Queen of Leaves: The Story of Botanist Ynes Mexia

by Stephen Briseño

NSTA OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOK 2024 SELECTION
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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1959244019
• ISBN13: 9781959244011
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Innovation Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7