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Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table Hardcover - 2013

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

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READERS to EATERS, 2013. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
  • Author Jacqueline Briggs Martin
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher READERS to EATERS
  • Date 2013
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0983661537I3N00
  • ISBN 9780983661535 / 0983661537
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.4 in (27.69 x 20.83 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 06 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 4
  • Reading level 620
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Vegetable gardening, Urban agriculture
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013937817
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the rear cover

Will Allen is no ordinary farmer. A former basketball star, he's as tall as his truck, and he can hold a cabbage, or a basketball, in one hand. But what is most special about Farmer Will is that he can see what others can't see. When he looked at an abandoned city lot he saw a huge table, big enough to feed the whole world.
Was He Right?
Jacqueline Briggs Martin, author of the Caldecott winner, Snowflake Bentley, tells the inspiring story of an innovator, educator, and community builder. Readers will share Will Allen's optimism and determination to bring good food to every table.

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 11/01/2013, Page 58
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/15/2013, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 12/01/2013, Page 142
  • SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2013, Page 34

About the author

Jacqueline Briggs Martin's many children's books include Snowflake Bentley, winner of the Caldecott Medal, and Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious, a School Library Journal "starred" review book. She grew up on a farm in Maine and now lives in Mt. Vernon, Iowa.

Eric-Shabazz Larkin made his illustration debut with Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table in 2013 and his author-illustrator debut with A Moose Boosh: A Few Choice Words About Food in 2014. Both were named ALA Notable Books. He lives in New York City.

Will Allen is a farmer and founder and CEO of Growing Power in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is recognized as a preeminent practitioner of urban agriculture in America and throughout the world. A former basketball star, he was named a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow in 2008 and Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2010.