george washington carver
by lori mortensen
published by picture window books
copyright 2008
24 pages
non fiction
when george was a baby his father died and he was taken away from his mother by slave stealers. he was found by a family who hated slavery so they took him in as their own. geaorge started doing experiements on plants when he was eight years old. he walked eight miles to go to school becuase it was the only one that black children could go to. george discovered more than 300 ways to use peanuts along with cowpeas, sweet potatoes and cotton. i really liked that at the back of the book is a timeline of his life. this book was a good start for informtation on his life but it didnt offer too much. i would recomend this book to anyone and i dont see a problem with it.