Uncle Sam's Victory Garden

Uncle Sam's Victory Garden
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Total Pages : 36
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ISBN-10 : 1098351967
ISBN-13 : 9781098351960
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Book Synopsis Uncle Sam's Victory Garden by : Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

Download or read book Uncle Sam's Victory Garden written by Elizabeth Wissner-Gross and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2021-02 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle Sam's Victory Garden tells the true story of 10-year-old Sam Podnetsky, who, like thousands of children throughout the United States, was recruited through school to plant a "war garden" (such gardens were later called "victory gardens") to make sure that his family and his neighbors didn't starve during World War I. At the time, America's farm food was being sent overseas to American soldiers. To make sure that there was enough food back home, elementary school children living in cities throughout the United States were given plots of land in parks and public spaces and were taught how to grow vegetables. In Hartford, Connecticut, children were assigned to 8-by-20-foot plots of land in Colt Park. To give the children extra incentive, contests were held with prizes awarded for the best vegetables. This is a feel-good patriotic story that promotes collaboration, reading to gain knowledge, American know-how, compassion, child empowerment, diversity, agriculture, and the value of hard work. As for Sam, he became a lifelong gardener, and he lived to be 101.


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