Margarito's Forest by Andy Carter, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Margarito's Forest is based on the life of Don Margarito Esteban lvarez Vel zquez as told by his daughter, Dona' Mar a 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 | Margarito's Forest by Andy Carter, Paperback | Indigo Chapters