Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
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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 in Milwaukee he saw a huge table, big enough to feed the whole world.
No space, no problem. Poor soil, there's a solution. Need help, found it. Farmer Will is a genius in solving problems. In 2008, the MacArthur Foundation named him one for his innovative urban farming methods, including aquaponics and hydroponics.
Jacqueline Briggs Martin, author of the Caldecott Medal winner, Snowflake Bentley, and Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious , along with debut artist Eric-Shabazz Larkin's striking artwork, tells the inspiring story of the African American innovator, educator, and community builder.
Farmer Will Allen is the first book of Martin's Food Heroes series, followed by Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious. In 2015, it was selected by Points of Light Foundation to set a new Guinness World Record for the most children reading the same book across the globe to promote literacy. Nearly 300,000 participated.
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
By Jacqueline Briggs Martin
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No space, no problem. Poor soil, there's a solution. Need help, found it. Farmer Will is a genius in solving problems. In 2008, the MacArthur Foundation named him one for his innovative urban farming methods, including aquaponics and hydroponics.
Jacqueline Briggs Martin, author of the Caldecott Medal winner, Snowflake Bentley, and Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious , along with debut artist Eric-Shabazz Larkin's striking artwork, tells the inspiring story of the African American innovator, educator, and community builder.
Farmer Will Allen is the first book of Martin's Food Heroes series, followed by Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious. In 2015, it was selected by Points of Light Foundation to set a new Guinness World Record for the most children reading the same book across the globe to promote literacy. Nearly 300,000 participated.
ISBN
9780983661535
Pages
32 pages
Publisher
Readers To Eaters
Published
Jan 1, 2013
Language
en
Cover type
Hardcover
Book details
- Authors
- Jacqueline Briggs Martin
- ISBN
- 9780983661535
- Publisher
- Readers To Eaters
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Published
- Jan 1, 2013
- Publication year
- 2013
- Pages
- 32
- Dimensions
- 10.88 in × 0.25 in × 8.13 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Juvenile NonfictionBiography & AutobiographyCultural, Ethnic & RegionalPeople & PlacesUnited StatesAfrican American & BlackGardeningHistoryTechnologyAgricultureSports & RecreationBasketball