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 María 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.
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life, Biography, Informational
Content: Bi/multilingual
Settings: Central America, Guatemala
Ethnicity: Guatemalan
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: First/Native Nations/American Indian/Indigenous, Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary