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A Weed Is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver
Contributor(s): Aliki (Author), Aliki (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0671664905     ISBN-13: 9780671664909
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
OUR PRICE:   $7.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 1988
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: Brief text and pictures present the life of the man, born a slave, who became a scientist and devoted his entire life to helping the South improve its agriculture.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Agriculture
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
Dewey: B
LCCN: 87022864
Lexile Measure: 640
Physical Information: 0.15" H x 7.04" W x 9.04" (0.22 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Sex & Gender - Masculine
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 29786
Reading Level: 4.3   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
Discover how George Washington Carver went from a slave to an innovator of agricultural science in this luminously illustrated picture book.

Born a slave, George Washington Carver went on to become the most prominent black scientist of the early twentieth century.