The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth
Published: 2015
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This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.
This book was published 2015 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) .
ANITA SILVEY is the author of 100 Best Books for Children and 500 Great Books for Teens and has devoted more than 40 years promoting books that turn young people--and their families--into readers. To do this she has appeared frequently on NPR, The Today Show, 60 Minutes, and radio programs in the United States and Canada to talk about books for children and teenagers. She is the former publisher of children's books for Houghton Mifflin Co. and served as editor-in-chief of Horn Book magazine for 11 years. As Publisher's Weekly has said, "It would be hard to find a more authoritative voice than Anita Silvey. " Anita writes the very popular Children's Book-a-Day Almanac that appears online. She also creates narrative nonfiction for children - The Plant Hunters, I'll Pass for Your Comrade, Henry Knox: Bookseller, Soldier, and Patriot , and an upcoming biography about singer-activist Pete Seeger.
This book has been nominated for the following award:
Parents' Choice Award
This book was recognised in the Nonfiction category by the Parents' Choice Award.