A Pocketful of Goobers: A Story about George Washington Carver (Creative Minds Biographies) - Softcover

Mitchell, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0876144741 ISBN 13: 9780876144749

Publisher: LernerClassroom, 1986

Synopsis

There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow. He took the common goober--today's peanut--and created hundreds of useful products from it, turning goobers into a very profitable staple for the South. At the same time, this very special man passed on to everyone who knew him the importance of following one's own dreams.

About this title

About the Author:

Mitchell lives in Otonabee, and she taught English literature at Trent University in the 1970s and 1980s.

From School Library Journal:

ea. vol: (Creative Minds Series). CIP. Carolrhoda. May 1986. PLB $8.95. Grade 3-6 Four biographies that are compact and well written. All of the books employ an upbeat style of writing combined with occasional humor. While each of the subjects came from environments which emphasized concerns other than those which eventually became their personal missions, children are shown the connection between early interests and preoccupations and later achievements. Matzeliger and Carver are depicted in situations indicative of the racial intolerance of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Mitchell shows young readers the inequities of racial prejudice and portrays vividly the courage that these men displayed in the pursuit of their work. The biographies have a good sense of setting and contain much factual information. Dialogue does appear in all four stories, but it does not detract from credibility and is not used to excess. Of the four biographies, readers may find the one about Matzeliger, inventor of the shoe-lasting machine, to be the most enlightening, since far less has been written about him, and consequently, less is known of him than of the other three men. Black-and-white illustrations complement and enhance the texts. Karen P. Smith, Yonkers Board of Education, N.Y.
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About this edition

• Publisher: LernerClassroom
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0876144741
• ISBN 13: 9780876144749
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Hanson Peter E.