Carver: a Life in Poems

This nonfiction book is a collection of poems of George Washington Carver's life. This book shows readers that he was more than just a man who could create a million different uses of peanuts, but from his life as a slave, living with white folks to the times where he is set free, begging for a job as a 10-year old to wash clothes. This book lists different accounts of his life in poem. George Washington Carver was a real man in time who had been through a lot as a child and has impacted lots of African Americans to this day.

Teaching Ideas

This book could be used as a tool for poetry. Young readers need to understand that they can write poetry about any particular thing, a person in life. This book can be used for middle grades

There can also be a reader's response questionnaire after each four poems of the book. Middle grades can read the book together and analyze what each poem talks about and then bring their conclusions to the class. 

I personally love reading this book because it is a different way to read about a person's life. I'm in the process of finishing the book as well as Shel Silverstein's poetry book. 

Nelson, Marilyn (2001). Carver: a life in poem Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publications Data, United States.