Marilyn Nelson is a three-time National Book Award finalist, has won a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and several Coretta Scott King Honors, and has received several prestigious poetry awards, including the Poets' Prize and the Robert Frost Medal 'for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry.' Her most recent book, How I Discovered Poetry, was named a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book and an ALA Notable Children’s Book.
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Something says find out why rain falls, what makes corn proud and squash so humble, the questions call like a train whistle … George Washington Carver was determined to help the people he loved. Born enslaved in Missouri, he left home in search of... SEE MORE