Who Was George Washington Carver? (Who Was?)

by Jim Gigliotti (Author) Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)

Who Was George Washington Carver? (Who Was?)
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Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Who Was?
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"Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better. His work with vegetables, especially peanuts, made him famous and changed agriculture forever. He went on to develop nearly 100 household products and over 100 recipes using peanuts."--Provided by publisher.
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Jim Gigliotti
Jim Gigliotti is a freelance writer based in Southern California. A former editor at the National Football League, he has written more than 50 books for all ages. His writing credits include biographies for young readers on Olympian Jesse Owens and baseball star Roberto Clemente.
Classification
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ISBN-13
9780448483122
Lexile Measure
910
Guided Reading Level
S
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
December 29, 2015
Series
Who Was?
BISAC categories
JNF018010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JNF007020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
JNF007090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
Library of Congress categories
Biographies
United States
Carver, George Washington
African American agriculturists
Agriculturists

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