Title Queen of leaves : the story of botanist Ynes Mexia / written by Stephen Briseño ; illustrated by Isabel Muñoz.

Publication Info.	Seattle, WA : The Innovation Press, 2023.
	©2023

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - New Children's Books	PEOPLE & PLACES E MEX	Check Shelf

Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	"The wax palm knows what it's like to defy the odds. Ynes Mexia knew it too. QUEEN OF LEAVES tells the true story of Ynes Mexia, the inspiring and fearless Mexican-American adventurer-botanist, and her quest to find the mysterious wax palm tree. Ynes enrolled in university in her 50s, at an age when women were not expected to be students. There she discovered botany -- a passion that would lead her all over the world on many adventures and change the study of botany forever. She went on to lead expeditions gathering plant and flower samples for universities and museums around the globe, introduce the botany world to the elusive wax palm tree, and forever cement herself as the QUEEN OF LEAVES"-- Front jacket flap.
Subject	Mexía, Ynés, 1870-1938 -- Juvenile literature.
	Women botanists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Botanists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Juvenile literature.
	Plant collectors -- Juvenile literature.
	Wax palms -- Juvenile literature.
	Mexía, Ynés, 1870-1938.
	Botanists.
	Women -- Biography.
	Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
	Plant collectors.
	Wax palms.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
	Picture books.
Added Author	Muñoz, Isabel (Muñoz Gutiérrez), illustrator.
Added Title	Story of botanist Ynes Mexia
ISBN	9781959244011 (hardcover)
	1959244019 (hardcover)

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