Book
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- CENTRAL: Children's Collection
- OSHTEMO: Children's Collection
The mangrove tree : planting trees to feed families
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Lee & Low Books, ©2011.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm
Audience
1190 Lexile.
Summary
"A cumulative verse, alternating with additional narrative, describes the ecological and social transformation resulting from the work of Dr. Gordon Sato, a Japanese American cell biologist who made saltwater and desert land productive through the planting of mangrove trees in the tiny African country of Eritrea. Includes afterword, photographs, glossary, and author's sources"--Provided by publisher.
Notes
"Manufactured in China by Jade Productions, Book design by Christy Hale"--Opposite title page.
Subjects
- Mangrove forests > Eritrea > Juvenile literature.
- Mangrove ecology > Eritrea > Juvenile literature.
- Biology > Juvenile literature.
- Water > Juvenile literature.
- Cumulative tales > Juvenile literature.
- Deserts > Juvenile literature.
- Natural history > Juvenile literature.
- Mangrove forests > Eritrea.
- Mangrove ecology > Eritrea.
- Eritrea > Juvenile literature.
- Sato, Gordon > Juvenile literature.
- Sato, Gordon.