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

by Harrington, Janice N.

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Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, c2023.

Parker, Charles S., 1882-1950 -- Juvenile literature.

Botanists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

Biography, Juvenile.

Taylor, Theodore, III.

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