Annotations:
Alvarez pens a simple story of a man, a new life, and struggling to survive. Includes woodcuts by Belkis Ramirez, an artist from the Dominican Republic
Publisher's Remarks:
"A Cafecito Story" is a story of love, coffee, birds and hope. It is a beautifully written eco-fable by best-selling author Julia Alvarez. Based on her and her husband's experiences trying to reclaim a small coffee farm in her native Dominican Republic, "A Cafecito Story" shows how the return to the traditional methods of shade-grown coffee can rehabilitate and rejuvenate the landscape and human culture, while at the same time preserving vital winter habitat for threatened songbirds.Not a political or environmental polemic, "A Cafecito Story" is instead a poetic, modern fable about human beings at their best. The challenge of producing coffee is a remarkable test of our ability to live more sustainably, caring for the land, growers, and consumers in an enlightened and just way. Written with Julia Alvarez's deft touch, this is a story that stimulates while it comforts, waking the mind and warming the soul like the first cup of morning coffee. Indeed, this story is best read with a strong cup of organic, shade-grown, fresh-brewed coffee.
Product Detail:
Author: Alvarez, Julia
Illustrator: Ramirez, Belkis
Afterword by: Eichner, Bill
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co,
Content Language: Spanish
Book,
Paperback: 82 pages
Weight: 0.28 lbs.
Dimensions: L: 8.92 in. x W: 6.06 in. x H: 0.32 in.
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