{"product_id":"the-mangrove-tree-planting-trees-to-feed-families-9781620145807","title":"The Mangrove Tree","description":"Jane Addams Children's Book Award; Starred Review; Starred Review; Best Children's Books of the Year: Outstanding Merit; Notable Books for a Global Society; Choices; Green Earth Book Award, Children's Nonfiction; Notable Children's Book; Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction, Honor Book; Outstanding Achievement in Children's Literature\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fascinating story of Dr. Gordon Sato, who helped a small African village become self-sustaining by planting a forest of mangrove trees to reshape the community's ecosystem.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese are the trees, \u003cp\u003eMangrove trees, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat were planted by the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith alternating verse and prose passages, \u003cem\u003eThe Mangrove Tree\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee \u0026amp; Low Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620145807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 10.88w x 0.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e144631 \/ Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.4 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059031380149,"sku":"9781620145807","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3f226c75-eea5-4c5a-b45f-b8500652cc82.jpg?v=1650340745","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mangrove-tree-planting-trees-to-feed-families-9781620145807","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}