Bibliograph

George Washington Carver, the peanut scientist

Type

Label

George Washington Carver, the peanut scientist

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

560L, LexileDecoding demand: 76 (high), Semantic demand: 83 (very high), Syntactic demand: 71 (high), Structure demand: 83 (very high), Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

George Washington Carver

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Great African Americans series

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, LG, 3, 0.5, 14564.Reading Counts RC, K-2, 3.3, 2, Quiz: 16429, Guided reading level: L.

Sub title

the peanut scientist

Summary

George Washington Carver spent his life asking questions and looking for the answers. He gained a reputation as the farmers' best friend after teaching about crop rotation. He told farmers to grow peanuts and sweet potatoes to "rest" their soil between cotton crops. And what could they do with all those peanuts? Carver developed more than 300 peanut-based products, from milk to printers' ink, and more than 100 ways to use sweet potatoes. Young children love the story of this exceptional inventor

Target audience

juvenile

Classification