The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore came out in 2018. However, recently I found an online reader copy from my usual online reading site. I was intrigued, after all what was a mangrove tree? (It sounded familiar.) And it is always well, not fun, but fun to learn how food issues are trying to be solved.
What came from this read was a book that has several parts. First, there are three ways to read the book. The first is the large print section that is a “House the Jack Built” format. The second is there is older, smaller text, that allows you to see the scientific and historical information that happened. The final way is to read both. The second part was the artwork. And the final is the extra information about Dr. Gordon Sato and his mangrove growing projects.
The point of things is there was a desert, Gordon found a natural way to fix the issues it had, and how this idea spread, grew and became something amazing. Now I will say I am so jealous of Roth’s artistic abilities! The artwork is unique, amazing, the format is deep, has color but is not popping with neon colors. Things mesh and are soft, but hit home. The artistic quality allows things to be both professional and casual.
This picture book would work for all ages, due to the multiple text formats, but the afterwards is geared towards an older audience. While there are links and other sources, I am not sure how updated they are.