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""This book packs a great deal of information about Albius, and vanilla, into a well-paced tome. Taylor's illustrations are a highlight, bathing the text in warm natural hues that embody lush island flora and the richness of the vanilla plant. A thoughtful and attractively illustrated STEM-centric biography of an underrepresented figure in Black history."" -- ""School Library Journal (SLJ)""

★""Moving and bittersweet...Bright, colourful digital illustrations by Taylor vividly show what island life was like during this time period. The book discusses the reality of slavery and the racial violence and prejudice formerly enslaved individuals experienced. This engaging title includes sidebars and fun facts about vanilla."" -- ""Booklist, starred review"" ""This book packs a great deal of information about Albius, and vanilla, into a well-paced tome. Taylor's illustrations are a highlight, bathing the text in warm natural hues that embody lush island flora and the richness of the vanilla plant. A thoughtful and attractively illustrated STEM-centric biography of an underrepresented figure in Black history."" -- ""School Library Journal (SLJ)""

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Ann Richards is a Jamaican Canadian writer from Brampton, Ontario, who has always wanted to write books about African history. She enjoys studying and writing about different cultures. One day she plans to visit Ghana's Elmina slave castle, known as the Door of No Return, to research more stories. Ann has written for the London Free Press and Tekawennake News. The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History is Ann's debut book. Arden Taylor is a Toronto-based freelance illustrator. A graduate of Sheridan College with an honors bachelor of illustration, she enjoys digitally creating colorful illustrations of architecture and people and designs for wallpaper and other projects. Her clients include Hazlitt Magazine and the California Institute of Technology, and her work has been featured in various magazines, newspapers, advertising campaigns and websites.

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