No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas

by Tonya Bolden

Other authorsDon Tate (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2018

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Time-Continuity-Change, NCSS Standards Theme--Individuals-Groups-Institutions, NCSS Standards Theme--Production-Distribution-Consumption, Biography, Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5)

Lexile

L

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Knopf Books for Young Readers (2018), Edition: Illustrated, 40 pages

Description

"The life of Junius G. Groves, a sharecropper in Kansas who grew a modest potato farm into a potato kingdom."--

Awards

Language

English

Original language

English

Pages

40

Physical description

40 p.; 12.25 inches

ISBN

0385752768 / 9780385752763

DDC/MDS

630.92

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