bank Street College of Education
La fascinante historia del Dr. Gordon Sato, quien ayudó a una pequeña aldea africana a ser autosuficiente plantando un bosque de manglares para remodelar el ecosistema de la comunidad.
Durante mucho tiempo, los habitantes de la aldea de Hargigo, en el diminuto país africano de Eritrea, no tenían suficiente comida para alimentarse a sí mismos y a sus animales. Las familias pasaban hambre, y sus cabras y ovejas también. Pero llegó un científico, el Dr. Gordon Sato, quien cambió radicalmente sus vidas. Y todo empezó por unos árboles muy especiales.
Estas son las plantas,
las plantas delos manglares
sembradas junto a los mares.
Alternando verso y prosa, El mangle invita a los lectores a descubrir cómo el proyecto de plantar mangles del Dr. Sato transformó una aldea pobrísima en una comunidad autosuficiente. Esta cautivadora historia de innovación medioambiental es una celebración a la creatividad, el esfuerzo y la capacidad de una persona para cambiar positivamente la vida de muchas.
About the Author: Susan L. Roth's vibrant, unique, mixed-media collage illustrations have appeared in numerous outstanding picture books, including Parrots Over Puerto Rico, winner of the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal; Prairie Dog Song; The Mangrove Tree; Every Month Is a New Year, Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words, and most recently Butterfly for a King. Roth and her husband live in New York. Visit her online at susanlroth.com.
Cindy Trumbore has been involved with young people's literature for most of her career. A former editor in children's book publishing, she now writes children's books, edits books for classrooms, and teaches writing. She has collaborated with her friend Susan L. Roth on several award-winning titles, including Parrots Over Puerto Rico, which won the Robert F. Sibert Medal for Nonfiction; The Mangrove Tree; Prairie Dog Song, and most recently Butterfly for a King. She lives with her husband in Delaware. You can visit her online at cindykane.net.
