A Global Literacy Project

Exploring Culture, Heritage, and Human Connection Through Literature and classroom Connections

A laptop screen showing a video call with three women. One woman has blonde hair and is smiling, another woman has curly hair and is giving a thumbs up, and the third woman has gray hair and is also smiling. The background of the video call is a warm indoor setting.

Real Time Connection

When students in Ms. Stadler’s third-grade class in New York read Emily and the Mango Man, their learning came to life. Through a live Zoom session, they met the real Emily, an inspiring moment of cultural exchange that turned literature into lived experience.

The Magic of the Mango Project

Bridging literacy, culture, and connection through a real-world story that inspires global learning.

A colorful children's book titled 'Emily and the Mango Man' by Gary S. Chamer, featuring a vibrant cover illustration of people in a mango market, with a matching promotional card held in front.
A digital invitation for a virtual visit with Emily from the Mango Tree, featuring a photo of children and a video call with three women holding books.

Meet Gary, the author.

His culturally responsive story has deep ties to the Caribbean and Central American highlands, where he has lived and worked. His children’s book, Emily and the Mango Man preserves oral traditions, centers intergenerational wisdom, and invites readers to reflect on identity, resilience, and community connection.

A woman with long gray hair, wearing a light green top, holding a colorful book titled 'The Mango Man,' next to an older man with white hair and beard, wearing a black t-shirt, inside a wooden structure with large windows showing green foliage outside.