The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families

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For a long time, the people of Hargigo, a village in the tiny African country of Eritrea, were living without enough food for themselves and their animals The families were hungry, and their goats and sheep were hungry too Then along came a scientist, Dr Gordon Sato, who helped change their lives for the better And it all started with some special trees.These are the trees, Mangrove trees, That were planted by the sea.With alternating verse and prose passages, The Mangrove Tree invites readers to discover how Dr Sato s mangrove tree planting project transformed an impoverished village into a self sufficient community This fascinating story is a celebration of creativity, hard work and all those mangrove trees that were planted by the sea Free Read The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families [ By ] Susan L. Roth [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr In the African country of Eritrea, where fresh water is scarce, animals go hungry, and people struggle to grow food, one Japanese American cell biologist named Dr Gordon Sato put together science and past experiences to create a way for desert land and saltwater to work together and create a Mangrove forest The Mangrove Tree Planting Trees to Feed Families, written by Susan L Roth and Cindy Trumbore was the 2011 Eureka Gold Award winner and 2012 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding In the African country of Eritrea, where fresh water is scarce, animals go hungry, and people struggle to grow food, one Japanese American cell biologist named Dr Gordon Sato put together science and past experiences to create a way for desert land and saltwater to work together and create a Mangrove forest The Mangrove Tree Planting Trees to Feed Families, written by Susan L Roth and Cindy Trumbore was the 2011 Eureka Gold Award winner and 2012 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor book This book is geared for students male and female ages 5 8 years old and provides a heartwarming story of one man s determination to change the lives of people in hunger while transforming a poor village into a thriving society Dr Sato s dream stemmed from his own childhood experiences when he and his family suffered ...This book, by Cindy Trumbore and Susan Roth, is three books in one a cumulative rhyme like The House That Jack Built , the story of Dr Gordon Sato s mangrove tree planting project in Eritrea, and a pictorial biography of Dr Sato in the extensive Afterword That makes it sound pedantic, but it is not Children will appreciate how significant in the Eritrean economy was the simple act of planting these trees that live in salt water Amazing The remarkable illustrations by Susan Roth are paper This book, by Cindy Trumbore and Susan...Audience Pre K through adult would enjoy this bookAppeal The Mangrove Tree Planting Trees to Feed Families is a heart warming story about a man, Dr Gordon Sato, who wanted to help the people of the African country of Eritrea Like many places in Africa, food is scarce for both people and animals After visiting Eritrea, Dr Sato wanted to do something to help the people, and this is where the mangrove tree enters the picture Dr Sato did a lot of research and then had the people of this Audience Pre K through adult would enjoy this bookAppeal The Mangrove Tree Planting Trees to Feed Families is a heart wa...In the land of Erithea, there is a famine and the people and animals do not have anything to eat That is, until a scientist, Gordon Sato that comes up with a plan to plant Mangrove Trees that would help feed the animals, help families receive milk and meat, and help the people catch fish to sell and eat I loved it It was like 3 books in one A poem that would repeat each ending phrase from the page before, The story of how the Mangrove Tree project began, and a picture biography of the actual In the land of Erithea, there is a famine and the people and animals do not have anything to eat That is, until a scientist, Gordon Sato that comes up with a plan to plant Mangrove Trees that would help feed the animals, help families receive milk and meat, and help the people catch fish to sell and eat I loved it It was like 3 books in one A poem that would repeat each ending phrase from the page before, The story of how the Mangr...Audience Kindergarten and up Great informational book for young children.Appeal The 3D pictures are amazing They are made from what looks like scrap materials so they are very colorful The figures are put together in such a way as to make them seem as if they are moving Repeating text that builds on each other in the same way as The House that Jack Built keeps young children s interest while informing them of important world problems The Afterword contains pictures of the actual project Audience Kindergarten and up Great informational book for young children.Appeal The 3D pictures are amazing They are made from wh...I have always said that trees are our friends, and this book proves my contention A simple thing like planting mangrove trees transformed an Eritrean community, and made everyone s lives better Mangroves create habitats that prevent beach erosion, a degree of shelter from storms, food for people and animals, and firewood This book would combine nicely with Lynne Cherry s The Sea, the Storm, and the Mangrove Tree, as well as with picture books about Wangari Maathai s tree planting efforts in I have always s...Interspersed with a rhyming verse based on The House That Jack Built, this wonderful non fiction children s book explains the project of adding mangrove trees in Hargigo Eritrea in order to build a sustainable ecosystem that will help both the anim...Love how portions of proceeds of this book go to helping stop poverty This is a great example of a book using the whole area of space for educating Looking at the pages on the left hand side help bring together the Dr.s visions on the right Very educational on the teaching of how using all your res...Audience K 6Appeal The book is about a scientist who ends up saving a village of Africans from hunger by planting the Mangrove Tree This book would be good for kids who are interested in plants, farming, s...The true story of the remarkable Dr Gordon Sato, a scientist who enriches people s lives and the environment with mangrove trees Delightful and inspiring

The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families
  • English
  • 24 October 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 40 pages
  • 1600604595
  • Susan L. Roth
  • The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families