Farah loves mangos! She could eat them all day long and she wouldn’t mind living in one either. Every summer when she visits her Grandpa they always pick the ripe fruit from his mango tree. This year, however, the tree is empty! Farah puts her mind to it and decides she will make the tree grow fruit. But perhaps Farah will learn there is more to a mango tree than just the fruit it bears?
Selected by Rebecca Kennedy
'Farah LOVES mangoes, and each year the huge mango tree in Grandpa’s backyard
provides them with plenty. But this year the tree is bare, and Grandpa is too busy doing
something to notice. Overseen by Mali the dog, Farah decides to take matters into her own hands but nothing she does seems to work, until Grandpa shows Farah that this tree is far
from lifeless. I loved this magical, humorous story. Farah is funny and impulsive. Grandpa
is calm and wise. The mischievousness and beauty of the relationships and of nature are
captured perfectly in Sarthak Sinha’s vibrant illustrations. But this book also encourages
conversation and consideration. It’s wonderful!'
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