Mangrove

This book is a great way to teach children about conservation and the importance of the natural environment. How people fight to protect the environment while others want to develop the land.

The hero of this story has to be the mangrove, how resilient they are and the importance of the role they perform in the tidal system.

Title: Mangrove

Author: Glenda Kane

Illustrator: Lisa Allen

Publisher: Bateman Books

ISBN: 978-1-98-853871-6

RRP: $19.99

Format: hardback

Publication: June 2021

Ages: 4-8 Years

Reviewer: Leanne Nathan, Associate Principal, Clendon Park School, Auckland

How are you recommending this book? Highly recommended

What’s the book’s opening sentence?

If you take the track past the big white shack

To the tidal flats where the mud is black

If you sneak to the left between the tides

You’ll find the place where mangrove hides

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