Margarito's forest = El bosque de Don Margarito / by Andy Carter ; illustrations by Allison Havens ; K'iche tranlations by Eduardo Elas and Manuel Hernandez ; translated by Omar Mejia
- Author
- Carter, Andy, 1948-
- Additional Titles
- Bosque de Don Margarito and El bosque de Don Margarito
- Published
- [United States?] : Hard Ball Press, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Physical Description
- 34 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
- Additional Creators
- Havens, Allison, Mejía, Omar, and Carter, Andy, 1948-
- Language Note
- Text mainly in English and Spanish with some Quiché.
- Summary
- Margarito's Forest, a bilingual book in English and Spanish with excerpts in K'iche', is based on the life of Don Margarito Esteban Álvarez Velázquez as told by his daughter, Doña Maria Guadalupe. It is a story of Maya culture and wisdom passed from one generation to the next. As the devastating effects of climate change become clear, Don Margarito's life and the ways of the Maya offer timely wisdom for a planet in peril.
- Subject(s)
- Mayas—Guatemala—Juvenile fiction
- Forests and forestry—Juvenile fiction
- Gardening—Juvenile fiction
- Families—Juvenile fiction
- Wisdom—Juvenile fiction
- Mayas—Fiction
- Forests and forestry—Fiction
- Gardening—Fiction
- Family life—Fiction
- Wisdom—Fiction
- Spanish language materials—Bilingual
- Families
- Forests and forestry
- Gardening
- Mayas
- Wisdom
- Guatemala—Fiction
- Guatemala
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780997979701
0997979704
9780997979725
0997979720 - Note
- Translated from the English.
In statement of responsibility "translations" is misspelled as tranlations. - Awards
- Américas Award commended title, 2017
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