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Bolden, Tonya,

No small potatoes : Junius G. Groves and his kingdom in Kansas / Junius G. Groves and his kingdom in Kansas by Tonya Bolden ; illustrated by Don Tate. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 31 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

This picture biography of one of the "Exodusters" chronicles the hard-working rise of Junius G. Groves out of enslavement, through paid farm work, and into big business as a potato farmer caring for 500 acres of productive land. (Miller Library Staff) "The life of Junius G. Groves, a sharecropper in Kansas who grew a modest potato farm into a potato kingdom."--

Recommended for preschool (age 0-5) and primary school (age 6-12).

ISBN: 0385752768 9780385752763 9780385752770 0385752776

LCCN: 2017043196

Subjects--Personal Names:
Groves, Junius G., 1859-1925 --Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American farmers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Potato growers--Kansas--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Edwardsville (Kan.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Juvenile literature.
Biography.

LC Class. No.: S417.G7945 / B65 2018