Carver
A Life in Poems

It’s a challenge to review this wonderful book. It is a beautiful biography and equally lovely verse novel? For poetry, which sometimes seems slim, Marilyn Nelson manages to include not only the facts of this scientist, but his consistent passion for learning, for his God and his people, and for the......more

An excellent telling of Carver's life through poetry . . . I don't think I would have appreciated or understood this book as a middle-schooler but as an adult, who admires Carver, I enjoyed how well the author is able to convey personality and life story through poems. Carver's accomplishments were......more

1. Genre: poetry, junior books 2. Summary: This book of poems tells the story of George Washington Carver, the amazing botanist and inventor who became famous for his peanut plants. Carver was raised in the 1860's by white salve owners and eventually set out on his own to receive an education earning......more

Summary: This novel of poems tells of the events and the influences of the life of George Washington Carver. The poems reflect the different places Carver lived and work as well as the different people who knew him; they are accompanied by photos and artifacts from his life. Response: I would not hav......more

What an unusual and compelling take on a biography. Nelson has such an amazing grasp on her use of language and imagery. I found myself writing down lines from the poems for their sheer beauty: “At the feet of every listener who hears/ the promise of dawn in the wilderness,/ the peach-luscious, unas......more