THE STORY OF SEEDS by Nancy F. Castaldo, Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, 2016
Author Nancy Castaldo has a passion for saving the world in
a way our super heroes never considered. Her first book, Sniffer Dogs: How They
and Their Noses Save the World gave the reading world a glimpse into her tenacious
research.
Now she takes note of this shocking fact: one in five plants
on earth are threatened with extinction.
She asks, “Who is protecting our seeds?”
To find answers, author Castaldo crossed the country from
her hometown in the Hudson Valley of New York to California and traveled the
globe, all the way to Russia in the dead of winter. What she found becomes a reader’s introduction
to quiet heroes who work behind the scenes, sometimes risking their lives,
sometimes giving their lives up entirely, all in their mission to save seeds
for future generations.
This is a book for everyone to read and ponder before and
after a trip to the corner grocery. Who knew going to the market--any fruit and vegetable market--with Mom or
Dad could be so intriguing?
THE STORY OF SEEDS paired with Fresh Delicious by Irene Latham, would make a great set of books for those who set up those
wonderful farmers’ markets to sell right alongside the tomatoes.
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