No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Friendship Animals Readers - Chapter Books Yoshi and Tonya

Yoshi and Tonya

make her own decisions

Woodson’s lilting storytelling and Ransome’s masterful oil paintings of country and city life tell a rich story of a family adapting to change as they hold on to the past and embrace the future

brilliantly told

A dazzling debut

No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Friendship Animals Readers - Chapter Books Yoshi and TonyaDiscover the incredible true story of how one of history's most successful potato farmers began life as a slave and worked until he was named the "Potato King of the World"! Junius G. Groves came from humble beginnings in the Bluegrass State. Born in Kentucky into slavery, freedom came when he was still a young man and he intended to make a name for himself. Along with thousands of other African Americans who migrated from the South, Junius walked