Research Catalog

Title

Rooting for plants : the unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black botanist and collector / Janice N. Harrington ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III.

Author

Harrington, Janice N.

Publication

• New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

Taylor, Theodore, III

Description

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, portraits; 29 cm

Summary

"In 1882, Black botanist and mycologist Charles S. Parker sprouted up in the lush, green Pacific Northwest. From the beginning, Charles's passion was plants, and he trudged through forests, climbed mountains, and waded into lakes to find them. When he was drafted to fight in World War I, Charles experienced prejudice against Black soldiers and witnessed the massive ecological devastation that war caused. Those experiences made him even more determined to follow his dreams, whatever the difficulties, and to have a career making things grow, not destroying them. As a botanist and teacher, Charles traveled the United States, searching for new species of plants and fungi. After discovering the source of the disease killing peach and apricot trees, Charles was offered a job at Howard University, the famed historically Black college where he taught the next generation of Black scientists--men and women--to love plants and fungi as much as he did"--

Alternative Title

Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black botanist and collector

Subject

• Parker, Charles S., 1882-1950 > Juvenile literature
• Botanists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
• African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature
• African American scientists > Biography > Juvenile literature
• Botanists
• African Americans
• African American scientists
• United States

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Juvenile works.
• Picture books.

Note

• Includes additional biographical information about Parker, glossary, timeline, and short biographies of other Black botanists and mycologists.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Audience (note)

• Ages 7-10 years.
• Grades 2-5
• 970L

Call Number

JFF 24-63

ISBN

• 9781662680199
• 1662680198

LCCN

2022949699

OCLC

1394022227

Author

Harrington, Janice N., author.

Title

Rooting for plants : the unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black botanist and collector / Janice N. Harrington ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III.

Publisher

New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Audience

Ages 7-10 years. Calkins Creek

Grades 2-5 Calkins Creek

970L Lexile

Added Author

Taylor, Theodore, III, illustrator.

Research Call Number

JFF 24-63