Books with author Maria Nelson

Bugs in the wall, dead skin cells on the groundbacteria is found everywhere. Yes, even the cleanest homes have some pretty gross things in them. Readers will learn about the places in a house where the most germs congregate and important ways to keep their own homes healthy places to live. Gross concepts are turned into cool science through accessible text and engaging facts.

The gold dollar coin bears the image of one of the most famous Native Americans in US historySacagawea. Though much of her life remains a mystery, this book will explore the story of the extraordinary woman who helped Lewis and Clark explore the American West. Age-appropriate language and content will help beginning readers understand this fascinating time in American history and introduce them to Sacagaweas captivating story. Exciting photographs help draw readers in, and a timeline of important events will reinforce what theyve learned.

George Washington wasnt just the first US president. He was also the general who led the Continental army to victory over the British. Historic images will assist beginning readers in learning about Washingtons life, including his role in the founding of the United States and his presidency. Age-appropriate language and content will engage readers who are learning about Washingtons impact on the nation for the first time.

Hes most famous for playing a brooding vampire, but theres so much more to this talented young actor. From Cedric Diggory of Harry Potter fame to Edward Cullen of the Twilight series, this book explores the career of Robert Pattinson, an actor and musician on the rise. Full of colorful photographs and fun, accessible facts, this high-interest book will draw in readers of all ages.

Conjuring numerous voices and characters across oceans and centuries, Faster Than Light explores widely disparate experiences through the lens of traditional poetic forms. This volume contains a selection of Marilyn Nelson's new and uncollected poems as well as work from each of her lyric histories of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century African American individuals and communities.Poems include the stories of historical figures like Emmett Till, the fourteen-year-old boy lynched in 1955, and the inhabitants of Seneca Village, an African American community razed in 1857 for the creation of Central Park. "Bivouac in a Storm" tells the story of a group of young soldiers, later known as the Tuskegee Airmen, as they trained near Biloxi, Mississippi, "marching in summer heat / thick as blackstrap molasses, under trees / haunted by whippings." Later pieces range from the poet's travels in Africa, Europe, and Polynesia, to poems written in collaboration with Father Jacques de Foiard Brown, a former Benedictine monk and the subject of Nelson's playful fictional fantasy sequence, "Adventure-Monk!" Both personal and historical, these poems remain grounded in everyday details but reach toward spiritual and moral truths.

This collection of poems assembled by award-winning writer Marilyn Nelson provides young readers with a compelling, lyrical account of the life of revered African-American botanist and inventor George Washington Carver. Born in 1864 and raised by white slave owners, Carver left home in search of an education and eventually earned a master’s degree in agriculture. In 1896, he was invited by Booker T. Washington to head the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute. There he conducted innovative research to find uses for crops such as cowpeas, sweet potatoes, and peanuts, while seeking solutions to the plight of landless black farmers. Through 44 poems, told from the point of view of Carver and the people who knew him, Nelson celebrates his character and accomplishments. She includes prose summaries of events and archival photographs.