The Mangrove Tree is a nonfiction picture book that Cindy co-wrote with her friend Susan L. Roth, the New York Times best-selling co-author and illustrator of Listen to the Wind. The book celebrates the work of Dr. Gordon Sato, a humanitarian scientist who is dedicated to ending world hunger by planting mangrove trees in impoverished nations.
2012 ALA Notable Children’s Book, American Library AssociationNCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for ChildrenGold Winner, 2011 Eureka! Award for Children’s Nonfiction, California Reading Association2012 Green Earth Book Award Shortlist2012 Notable Books for a Global Society AwardSmithsonian “Best of Children’s Books 2011”
2012 CCBC Children's Book Choice
"This moving depiction of ecological innovation centers on a project spearheaded by Dr. Gordon Sato to plant mangrove trees, which grow easily in salt water, in the village of Hargigo in the impoverished African nation of Eritrea. Graceful prose alternates with cumulative verse to relay the benefits that the trees provided for the community: "These are the fishermen/ Who catch the fish/ That swim in the roots,/ Of the mangrove trees." Resembling papier-mâché, Roth's textural mixed-media collages become increasingly lively as the new ecosystem flourishes. An extensive afterword, containing many photographs of Sato and the people of Hargigo, brings their hopeful story into sharp focus."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
To inquire about speaking engagements for Ms. Trumbore and Ms. Roth, please contact Hannah Ehrlich at Lee and Low (hehrlich@leeandlow.com).
The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
Pub Date: May 2011
40-page hardcover, $19.95
Lee and Low Books
96 Madison Ave., Suite 1205
New York, NY 10016
ph 212-779-4400
ISBN-10 1600604595
ISBN-13 978-1600604591
text copyright (c) 2011 by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
illustrations copyright (c) 2011 by Susan L. Roth
All rights reserved
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