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Juvenile Fiction / Biographical / United States > A Weed Is a Flower

A Weed Is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver

By Aliki

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Publish Date

May 15, 1988

Category
Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Civil War Period
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism

Price

 $26.99
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.
Aliki is the author and illustrator of more than fifty books for children that are treasured by readers all over the world. Her many well-loved titles include My Visit to the Zoo, My Visit to the Aquarium, My Visit to the Dinosaurs, Wild and Woolly Mammoths, and A Weed Is a Flower. Aliki lives near the Globe Theatre, in London, England.

ISBN: 9780671661182
Format: Hardback
Pages: 32
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: May 15, 1988