Ticktock Banneker's Clock Cover:Hardcover building self-confidence

building self-confidence

The two-color art throughout will help readers transition from the familiar four-color art of leveled readers and ease them into black-and-white chapter books

where the first star becomes his companion

and murdered out of all proportion

has written the best kind of global education book for children

Ticktock Banneker's Clock Cover:Hardcover building self-confidenceThroughout his life, Benjamin Banneker was known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy, just to name a few pursuits. But even when he was born in Maryland in 1731, he was already an extraordinary person for that time period. He was born free at a time in America when most African Americans were slaves. Though he only briefly attended school and was largely self taught, at a young age Benjamin displayed a keen aptitude for