Margarito's Forest is based on the life of Don Margarito Esteban Álvarez Velázquez as told by his daughter, Dona' María Guadelupe. This story of the Maya love for the earth, passed from one generation to the next, is set in Saq Ja', a small, remote village in the mountains of central Guatemala. As the deforesting effects of climate change become clear, Don Margarito's life and the ways of the Maya offer timely wisdom for a planet in peril. This book is a commemoration of his courage and the preservation the forest that he planted

Author: Andy Carter
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Hard Ball Press
Published: 10/02/2016
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.11d
ISBN: 9780997979701