Carver: A Life in Poems

By Marilyn Nelson

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The January 2004 issue of RANGER RICK® has lots of fun facts about peanuts. A scientist named George Washington Carver learned that growing peanuts helps make the soil better. He tried to talk farmers into growing more of the plants. But the farmers didn't think they could sell a lot of peanuts, so they didn't want to grow them.

George thought that, if there were more ways to use peanuts, then more people would want to buy them. To help, George invented hundreds of new ways to use peanuts--for everything from wood stains to shaving cream. Once, he served a dinner that had peanuts in every single dish! Mr. Carver was an African-American who was raised by white slave owners. This book looks at his remarkable life in a series of poems. Period photographs help you see the man and his times.

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