The Botany of Desire Young Readers Edition: Our Surprising Relationship with Plants -- Michael Pollan, Hardcover
- human history, biology, and environmentalism
- climate change and its impact on our relationship with plants
- gardening and the human-plant relationship
Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: Rocky Pond Books
Published: 05/09/2023
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.84w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780593531525
Age Range: 10-14
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2023
About the Author
For more than thirty years, Michael Pollan has been writing about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect. In addition to magazine and newspaper writing, including regular contributions to the New York Times Magazine, he is the author of nine books, seven of which have been New York Times bestsellers. He has received numerous awards, including two James Beard Awards, the John Burroughs Prize, the U.S. Humane Society's Genesis Award, and the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace. In 2009 he was named one of the top 10 "New Thought Leaders" by Newsweek, and in 2010 he was chosen by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Michael Pollan grew up on Long Island, New York, was educated at Bennington College, Oxford University, and Columbia University, and teaches journalism and nonfiction writing at UC Berkeley and Harvard. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, the painter Judith Belzer.
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