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Name: In the garden with Dr. Carver
Author: Susan Grigsby

📘 In the garden with Dr. Carver by Susan Grigsby

A fictionalized account of how plant scientist George Washington Carver came to an Alabama school and taught the children how to grow plants and reap the rewards of nature's bounty. Includes factual note about George Washington Carver.

First publish date: 2012

Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Schools, Children's fiction, Schools, fiction

Authors: Susan Grigsby

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