Heroes of History - George Washington Carver -- my REVIEW

Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.

I have said many times over the years how much we love the Christian Heroes: Then & Now books...the same publisher (YWAM Publishing) has another series of books which is entitled "Heroes of History." We recently received one of the books from this series to read and review--George Washington Carver: From Slave to Scientist. This book is by the same authors (Janet and Geoff Benge) so we were pretty sure we would love it as we had the other books by them. We were not wrong!

George Washington Carver is a name that is familiar to most of us, many already know a bit about his innovative-ness and scholarship, but there is so much more to his story! This book by the Benges is very easy to read, yet not childish--it is interesting to my 15 year old as well as to me!  The writing is clear and really gives you a good picture of his life.

Here's what my 15 year old daughter had to say about the book:

               I loved this book!  George Washington Carver was such a hardworking, kind man. He was born a slave then became an amazing scientist and inventor. He experienced several setbacks and barriers in life, but he never harbored hate. He was born a slave, he saw a lynching, he was denied entry into a college because of his race. yet he never gave up. He wanted to show people around him that he was hardworking and kind.  This book was amazing, I would read it again!

As she was reading the book, she kept us all informed and entertained with bits about his life, for instance, "Did you know that George Washington Carver was a great painter? He entered an art competition and got honorable mention!" or "George Washington Carver learned so much about mushrooms that at that time he was the second most knowledgeable person about mushrooms in the country!" or "George Washington Carver found some clay that he thought would make nice pottery so he built a potter's wheel to make pottery with it!" or "George Washington Carver found fifty uses for chicken feathers!" 

Okay, so you've caught my point that this is an interesting book, right? :) Well, let me tell you some more things that might encourage you to use this in your homeschooling life. YWAM  also creates unit studies to accompany their books which give great ideas to implement into your school days. There are things like chapter questions to use following each chapter, things that check comprehension but also increase vocabulary by highlighting words from the chapter which may need some better explantion. 

There are printable timelines, maps, and fact sheets: 

Geography lessons, arts and crafts projects, audiovisual project suggestions, presentation ideas, resources for further reading and research, and more! 

 There are also suggestions of how it can be integrated with learning in other subject areas.

So, if you purchase this book, George Washington Carver, by YWAM Publishing, you will be pleased with all of these resources! It's not just this book, though, but so many more! Feel free to browse their website to see all of the many choices! You can also click on the graphic below to read about how other reviewers recommend the variety of books in these series!  I definitely recommend this book and this series! :)