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Barretta, Gene

Summary: When George Washington Carver was just a young child, he had a secret: a garden of his own. Here, he rolled dirt between his fingers to check if plants needed more rain or sun. He protected roots through harsh winters, so plants could be reborn in the spring. He trimmed flowers, spread soil, studied life cycles. And it was in this very place that George’s love of nature sprouted into something...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CAR

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921CAR

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio Carver

Platt, Christine A.

Summary: "Ana & Andrew get to start a backyard garden! They go along to the nursery to pick up peanut seedlings. While they're planting, Mama and Papa tell them about one of the first African American botanists, George Washington Carver"--Page [4] of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PLA

Nelson, Marilyn

Summary: George Washington Carver was determined to help the people he loved. Born a slave in Missouri, he left home in search of an education, eventually earning his master's degree. When Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, Carver truly found his calling. He spent the rest of his life seeking solutions to the poverty...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 811.54 NEL

Montgomery, Heather L.

Summary: "A science educator honors children's curiosity and pockets full of "stuff" by introducing nine scientists who collected natural treasures when they were young. Collecting, sorting, and playing with shells, stones, and other objects taught these young people how to observe, classify, and discover"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MON

Gigliotti, Jim.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 630.92 CAR

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