No small potatoes : Junius G. Groves and his kingdom in Kansas / by Tonya Bolden ; illustrated by Don Tate.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 31 cmISBN:- 0385752768
- 9780385752763
- 9780385752770
- 0385752776
- Junius G. Groves and his kingdom in Kansas
- Groves, Junius G., 1859-1925 -- Juvenile literature
- African American farmers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Potato growers -- Kansas -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Edwardsville (Kan.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- S417.G7945 B65 2018
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Youth Collection | S519 .B65 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800179657 |
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).