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Title: Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson ISBN: 1886910537 Publisher: Front Street Press Pub. Date: 09 April, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4
Rating: 4
Summary: Carver's Life in Sanpshots of Poetry
Comment: This biography that won both a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor is an awe inspiring book. Nelson tells the story of George Washington Carver's life through a series of poems that act like snapshots in a photo album. She begins with a poem about Carver and his mother being stolen from their owner when they were slaves. John Bentley is sent after them but can only find baby George who he returns to the Carvers who raise him with his brother Jim. The poems go on to tell of Carver's search for education, his resourcefulness, and his spirituality. Different poems describe his artistic abilities, his studies of botany, his appreciation for all of nature, his artistic nature, and his dedication to his students and all of his people. The book traces his life from its beginning in slavery to his years in college and as an instructor at the Tuskegee Institute. Nelson's poems describe the life of an amazing genius who is too often overlooked as simply the inventor of peanut butter. Each poem acts as frame in the film of Carver's life. The poems work together to tell the story, but each poem can also stand on its own as a photograph of a moment from an amazing life. The historical footnotes in the text help to clarify the poems and the photographs of Carver, his family and friends, his creations, etc. help to create a better understanding of this incredible man.
Rating: 3
Summary: Carver's poetic life
Comment: First I have to say that Marilyn Nelson is a wonderful person. And I think she is one of the best poet's of her generation. Her poetry is great, and her book, _The Homeplace_ is one of those books that everyone should own. But even great poets can write mediocre poems. This collection is a series of short poems, usually a dramatic monologue of some sort, that together are supposed to make up the story of George Washington Carver's life (it includes pictures and little biographical footnotes). Pretty much the same thing she did for The Homeplace. It worked in The Homeplace, but not here. The problem isn't so much Nelson's skill as a poet (few are better than her), rather it is Carver's life. It just doesn't make good poetry, or at least not 60 poems. I understand Marilyn wants to tell us about Carver, but perhaps prose would have been a better way to go about it (that and this book seems to be marketed for young children--I don't think they can fully appreciate the nuances of Nelson's poetry or Carver's life). That said, there are several good poems in the book, "Clay" and "Cafeteria Food" being my personal favorites. Well, not every collection is going to be great (look at Frost's later books), so I eagerly await the next book from Marilyn Nelson, be it poetry, essays, or fiction.
Rating: 5
Summary: excellent!
Comment: i really enjoyed this collection of poems by george washington carver! i have plans to be a teacher when i finish college and i think that i will use this book in my teaching plans! the poetry is basic at times so that most any student will be able to understand and yet it has a deepness that will require some thought on behalf of the students. i recommend this book to anyone who enjoys poetry, history, or teaching. i have put this book on my wish list with hope that someone will but it as a christmas gift for me. that is how much i liked carver's work. kudos to mrs. nelson for putting the collection together and getting it published. i can clearly see why carver a life in poems won the newberry award.
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Title: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park ISBN: 0395978270 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 23 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Everything on a Waffle (Newbery Honor Book) by Polly Horvath ISBN: 0374322368 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (Juv) Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Land (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2002) by Mildred D. Taylor ISBN: 0803719507 Publisher: Phyllis Fogelman Books Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: A Step from Heaven by An Na ISBN: 1886910588 Publisher: Front Street Press Pub. Date: 30 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier, Brian Collier ISBN: 0786807148 Publisher: Jump at the Sun Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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