Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming

Winner of The Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award

Selected for the CCBC Choices 2019 list

Children's Literature Freeman Award 2018

A Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2019

Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean tells its story through the memories of a farm boy who, inspired by Pu Zhelong, became a scientist himself.

The narrator is a composite of people Pu Zhelong influenced in his work. With further context from Melanie Chan’s historically precise watercolors, this story will immerse...