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Carver: A Life in Poems

Carver: A Life in Poems

Hardcover

BiographyPoetry

Publisher Price: $17.99

ISBN10: 1886910537
ISBN13: 9781886910539
Publisher: Astra Young Readers
Published: May 1 2001
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.36 Depth: 9.36
Language: English
Awards: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Children's Book Committee Award, Children's Books of Distinction Awards, Connecticut Book Awards, Connecticut Book Awards, Connecticut Book Awards, Coretta Scott King Award, National Book Awards, Newbery Medal
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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