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Meet Charles S. Parker, an unsung yet trailblazing Black scientist
who made major contributions to the fields of botany (the study of
plants) and mycology (the study of fungi) in this inspiring
STEM/STEAM picture book biography. 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.
Award-winning author Nikki Grimes's beloved novel in verse Garvey's
Choice is now a graphic novel, imaginatively and dramatically
illustrated by Little Shaq artist Theodore Taylor III. Garvey's
father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is
interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading-anything but
sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food.
Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also
overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend
encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life changes.
The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey, and through chorus,
Garvey finds a way to accept himself and a way to finally reach his
distant father-by speaking the language of music instead of the
language of sports. Garvey's Choice was a School Library Journal
Best Book, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book, a Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry
Award Honor Book, and a Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
Honor Book. With Theodore Taylor III's full-color illustrations,
this graphic novel edition is enthralling and inspiring.
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Off the Wall (Hardcover)
Theodore Taylor III
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Graffiti. Shapes moving in every direction, letters weaving in and
out, bright colors jumping off of the wall. It was like a language
from another planet that only I could understand. In this bright,
colourful, and movement-filled picture book, a young girl moves
with her family from the big city to a small town. She feels odd
and out of place until a stroll down the street hits her with
echoes from home: vibrant graffiti splashed against the wall. But
when it's painted over that sense of belonging is lost, until an
afternoon's adventure shows her that street art can be found
everywhere - as well as a sense of home.
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