{"id":67,"date":"2021-01-26T01:13:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T01:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rootedincolor.com\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2021-02-03T22:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:43:32","slug":"black-environmentalist-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rootedincolor.com\/black-environmentalist-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Books About Black Environmentalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Books about Black Environmentalists<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2>Curated list of children&#8217;s books about Black and African Leaders, Scientist and Explorers connected to nature, the outdoors, and environmentalism.<\/h2>\n<h1>ELEMENTARY<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mae-Among-the-Stars.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Mae Among the Stars<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Astronaut, Engineer, Physician\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9780062651730\">View 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Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mae-jemison.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Mae Jemison: A Kid&#8217;s Book About Reaching Your Dreams<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Astronaut, Engineer, Physician\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9781637310502\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/counting-on-katherine.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Mathematician\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9781250137524\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/hidden-figures.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan, Christine Darden<\/p>\n<p>Mathematicians\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9780062742469\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/i-matthew-henson.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>I, Matthew Henson Polar Explorer<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Polar Explorer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9780802796882\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/secret-garden-gwc.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Agricultural Scientist, Inventor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9780062430151\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/in-the-garden-with-dr-carver.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>In the Garden with Dr. Carver<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Agricultural Scientist, Inventor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9780807536308\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/moses.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Abolitionist, &#8220;Conductor,&#8221; Cartographer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9780786851751\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tick-tock.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>TICK TOCK BANNEKER&#8217;S CLOCK<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Almanac Author, Astronomer\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9781585369560\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mama-miti.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Mama Miti<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Founder of the Greenbelt Movement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9781416935056\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Wangari-Maathai-The-Woman-Who-Planted-Millions-of-Trees.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Founder of the Greenbelt Movement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9781580896276\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/i-am-farmer.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>i am farmer growing an environmental movement in Cameroon<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Environmentalist and Founder of the Save Your Future Association<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9781512449143\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/boy-harnessed.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Inventor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9780803735118\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/one-plastic-bag.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>One Plastic Bag<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Activist, Social Entrepreneur\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9781467716086\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>MIDDLE GRADE<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/reaching-for-the-moon.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mathematician<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kizzysbooksandmore.com\/book\/9781534440845\">View Book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/hidden-figures-young-readers.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3> Hidden Figures Young Readers&#8217; Edition<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan, Christine Darden<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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