Rooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector
ROOTING FOR PLANTS The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker Black Botanist and Collector Janice N. Harrington Illustrated by Theodore Taylor III CALKINS CREEK AN IMPRINT OF ASTRA BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS New York
PROLOGUE BEGIN WITH A PLANT Its petals looked like tiny slippers and green pods dangled from its stems Other people might have huffed Weed and gone on their way But not Charles He scraped the grasslike plant from the soil and hurried back to his college laboratory Charles Stewart Parker loved plants and he loved learning about them He wanted to know where when why and how they grew He wanted people to go into the wondrous green world and maybe with his help learn to love plants too
