ISBN: 9781886910539

Newbery Honor BookNational Book Award finalistCoretta Scott King Author Honor BookBoston Globe–Horn Book AwardFlora Stieglitz Straus AwardBeautiful verse explores agricultural scien… Plus…

Newbery Honor BookNational Book Award finalistCoretta Scott King Author Honor BookBoston Globe–Horn Book AwardFlora Stieglitz Straus AwardBeautiful verse explores agricultural scientist George Washington Carver's life and many achievements, from his work as a botanist and inventor to his unsung gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher. George Washington Carver was determined to help the people he loved. Born a slave in Missouri, he left home in search of an education, eventually earning his master's degree. When Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, Carver truly found his calling. He spent the rest of his life seeking solutions to the poverty among landless Black farmers by developing new uses for soil-replenishing crops such as peanuts, cowpeas, and sweet potatoes. This STEAM biography reveals Carver's complex and profoundly devout life. Juvenile>Juvenile>Juv Classics>Juv Poetry>Juv Poetry, Astra Publishing House Core >6<

ISBN: 9781886910539

George Washington Carver was born a slave in Missouri about 1864 and was raised by the childless white couple who had owned his mother. In 1877 he left home in search of an education, eve… Plus…

George Washington Carver was born a slave in Missouri about 1864 and was raised by the childless white couple who had owned his mother. In 1877 he left home in search of an education, eventually earning a master''s degree. In 1896, Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, where he spent the rest of his life seeking solutions to the poverty among landless black farmers by developing new uses for soil-replenishing crops such as peanuts, cowpeas, and sweet potatoes. Carver''s achievements as a botanist and inventor were balanced by his gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher. This Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book by Marilyn Nelson provides a compelling and revealing portrait of Carver''s complex, richly interior, profoundly devout life. | Carver by Marilyn Nelson Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Kids Books > Biography P10155, Marilyn Nelson<

2001, ISBN: 9781886910539

Front Street, Incorporated, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 112 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001-05-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: illustrations, 0.7 kg, New Adult, L… Plus…

Front Street, Incorporated, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Illustrated, 112 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001-05-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: illustrations, 0.7 kg, New Adult, Liebesromane, Kategorien, Bücher, Biografien, Jugendbücher, Geschichte, Lyrik, Belletristik, Format: Illustriert, Front Street, Incorporated, 2001<