Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Shabazz Larkin
22 Total Resources 3 Awards 6 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2013
Word Count 1,111
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 171962, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Vegetable gardening--Juvenile literature
- Urban agriculture--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Allen, Will
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Agriculture
- Allen, Will, 1949-
- Urban agriculture
- Allen, Will, 1949---Juvenile literature
- Gardening
- Vegetable gardening
Our Original Resources 8
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jacqueline Briggs Martin about Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jacqueline Briggs Martin
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Shabazz Larkin
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Support Materials from RIF Literacy Central
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Curriculum Guide from Readers to Eaters
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Teacher's Guide from State Library of Louisiana
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by various narrators
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Author's Personal Website
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Awards & Distinctions 3

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2013
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