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Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table Paperback - 2016

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Shabazz Larkin (Illustrator); Afterword by Will Allen

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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.

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  • Title Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
  • Author Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Shabazz Larkin (Illustrator); Afterword by Will Allen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Readers to Eaters
  • Publication date 2016-02-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780983661580 / 0983661588
  • Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.82 x 8.1 x 0.15 in (27.48 x 20.57 x 0.38 cm)
  • Age range 06 to UP years
  • Grade levels 1 - UP
  • Reading level 620
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Vegetable gardening, Urban agriculture
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013937817
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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 and the follow up to Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table, part of the Food Hero series about people who changed what and how we eat. 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 American Library Association Notable Children's 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.

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