Queen of Leaves: The Story of Botanist Ynes Mexia
by Isabel Muñoz and Stephen Briseño
The wax palm knows what it's... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2023
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Women--Biography
- Plant collectors
- Wax palms--Juvenile literature
- Mexi?a, Yne?s, 1870-1938
- Mexi?a, Yne?s, 1870-1938--Juvenile literature
- Botanical specimens--Collection and preservation--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Plant collectors--Juvenile literature
- Women botanists
- Women botanists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Wax palms
- Botanists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Botanical specimens--Collection and preservation
- Botanists
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Isabel Muñoz
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