This book tells about the events of Ronald McNair’s life. They start the book off by talking about The Challenger and how it exploded when they took off. Then they began the story of his life. Something that I found interesting about his is the fact that he is from Lake City, South Carolina. They talk about his adventures of his career being one of the first black astronauts.
This books is a biography of George Washington’s life as wella as his presidency. It talks about the Revolution the years of 1175-1783 and the French and Indian War. It also goes in depth about the colonial period. Although this is a juvenile literature book I feel that alot can be learned from reading it. There were things that I had forgotten and it refreshed my memory about what happen in history.
George Washington Carver was born into slavery around 1864 on Moses Carver’s farm near Diamond, Missouri. Moses and his wife, Susan, were German immigrants who taught George and his brother many things, but it was George’s insatiable thirst for knowledge which led him to discover many things on his own and to pursue a formal education, even though there many obstacles facing him in this quest. Nevertheless, he persevered and received a bachelor of science degree and a master’s in agriculture from Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, the first of his race to do so there. In fact, he was a trailblazer for all races in many areas because he did many things which no one had ever done before and would write informational literature detailing his research and works. He would later receive an honorary doctorate from Simpson College where he had once attended before transferring to Iowa State.
He was different from the vast majority of scientists because he was able to join religion and science by attributing his scientfific discoveries to inspiration from God. He explained (p. 89): “The thing I am to do and the way of doing it comes to me. The method is revealed at the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain, I would be helpless.”
Because he wanted to be a help to his people, he took a teaching position at Tuskegee Institute, a renowned Black institution of higher learning in Alabama which was headed by another great Black historical educator and leader, Booker T. Washington. It was at Tuskegee where Dr. Carver would discover many uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, cotton, and other common products, such as clay from which he derived pigments and formulated paints.
His love of God and his fellowmen allowed him to form lasting friendships and associations, most notably that of his friendship with Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company. They had a common interest in chemurgy, a new science whose purpose was to find industrial uses for farm products. (It is now called biochemical engineering.)
Another notable person whose life was touched by Dr. Carver was Henry A. Wallace, the inquisitive young son of one of Carver’s former professors. He would later have a successful career in agriculture and would eventully serve as the U. S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Wallace was then successfully nominated as the vice presidential candidate on President Roosevelt’s ticket and was inaugurated on January 20, 1941.
Dr. Carver died on January 5, 1943. He is buried on the Tuskegee campus (as is Dr. Booker T. Washington).
This book provides a vast amount of information regarding Dr. Carver’s life (including some of his recipes for peanuts and sweet potatoes) and the discoveries he made and the accolades and honors which he received during his lifetime and posthumously.
The author notes that he was a leader in discovering industrial uses for agricultural products and opened doors for other African-American scientists, but further states that perhaps Dr. Carver’s legacy is the individual lives he touched as a teacher and mentor and the young people he guided and inspired. He had told his students (p. 113): “When you do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.”
This book is about a girl who tells the story of her brother, who has autism. She wants to go to the park with her friend, and decides to take her brother along. Since he has autism he does things different from normal children. He listens to the brick walk, and the sidewalk. It tells how children with autism are different but they are still people who need to be loved.
The traditional occupation of shrimping as practiced by the Vietnamese is the inspiration for this story which features an immigrant and his American-born son. The father tells his son about his own father whom he left behind when he came to America during the Vietnam War. He expresses his desire to return to his homeland to see him. The scenic illustrations portray the past as the father reminisces, and the present as the father instills in his son the values of his people and teaches him his occupation as his father had taught him on the South China Sea in Vietnam.
As he is later drifting off to sleep, the son imagines that he, his father, and grandfather (whom he has never seen) are all together in his father’s boat out on the lonely sea.
This book, which is of the contemporary realistic fiction genre because the father (like many other immigrants) has made America his home, also fits in the multicultural literature genre because it presents some of the values and traditions of the Vietnamese people.
From her pioneer days on the prairie to her golden years with her husband, Almanzo, and their daughter, Rose, Laura Ingalls Wilder has become a friend to all who have read about her adventures. This behind-the-scenes account chronicles the real events in Laura’s life that inspired her to write her stories and also describes her life after the last Little House book ends.
Sequoyah wanted to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians and turn his people into a nation of readers and writers. Sequoyah knew no English and had no idea how to capture speech on paper. But slowly, he worked out a system that surprised the Cherokee Nation.
This is an uplifting biography about 2008 President Elect Barck Obama. It tells of his everlasting Hope and his vision to bring people together. It is an easy read for children and it also conveys to children that you don’t have to be like everyone else. Barack Obama always knew that he was different which shows children that it’s okay.
This is a book that gives fact about Groundhog day. It talks about what Groundhog Day and how it originated. It is a chapter book that goes in depth about the holiday. This book explains that Groundhog day is a tradition rather than a national hoiday.
Brian P. Cleary tells a commical story that brings adjectives to life. With silly pictures and funny descriptions, children are sure to understand what and adjective is once they read this book. Throughout the book, the adjectives are in bold, colorful writing so that they are easy to recognize. Cleary also gives examples of how to use adjectives in his writing. Not only is this a great book for children, but it’s an awesome way to introduce adjectives.