George Washington Carver

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George Washington Carver was written by Tonya Bolden. It has 40 pages, and it was published in January 1st 2008 by Harry N. Abrams, but the first publication was made in 2007. It won Literary Awards for Norman A. Sugarman Award in 2010, NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in 2009. Tonya Bolden is an author and publisher who was born on March 1, 1959, in New York City to Georgia Bolden, a homemaker, and Willie Bolden, a garment center shipping manager. Bolden grew up in Harlem in a musical family and loved to read; she attended Public M.E.S. 146, an elementary school in Manhattan, and then graduated from the Chapin School, a private secondary school, in Manhattan in 1976. Bolden attended Princeton University in New Jersey, and, in 1981, obtained her B.A. degree in Slavic languages and literature with a Russian focus. Bolden was also a University Scholar and received the Nicholas Bachko, Jr. Scholarship Prize. [1]

Tonya Bolden has written numerous bestselling books for children and adults, and her work has garnered many awards, including the Coretta Scott King Honor, James Madison Book Award, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and YALSA Best Book of the Year. She lives in New York City. [2]

Summary

With imagination and intellect, George Washington Carver (1864-1934) developed hundreds of unexpected products from e veryday plants. This book reveals what an exceptionally uncommon man Carver was: trailblazing scholar, innovative scientist, pioneering conservationist, and impassioned educator.

This book follows his life from slave and orphan to his college days as the first African American to attend Iowa State College (where he later taught), and on to his life and work in the field of agriculture. Illustrated with historical artifacts and photographs. [3]

Pros

A reader named Ben Truong gave his comments about this book. He stated that George Washington Carver is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Tonya Bolden. It is a biographical picture book of George Washington Carver, which was published in conjunction with an exhibition at Chicago's Field Museum. George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor. He actively promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century. George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor. He actively promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century. Other reader mentioned that it was very accurate with conveying factual documented material. Every piece of information that could be supported by a real picture was. Everything had dates, and exact areas in which the event occured. Information in the book was presented in an organized manner. All information was organized throughout the course of his life. The format and design is interesting to children especially through the real life pictures, and the rags to riches theme. [1]

Library Thing's memnbers had dropped their opinions to this book. This book tells the story of the African American George Washington Carver. George Washington Carver was curios as to how people can maximize their resources made available to them. This book shares important pieces of his life, who he was as a child, up until the day he died. George Washington Carver who was called "the peanut man". He was born into slavery but then when he got out of that he did bunch of odd jobs before finding his calling. He became a teacher, researcher, and spokesman. White people tolerated him because he was "a non-threatening Negro." He spent many years teaching in Alabama at the Tuskegee Institute. He taught that earth-care was just as important as self-care. Treasure nature. Don't just take from it. Some credit him with the invention of peanut butter. He thought the persimmon had healing properties. He had his own bulletin. He taught how to save/conserve water and how to plant crops that would grow and survive. Slavery was going on still so he went through a lot; particularly because he was in the South. He was a good man to those around him. He also painted peaches. [4]

A reviewed was made by Laura V. Hilton on one of online site. She write that most school-age children grow up learning about George Washington Carver, and about all his wonderful inventions with peanuts. In fact, because of these inventions, he became known as “The Peanut Man,” an identity that George Washington Carver wanted to shed. George Washington Carver is highly recommended for public school teachers, and home school students alike. Stock full of information, your child (and you!) are sure to go away with little known tidbits about this wonderful inventor. [5]

References

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