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Carver

A Life in Poems

A Life in Poems

A Life in Poems

By Marilyn Nelson

By Marilyn Nelson

By Marilyn Nelson

By Marilyn Nelson

By Marilyn Nelson

By Marilyn Nelson

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Jan 11, 2022 | ISBN 9781635925616 | 10-14 years

Hardcover $17.99

May 01, 2001 | ISBN 9781886910539 | 10-14 years

Ebook $9.99

Nov 04, 2016 | ISBN 9781629795874 | 10-14 years

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    About Carver

    Newbery Honor Book
    National Book Award finalist
    Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
    Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
    Flora Stieglitz Straus Award

    Beautiful 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.

    About Carver

    Newbery Honor Book
    National Book Award finalist
    Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
    Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
    Flora Stieglitz Straus Award

    Beautiful 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.

    About Carver

    Newbery Honor Book
    National Book Award finalist
    Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
    Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
    Flora Stieglitz Straus Award

    Beautiful 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.

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    About Marilyn Nelson

    Marilyn Nelson is a past poet laureate of the state of Connecticut and a three-time National Book Award finalist. She is the author of two award-winning books for young people, Carver: A Life in Poems and Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission… More about Marilyn Nelson

    About Marilyn Nelson

    Marilyn Nelson is a past poet laureate of the state of Connecticut and a three-time National Book Award finalist. She is the author of two award-winning books for young people, Carver: A Life in Poems and Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission… More about Marilyn Nelson

    About Marilyn Nelson

    Marilyn Nelson is a past poet laureate of the state of Connecticut and a three-time National Book Award finalist. She is the author of two award-winning books for young people, Carver: A Life in Poems and Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission… More about Marilyn Nelson

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Paperback | $10.99
    Published by Wordsong
    Jan 11, 2022 | 112 Pages | 6 x 9 | 10-14 years | ISBN 9781635925616

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Wordsong
    May 01, 2001 | 112 Pages | 6 x 9 | 10-14 years | ISBN 9781886910539

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Wordsong
    Nov 04, 2016 | 112 Pages | 10-14 years | ISBN 9781629795874

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    Praise

    ★ ”An unmatchable picture not only of Carver’s life but also of his impact within his time as well as in history. . . . The book has a resonance and heart that will gratify the knowledgeable and naive alike (and that also invites reading aloud).” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review

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